Andaman Islands

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Andaman Islands
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Presidency: Madras
Coordinates: 11.67°N 92.76°E
Altitude:
Present Day Details
Place Name: Andaman Islands
State/Province: Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Country: India
Transport links

The Andaman Islands was the location of a penal colony during the British Raj. Port Blair is the capital.


FIBIS resources

India Office Records at the British Library

Church records at the British Library

A number of records appear on the LDS FamilySearch site, refer IGI.

The Church records for the Andaman Islands mainly appear in the Bengal Presidency records, although there are a few in the Madras Presidency records

It appears that from circa 1861 the Andaman Islands were administered by Burma, which in turn was part of the Bengal Presidency. At a later (unknown) date, but by 1893, it was part of the Madras Presidency, as show by this link, page 178 The history of India, revised by Sir Roper Lethbridge 1893.(Archive.org) At a still later date, the Presidency may have again changed, so if you are searching for church records, using the indexes, (either at the British Library, or by using LDS Microfilms) it is suggested you search in both Bengal and Madras Presidency records.

Other records

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

External links

  • Historical Background Google Books
  • Port Blair Wikipedia
  • Cellular Jail Wikipedia
  • History andamantourism.in
  • History of Andaman Cellular Jail Andamancellularjail.org
  • Cellular Jail flickr.com
  • This review, from The Hindu, of the book Travel Writing and the Empire by Sachidananda Mohanty (Editor), gives details of one of the essays "Colonialism, Surveillance and Memoirs of travel: Tegart's Diaries and the Andaman Cellular Jail", where "Tutun Mukherjee looks at the "Memoir of an Indian Policeman", a compilation made by Tegart's wife of the diaries of Charles Augustus Tegart, British loyalist and Police Commissioner. The Memoir, Mukherjee notes, records a particularly violent chapter in India's colonial history, that of extremism, British repression and brutal colonial incarceration. Travelling to the Cellular Jail in the beautiful Andaman archipelago in 1913, Tegart notes the careful architecture of the prison, recording all the many ways in which the prisoners were kept under control, his eyes ever alert for lapses in vigilance". Available through Amazon.co.uk from the FIBIS Shop
    • Charles Tegart of the Indian Police: an unpublished biography by Lady Tegart is available at the British Library with European Manuscripts catalogue entry Mss Eur C235 1881-1946
  • "Medical Officer in Cellular Jail", page 32 Doctor Diwan Singh Kalepani by N. Iqbal Singh, Sahitya Akademi Google Books
  • In memory of an unsung martyr: Dr Diwan Singh Kalepani The Tribune Chandigarh Monday, 20 November 2000
  • This India List post is about 'Burials: Port Blair - extracted from returns April 1878 to March 1891'
  • This India List post is about government appointments c 1904-1937. There is also reference to the destruction of most of the cemetery at Port Blair due to the tsunami in 2004.
  • The Arracan Expedition, Andaman Islands 1867 A detachment of 3 officers and 100 men of the 24th Regiment of Foot was dispatched from Rangoon on the steamship Arracan to rescue crew members of the ship Assam Valley who had been captured. As a result 5 Victoria Cross awards were made. readinggivesmewings.wordpress.com
  • The British leave prior to the Japanese conquest in 1942, page 48 Doctor Diwan Singh Kalepani by N. Iqbal Singh, Sahitya Akademi Google Books
  • Japanese occupation of the Andaman Islands Wikipedia
  • Details of a film held at the Imperial War Museum: Reoccupation of the Andaman Islands (7/10/1945) The Japanese surrender. colonialfilm.org.uk
  • Penal System in Andaman by R.V.R. Murthy Dialogue January - March, 2009 , Volume 10 No. 3 Dialogue (A quarterly journal of Astha Bharati)
  • The Nicobar Islands The British in the Nicobars by Dr. Simron Jit Singh. andaman.org
  • 'The search for Black Rock" by Professor Clare Anderson. Discusses letters in the India Office archives of the British Library dated 1874-77 written by the Reverend Thomas L.J. Warneford
Part I 20 February 2012, Part II 23 February 2012 British Library Blog: Untold Lives: Sharing stories from the past

Historical books online

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