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3 hours ago · The Blair Of Port Blair: All You Need to Know. Port Blair was named after Lieutenant Archibald Blair, a British naval officer and surveyor in the Bombay Marine who served in the Royal Navy during the early 18th century. The then Government of Bengal established a penal colony on Chatham Island in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and named it in ...
16 hours ago · Port Blair was named after Captain Archibald Blair, a British colonial navy official of the East India Company. In a tweet, Amit Shah said Sri Vijaya Puram had an "unparalleled place in our freedom struggle and history". He also said the name symbolised the victory achieved in the freedom struggle.
8 hours ago · Port Blair, the capital city of the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, has been renamed Sri Vijaya Puram, Union home minister Amit Shah announced on Friday, 13 September. While the BJP in Andaman and Nicobar Islands welcomed the decision, calling it much-needed, the Congress said the opinion of locals should have been taken.
18 hours ago · Port Blair, the capital city of the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, has been renamed Sri Vijaya Puram, Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced on Friday. Amit Shah said the decision was taken to free the nation from colonial imprints as the Andaman and Nicobar Islands had an "unparalleled place" in the country's freedom struggle and history.
16 hours ago · Port Blair, the capital city of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, will now be known as ‘Sri Vijaya Puram’, Union Minister Amit Shah said in a post on X on Friday (September 13). He said the decision of changing the name was inspired by the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, “to free the nation from colonial imprints”.
18 hours ago · Indian Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday announced that Andaman and Nicobar Island's capital, Port Blair, has been renamed as "Sri Vijaya Puram". Shah said that the earlier name of the city had a colonial legacy, while the new name symbolises the victory achieved in the freedom struggle. "Inspired by the vision of PM Narendra Modi Ji, to free ...
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Port Blair, the capital of Andaman and Nicobar, will be renamed Sri Vijaya Puram, Union home minister Amit Shah announced on Friday, saying the island territory was a symbol of victory in the ...
