State timeline · 1947 → Today
Andaman & Nicobar Islands
From a former penal colony to a strategic island territory: refugee settlement, tribal protection, the 2004 tsunami and the Great Nicobar project. A Union Territory run directly by the Centre, so events carry the Prime Minister's government.
- Capital
- Sri Vijaya Puram
- Union Territory
- 1 Nov 1956
- Districts
- 3
- Lok Sabha seats
- 1
- Legislature
- None
- Head
- Lt Governor
Interactive Timeline
Andaman & Nicobar, 1947 to today
Every scheme, law and turning point. The islands have no elected government, so every title shows the central government of the day (Centre (…)), and dashed markers show the administrators.
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