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Andaman
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1858 |
The British colonized the Andaman Islands home to 10 tribes of the Great Andamanese comprising some 5,000 people. Most were killed or died of diseases brought by the colonizers. In 2010 the last speaker of Bo, one of the ten dialects used by the tribes, died. Links: Britain, India, Andaman, Language 
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2005 Jun |
India's tsunami-hit Andaman islands signed a tourist deal with Thailand’s resort town of Phuket. Environmentalists slammed the deal saying such a move would destroy the fragile ecology of the Andaman and Nicobar islands and encourage the sex trade. Links: India, Thailand, Sex, Andaman
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2012 Jan 11 |
India's Tribal Affairs Minister V. Kishore Chandra Deo said an investigation had been ordered as rights campaigners and politicians condemned a video showing women from a protected and primitive tribe dancing for tourists reportedly in exchange for food on India's Andaman Islands. Links: India, Andaman
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2014 |
The population of the India-owned Andaman Islands was about 400,000. Links: India, Andaman
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2018 Nov 21 |
Indian police officer Vijay Singh said seven fishermen have been arrested for facilitating a visit by American John Allen Chau to North Sentinel Island, where he was apparently killed. North Sentinel is in the Andaman Islands, a group of islands at the juncture of the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea. Chau had reached the vicinity of the island on Nov. 16, before transferring to a canoe. His body was spotted the following day by the fishermen on their return. Links: USA, India, Murder, Andaman
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