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Encyclopedia Britannica



PORT BLAIR

This article appears in Volume V22, Page 112 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: POL-PRE
PORT BLAIR , the
chief
  place in the convict
settlement
  of the Andaman Islands in the Indian Ocean, situated on the
south
 -
east
  shore of the
South
  Andaman
Island
 , in 11 42' N., 93 E. It derives its name from Lieut. Blair, R.N., who first occupied it in 1789, as a station for the suppression of piracy and the
protection
  of shipwrecked crews. Abandoned on account of sickness in 1796, it was not again occupied until 1856. It possesses one of the best harbours in
Asia
 , while its central position in the Bay of Bengal gives it immense advantage as a place of naval rendezvous. (See ANDAMAN ISLANDS.)


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