| Became union territory in | 1956 November 1 |
| Capital | Port Blair |
| High Court | Kolkata |
| Districts | 3 |
| Official Animal | Dugong |
| Official Bird | Andaman Wood Pegion |
| Rajya Sabha Seat | 0 |
| Lok Sabha Seat | 1 |
Importance
- The largest union territory of India
- Union territory that has least population density
- The union territory that has the largest area of forest
- The union territory that has the highest number of national parks
- The union territory that has the highest number of wildlife sanctuary
- The southernmost point of India is Indira Point situates at Andaman Nicobar islands
Port Blair
- The capital of Andaman Nicobar islands
- Situated at south Andaman
- Veer Savarkar Airport is at Port Blair
- Central Island Research Institute is located at Port Blair
Kaalapani
- Cellular Jail is at Port Blair
- The jail was built by the British in 1906
- Swatantra Jyothi was lighted in Kaala Paani
- Cellular Jail was declared as a national memorial by then Prime Minister Moraji Desai on 1979 February 11
- The viceroy who was killed on his visit to cellular jail : Lord Mayo
- Lord Mayo was killed by : Sher Ali
- How many islands are there in Andaman Islands : 572
- How many inhabitable islands in Andaman Nicobar islands : 37
- The old name of Andaman Nicobar Islands : Emarald Islands
- The island which is known as Bay Islands : Andaman Nicobar Islands
- The capital of Andaman Nicobar islands during British rule : Rose Islands
- The British captured Andaman Nicobar islands in : 1942
- The islands called by Subash Chandra Bose as "Shaheed" and "Swaraj" : Andaman Nicobar Islands
- Father of modern Nicbar Island : Bishop John Richardson
- The largest island in Andaman : Middle Andaman
- The smallest island in Andaman : Karleu Island
- The largest island in Nicobar : Great Nicobar
- The smallest island in Nicobar : Pillomillow
- The channel which separates Andaman and Nicobar : 10 degree channel
- Little Andaman and South Andaman islands are separated by : Duncan Passage
- The country that lies nearest to Andaman : Myanmar
- The country that lies nearest to Nicobar : Indonesia
- Highest mountain peak in Andaman : Saddle (North Andaman)
- The only active volcano in India located at Anaman : Barren Volcano
- The inactive volcano in Andaman : Narconadam
- The old names of Indira Point : Pygmalion Point, Parsons Point
- Indira Point got its name in : 1986
- The most populous island in Andaman : South Andaman
- Government of India enacted the law for the protection of tribal people in Andaman in : 1956
- The important tribes in Andaman : Great Andamanese, Onge, Jarawa and Sentinelese
- Asia's largest and oldest saw mill is in : Chatham Island
- The disaster relief operation by Indian Armed Force in connection with the tsunami in Andaman : Operation Sea Waves
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