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Renaming of Port Blair
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- Port Blair, the capital city of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, will now be known as ‘Sri Vijaya Puram’.
- The city of Port Blair is the entry point of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
- It was named after Archibald Blair, a naval surveyor and lieutenant in the Bombay Marine.
- Blair was the first officer to carry out a thorough survey of the Andaman Islands.
- After joining the Bombay Marine in 1771, Blair set out on a survey mission along the coasts of India, Iran, and Arabia next year.
- In December 1778, Blair left for his first surveying voyage to the Andamans from Calcutta, along with two ships, Elizabeth and Viper.
- Historical records suggest that the Andaman Islands were used as a strategic naval base by the 11th century Chola emperor, Rajendra I.
- It was used to carry out an attack on Srivijaya, which is in present day Indonesia.
- As per an inscription found at Thanjavur dated to 1050 CE, the Cholas referred to the island as Ma-Nakkavaram land, which possibly led to the modern name of Nicobar under the British.
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