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PORT BLAIR

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 112 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BLAIR  , the
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chief
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place in the convict
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settlement of the Andaman Islands in the
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Indian Ocean, situated on the
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south-
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east
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shore of the South Andaman
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Island, in 11° 42' N., 93° E . It derives its name from Lieut .
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Blair, R.N., who first occupied it in 1789, as a station for the suppression of piracy and the
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protection of shipwrecked crews . Abandoned on
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account of sickness in 1796, it was not again occupied until 1856 . It possesses one of the best harbours in
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Asia, while its central position in the
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Bay of
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Bengal gives it immense
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advantage as a place of
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naval
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rendezvous .

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