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==FIBIS resources== | ==FIBIS resources== | ||
*[[FIBIS_Journal#FIBIS_Journal_Number_13_.28Spring_2005.29|FIBIS ''Journal'' 13]] "The Andaman and Nicobar Islands" by Patricia Redmond | *[[FIBIS_Journal#FIBIS_Journal_Number_13_.28Spring_2005.29|FIBIS ''Journal'' 13]] "The Andaman and Nicobar Islands" by Patricia Redmond | ||
==India Office Records at the British Library== | |||
Records in respect of the Andaman Islands include: | |||
*Proceedings and Consultations of the Government of India and of its Presidencies and Provinces [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorp_8&cid=1#1 '''IOR/P'''] includes [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorp_8&cid=1-5#1-5 Port Blair and the Nicobars Proceedings] Proceedings of the Superintendent of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands 1876-1921 | |||
*Administration Reports: Andaman and Nicobar Islands [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorv_3&cid=1-1-19#1-1-19 '''IOR/V/10/589-628'''] 1872-1940 | |||
*Andaman and Nicobars Gazette [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorv_4-2&cid=1-1-9#1-1-9 '''IOR/V/11/3695-3699'''] 1895-1903 | |||
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorv_5&cid=1-1#1-1 Histories of Services '''IOR/V/12'''] includes Histories of Services: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, 1886-1889 [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorv_5&cid=1-1-434#1-1-434 '''IOR/V/12/434'''] | |||
*"The history of the Andaman and Nicobar Police" (anon) [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-msseur_11&cid=11-3-1#11-3-1 '''Mss Eur F161/26'''] 1858-1960 | |||
*Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Medical Department: Annual sanitary and medical report on the settlement of Port Blair, Andamans, 1869 [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=059-iorv_8-2&cid=1-1-1774#1-1-1774 '''IOR/V/24/3875'''] | |||
*Coll 5/5(1); Indian Forest Service. Amendments to Cadre in Andaman Islands [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlsg7&cid=1-1-5-10#1-1-5-10 '''IOR/L/SG/7/337'''] 11 Jun 1931-1947 Mar 14 | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=7ExSHU5BYCgC&pg=PA24&dq=Port+Cornwallis+1796&hl=en&ei=zCubTPHKJ4jCswa1h6icBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDoQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q&f=false Historical Background] Google Books | *[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=7ExSHU5BYCgC&pg=PA24&dq=Port+Cornwallis+1796&hl=en&ei=zCubTPHKJ4jCswa1h6icBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDoQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q&f=false Historical Background] Google Books | ||
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellular_Jail Cellular Jail] Wikipedia | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellular_Jail Cellular Jail] Wikipedia | ||
*[http://www.andamancellularjail.org/History.htm History of Andaman Cellular Jail] Andamancellularjail.org | *[http://www.andamancellularjail.org/History.htm History of Andaman Cellular Jail] Andamancellularjail.org | ||
*India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2003-12/1072884610 post] about 'Burials: Port Blair - extracted from returns April 1878 to March 1891' | |||
*India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2011-01/1293968501 post] regarding government appointments c 1904-1937. Also reference to the destruction of most of the cemetery at Port Blair due to the tsunami in 2004. | |||
===Historical books online=== | ===Historical books online=== | ||
Revision as of 12:38, 25 March 2011
| Andaman Islands | |
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| Presidency: Madras | |
| Coordinates: | 11.67°N 92.76°E |
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| Present Day Details | |
| Place Name: | Andaman Islands |
| State/Province: | Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands |
| Country: | India |
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The Andaman Islands was the location of a penal colony during the British Raj. Port Blair is the capital.
FIBIS resources
- FIBIS Journal 13 "The Andaman and Nicobar Islands" by Patricia Redmond
India Office Records at the British Library
Records in respect of the Andaman Islands include:
- Proceedings and Consultations of the Government of India and of its Presidencies and Provinces IOR/P includes Port Blair and the Nicobars Proceedings Proceedings of the Superintendent of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands 1876-1921
- Administration Reports: Andaman and Nicobar Islands IOR/V/10/589-628 1872-1940
- Andaman and Nicobars Gazette IOR/V/11/3695-3699 1895-1903
- Histories of Services IOR/V/12 includes Histories of Services: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, 1886-1889 IOR/V/12/434
- "The history of the Andaman and Nicobar Police" (anon) Mss Eur F161/26 1858-1960
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Medical Department: Annual sanitary and medical report on the settlement of Port Blair, Andamans, 1869 IOR/V/24/3875
- Coll 5/5(1); Indian Forest Service. Amendments to Cadre in Andaman Islands IOR/L/SG/7/337 11 Jun 1931-1947 Mar 14
External links
- Historical Background Google Books
- Port Blair Wikipedia
- Cellular Jail Wikipedia
- History of Andaman Cellular Jail Andamancellularjail.org
- India List post about 'Burials: Port Blair - extracted from returns April 1878 to March 1891'
- India List post regarding government appointments c 1904-1937. Also reference to the destruction of most of the cemetery at Port Blair due to the tsunami in 2004.
Historical books online
- The Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Local Gazetteer 1908 Archive.org
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands" Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 5, page 350.
- "Port Blair" Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 20, page 191.
- "Act XXVII of 1861. Passed by the Legislative Council of India. An Act to regulate the administration of Port Blair and other settlements in the Andaman Islands, page 31 Hand Book for British Burma compiled by Captain G E Fryer 1867 Google Books
- The Andaman Islands by F A M Dass 1937 Archive.org
