Saturday, September 25, 2021

Indian Mainland place names in Andaman and Nicobar

When I visited Andaman in 2016, I happened to notice a few places named after places in Kerala. Was curious if there are many such places. This is sort of expected as many people have moved from Indian mainland to Andaman and Nicobar ( Mainly to Andaman - This can be seen in the place names as well. Nicobar mostly has place names in the local language)

Given below are the ones in each district

Nankowri 
Bengali

Diglipur
Kalighat
Keralapuram
Srinagar

Mayabunder
Jaipur
Lucknow
Pudumadurai

Rangat
Nilambur
Padmanabhapuram
Thiruvanchikulam

Ferrargunj
Malapuram
Manjeri
Knapuram
Tirur - There seem to be many
Wandur

Port Blair
Calicut

Other interesting places names

There ate lots of interesting place names..

Interview Island
Pongi Balu and Bada Balu
Teylorabad
7 km Farm

There are also places named after Gandhi, Indira, Shastri etc. Lots of places are named after Hindu gods as expected

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