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

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