NICOBAR ISLANDS

NICOBAR ISLANDS are a group of picturesque islands in the Indian Ocean. These are located south of the Andaman Islands and midway between Sri Lanka and the Malay Peninsula. Only 14 of the 20 islands are inhabited, chiefly by indigenous Indians and Malays.

After being in the hands of Denmark for upwards of 100 years, they were annexed by Britain in 1869 and trades were carried on with India in cocoa-nuts, ambergris, tortoise-shell, &c. Since independence it is a part of India in the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.