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Lakshadweep
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Basic Facts about Lakshadweep
● Formation: 1 November 1956
● Capital: Kavaratti
● Administrator: Dineshwar Sharma
● Number of District : 1
● High court: High Court of Kerala
● Lok Sabha Seats : 1
● Rajya Sabha Seats : 0
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State Symbols
● Animal: Butterfly Fish
● Bird: Noddy Tern
● Flower: Bread Fruit
History of Lakshadweep
● Local traditions and legends attribute the first settlement
on these islands to the period of Cheraman Perumal,
the last Chera king of Kerala.
● In the 16th century, the Portuguese took control of the
archipelago (called Laquedivas by them).
● The islands are also mentioned in great detail in the
stories of the Arab traveller Ibn Batuta.
● The Aminidivi group of islands (Androth, Amini,
Kadmat, Kiltan, Chetlath, and Bitra) came under the rule
of Tipu Sultan in 1787. They passed to British control
after the Third Anglo-Mysore War.
● On 1 November 1956, during the reorganization of
Indian states, the Lakshadweep islands were separated
from Madras and organized into a separate union
territory for administrative purposes.
● The new territory was called Laccadive, Minicoy, and
Amindivi Islands before adopting the Lakshadweep
name on 1 November 1973.
● स्थानीय परंपराएं और क ंवदंकियां में ेरल े अंकिम चेरा
राजा, चेरामन पेरुमल ी अवकि े कलए इन द्वीप ं पर
पहली बसावट ा शे्रय देिी हैं।
● 16 व ीं शताब्द में, पुततगाल ने द्व पसमूह (उन े द्वारा
लाके्वकिवस हा जािा है) पर कनयंत्रण र कलया।
● अरब यात्री इब्न बतूता ी हाकनय ं में द्वीप ं ा भी कवस्तार
से उले्लख है।
● 1787 में ट पू सुल्तान े शासन में द्वीप ं ा अकमकनकदकव
समूह (एंिर थ, अकमनी, दमि, क ल्टान, चेिलाथ और कबटर ा)
आया। वे िीसरे एंग्ल -मैसूर युद्ध े बाद किकटश कनयंत्रण में
चले गए।
● 1 नवींबर 1956 , भारिीय राज् ं े पुनगगठन े दौरान,
लक्षद्वीप द्वीप ं मद्रास से अलग र कदया गया था और
प्रशासकन उदे्दश् ं े कलए ए अलग ें द्र शाकसि प्रदेश में
आय कजि क या गया था।
● 1 नवींबर 1973 लक्षद्वीप नाम अपनाने से पहले नए के्षत्र
लेकडाइव, मममनकॉय और अममींड द्व प समूह हा
जािा था।
Geography of Lakshadweep
● Lakshadweep is an archipelago of twelve
atolls, three reefs and five submerged
banks, with a total of about thirty-nine islands
and islets.
● It has ten inhabited islands, 17 uninhabited
islands, attached islets, four newly formed islets
and five submerged reefs.
● The main islands are Kavaratti, Agatti,
Minicoy, and Amini.
● As per details from Census 2011,
Lakshadweep has population of 64
Thousands, an increase from figure of 60
Thousand in 2001 census.
● The islands form the smallest Union Territory of
India and their total surface area is just 32 km2
.
● लक्षद्वीप बारह एटोल, त न र फ़ और पााँच
डूबे हुए बैंको ीं का एक द्व पसमूह है, कजसमें
ुल 39 द्वीप और टापू हैं।
● इसमें दस आबाद द्वीप, 17 कनजगन द्वीप,
संलग्न टापू, चार नवगकठि टापू और पांच
जलमग्न चट्टानें हैं।
● मुख्य द्वीप कवर्त्ती, अगर्त्त , मममनकॉय और
अममन हैं।
● 2011 ी जनगणना े कववरण े अनुसार,
लक्षद्वीप में 64 हजार क आबाद है, ज
2001 ी जनगणना में 60 हजार े आं डे
से अकि है।
● ये द्वीप भारि ा सबसे छोटा कें द्रशामसत
प्रदेश बनािे हैं और इन ा ुल सिह के्षत्र
कसर्ग 32 वगग क मी है।
General Facts
● Lakshadweep formerly known as the Laccadive, Minicoy and Aminidivi Islands is a group of islands in
the Laccadive Sea, off the southwestern coast of India.
● Lakshadweep means "one hundred thousand islands" in Sanskrit and Malayalam.
● Most of the population speaks Malayalam with Mahi (or Mahl) being the most spoken language in Minicoy
island.
● The islands are served by an airport on Agatti Island.
● The main occupation of the people is fishing and coconut cultivation, with tuna being the main item of
export.
● The entire Lakshadweep islands group is made up of coral deposits.
General Facts
● 8 Degree Channel ( 8 degrees north latitude) separates islands of Minicoy and Maldives.
● 9 Degree Channel ( 9 degrees north latitude) separates the island of Minicoy from the main Lakshadweep
archipelago.
● In Lakshadweep region, there is an absence of forests.
● Pitti Island is an important breeding place for sea turtles and for a number of pelagic birds such as the
brown noddy, lesser crested tern and greater crested tern. The Pitti island has been declared a bird
sanctuary.
● The entire indigenous population because of their economic and social backwardness and geographical
isolation is classified as Scheduled Tribes.
General Facts
● Elevation of the Lakshadweep islands range from 0.5-7.0m above mean sea level. This implies that the
danger from storm tides is tremendous over here.
● The islands are mostly coralline and their alignment appears to be in continuation of the Aravalli Strike
of Rajasthan.
● The flora of Lakshadweep mainly consists of palm trees with coconut as the only commercial crop.
Festivals of Lakshadweep
● The majority of the population in Lakshadweep follows
Islam and therefore the islands celebrate all the major
Islamic Festivals like Eid-ul-Fitr, Milad-Ul-Nabi, Bakri-
Eid, and Muharram.
● Pitti Wildlife Sanctuary
Important National Park and wildlife Sanctuaries in
Lakshadweep
● Aminidivi
● Koyas
● Malmis
● Malacheris
Tribes in Lakshadweep
Other Important Islands of India
New Moore Island
● It is a small uninhabited offshore sandbar landform in the Bay of Bengal, off
the coast of the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta region.
● Although the island was uninhabited and there were no permanent
settlements or stations located on it, both India and Bangladesh claimed
sovereignty over it because of speculation over the existence of oil and
natural gas in the region.
● The island is only two kilometres from the mouth of the Hariabhanga River.
Sriharikota Island
● It is located between Pulicat Lake and the Bay of Bengal in the Nellore district
of the state of Andhra Pradesh.
● Sriharikota is one of the satellite launching stations of Indian Space Research
Organisation.
Abdul Kalam Island
● The Abdul Kalam Island is located off the Odisha coast.
● It is India's most advanced missile testing site.
● The island was earlier named after an English commandant Lieutenant
Wheeler.
Pamban Island
● Pamban Island, also known as Rameswaram Island.
● It is located between India and Sri Lanka in the Gulf of Mannar and in the
Ramanathapuram district of the state of Tamil Nadu.
● The chain formed by Pamban Island, the shoals of Adam's Bridge, and
Mannar Island of Sri Lanka separate Palk Bay and the Palk Strait in the
northeast from the Gulf of Mannar in the southwest.
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