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==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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Blair Port Blair] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellular_Jail Cellular Jail] Wikipedia
*[http://as.and.nic.in/TourismAND/Announcements/draftscriptRoss.pdf History of Ross Island] [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:f3NXBGZRwV0J:as.and.nic.in/TourismAND/Announcements/draftscriptRoss.pdf+Mouat+Andaman+1858&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESik-8vRYmjFhD69_O_opFJ1_Kl62yXUuc49E0fNvEZXEVNbaHTivRX2DAh7voozZ7ZIDvU4P-eHPRRbdeUGAB7fndmhhi4fjFoB4-bhaUDi5jTmGGS4OLh_urk5U6qfDtUJ5rby&sig=AHIEtbRwqo14oIANBvfbzRnWm68OOCB5Bg html version] as.and.nic.in
*[http://www.andamantourism.in/andamans-history-india.html History] andamantourism.in
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20110525205518/http://www.andamancellularjail.org/History.htm History of Andaman Cellular Jail] andamancellularjail.org, now an archived website.
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/kanad_sanyal/3070708517/ Cellular Jail] flickr.com
*This [http://www.hindu.com/lr/2003/09/07/stories/2003090700240400.htm 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 [http://astore.amazon.co.uk/faminbriindso-21/detail/8187649364 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**''Charles Tegart of the Indian Police'': an unpublished biography by Lady Tegart is available at the [[British Library]] with European Manuscripts catalogue entry [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-msseur_1&cid=636#636 Mss Eur C235] 1881-1946
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=7kr6uiqyLHoC&pg=PA32 "Medical Officer in Cellular Jail"], page 32 ''Doctor Diwan Singh Kalepani'' by N. Iqbal Singh, Sahitya Akademi Google Books
*[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20001120/punjab.htm#13 In memory of an unsung martyr: Dr Diwan Singh Kalepani] The Tribune Chandigarh Monday, 20 November 2000
*This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2003-12/1072884610 post] is about 'Burials: Port Blair - extracted from returns April 1878 to March 1891'
*This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2011-01/1293968501 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.
*[http://readinggivesmewings.wordpress.com/2012/01/09/the-arracan-expedition-andaman-islands-1867 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
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=7kr6uiqyLHoC&pg=PA48 The British leave prior to the Japanese conquest in 1942], page 48 ''Doctor Diwan Singh Kalepani'' by N. Iqbal Singh, Sahitya Akademi Google Books
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_occupation_of_the_Andaman_Islands Japanese occupation of the Andaman Islands] Wikipedia
*[http://www.colonialfilm.org.uk/node/2910 Details of a film held at the Imperial War Museum: Reoccupation of the Andaman Islands (7/10/1945)] The Japanese surrender. colonialfilm.org.uk
*[http://www.asthabharati.org/Dia_Jan%2009/RVR.htm Penal System in Andaman] by R.V.R. Murthy ''Dialogue January - March, 2009 , Volume 10 No. 3'' Dialogue (A quarterly journal of Astha Bharati)
*[http://www.andaman.org/NICOBAR/book/history/Britain/Hist-Britain.htm The Nicobar Islands The British in the Nicobars] by Dr. Simron Jit Singh. andaman.org
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The '''Andaman Islands''' was the location of a penal colony during the British Raj. [[Port Blair ]] is the capital.
A penal settlement existed for a short time in the 1790s but was abandoned due to disease. However, in 1858, after the Indian Mutiny, the penal settlement was re-established to deal effectively with native Indian troops who had recently rebelled. By the late 19th century the independence movement had picked up momentum. As a result, the number of prisoners being sent to the Andaman Islands started growing and the need for a high-security prison was felt. The construction of the Andaman Cellular Jail started in 1896 and was completed in 1906. Most of the prisoners were Indian political prisoners who were housed at the jail until 1937. The penal settlement was closed in 1945.
==India Office Records at the British Library==
====[[Church records# Records at the British Library| Church records at the British Library]]====
A number of records appear on the [[LDS]] FamilySearch site, refer [[IGI]].
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 [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
==External links==
*'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
:[http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/untoldlives/2012/02/the-search-for-black-rock-part-i.html Part I] 20 February 2012, [http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/untoldlives/2012/02/the-search-for-black-rock-part-ii.html Part II] 23 February 2012 British Library Blog: Untold Lives: Sharing stories from the past
====Historical books online====
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=RwYs4n2HUioC&pg=PA110 "Notes on the Andamans"] by Lieutenant TM Philbrick HM Indian Navy. Read before the Society 15th March 1860, page 110 ''Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society Volume 15, May 1858- May 1860'' Google Books
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/andamanandnicob00unkngoog#page/n8/mode/1up ''The Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Local Gazetteer''] 1908 Archive.org
