| 词条 | Indira Point |
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| name = Indira Point | native_name = | native_name_lang = | settlement_type = Village | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | etymology = | pushpin_map = India Andaman and Nicobar Islands#India | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India | pushpin_map1 = India | pushpin_map_caption1 = Location in India | coordinates = {{coord|6.780621|N|93.8258513|E|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = India | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = Andaman and Nicobar Islands | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Nicobar | subdivision_type3 = Tehsil | subdivision_name3 = Great Nicobar | established_title = | established_date = | founder = | seat_type = Panchayat | seat = | leader_party = | leader_title = | leader_name = | unit_pref = Metric | area_total_km2 = | elevation_m = 47 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_total = 27 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | timezone1 = IST | utc_offset1 = +5:30 | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code_type = | area_code = | blank_name_sec1 = 2011 census code | blank_info_sec1 = 645188 | footnotes = }}Indira Point is a village in the Nicobar district at Great Nicobar Island of Andaman and Nicobar Islands in India. It is located in the Great Nicobar tehsil.[1] It is the location of the southernmost point of India's territory.[2]Rondo Island, Indonesia's northernmost island in Sabang district of Aceh province of Sumatra, lies 163 km south of Indira point.[3] India and Indonesia are planning to collaborate to construct a port at Sabang to protect the channel between Great Nicobar Island and Rondo Island (c. May 2019).[4] EtymologyThis village was named as Indira Point after former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. The point was formerly known as Pygmalion Point and Parsons Point.[5] It was renamed in honour of Indira Gandhi during mid-1980s. The announcement was made by the local Member of Parliament when Indira Gandhi visited the local light house on 19 February 1984. The official renaming ceremony happened on 10 October 1985.[6] HistoryIndira Point was previously named as Pygmation Point.[7] Swami Vivekananda, who had also visited Kanyakumari, had also visited this point.[7] The Indira Point lighthouse was commissioned into service on 30 April 1972.[8][9] Located 500 kilometres north of the epicenter of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, the southernmost tip subsided 4.25 metres after the earthquake, and many of the inhabitants went missing in the tsunami that followed.[10] Sixteen to twenty families living next to the lighthouse and four scientists studying leatherback sea turtles were lost.[11] GeographyPort Blair is connected to mainland India via air service. From Port Blair, Campbell Bay can be reached by Pawan Hans Helicopter service. Inter Island Boat from Port Blair is also available which usually travels via Little Andaman, Car Nicobar and Nancowry en route to Campbell Bay. MV Campbell Bay also operates once in a week from Port Blair (Phoenix Bay) to Campbell Bay. Government is also constructing a 21 km road from Shashtri Nagar to Indira Point via a bridge on the Galathea river. The total length of the road from Zero Point to Indira point will be 56 km and it will completed within next few years (c. 2017).[12] This area is protected by the Indian Coast Guard.[12] Galathea National Park and Lighthouse are the major attractions here. AdministrationThe village comes under the administration of Laxmi Nagar panchayat.[13] DemographicsThe village lost many of its residents in the 2004 tsunami. According to the 2011 census of India, Indira Point has only 4 households left. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 85.19%.[14] See also
References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://dolr.nic.in/dolr/mpr/revenuevillagedirectorypdf/Andaman%20Nicobar.pdf |title=Andaman and Nicobar Islands villages |publisher=Land Records Information Systems Division, NIC |accessdate=25 July 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304095346/http://dolr.nic.in/dolr/mpr/revenuevillagedirectorypdf/Andaman%20Nicobar.pdf |archivedate=4 March 2016 |df=dmy-all }} {{Nicobar district }}2. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/qfOwXAXcS6ErHfj5Zq3eTL/Nicobars-bicycle-diaries.html|title=Nicobar’s bicycle diaries}} 3. ^Rondo Island, The Rich Uninhabited Island 4. ^[https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/india-seeks-to-aid-indonesia-in-developing-port-in-aceh/articleshow/64214909.cms India seeks to aid Indonesia in developing port in Aceh], Economic Times, 19 May 2018. 5. ^{{cite book|author= K. Raja Reddy |title=India and ASEAN: foreign policy dimensions for the 21st Century |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bAq6AAAAIAAJ |year=2005 |publisher=New Century Publications |isbn=978-81-7708-081-0 |page=44 }} 6. ^{{cite book |author=HPS Virk |title=Rendezvous: Forbidden Land of the 'Nicobar Islands' |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jbATBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA114 |date=5 March 2015 |publisher=FriesenPress |isbn=978-1-4602-5877-4 |pages=114–115 }} 7. ^1 http://www.portblaironline.in/city-guide/facts-about-indira-point Port Blaire online 8. ^Indira Point Lighthouse, Directorate General of Lighthouses and Lightships, Ministry of Shipping. 9. ^Indira Point Lighthouse: 4.25 m of subsidence in the 26 Dec 2004 earthquake 10. ^{{cite book |author1=Joyce A. Quinn |author2=Susan L. Woodward |title=Earth's Landscape: An Encyclopedia of the World's Geographic Features |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ErkxBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA34 |date=31 January 2015 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-61069-446-9 |pages=34–}} 11. ^Islands' death toll could reach 15,000 by Luke Harding. Sydney Morning Herald, 1 January 2005. 12. ^1 Zero point to Indira Point road 13. ^List of Villages, Integrated Management Information System (IMIS), Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation. 14. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/3500_PART_B_DCHB_ANDAMAN%20&%20NICOBAR%20ISLANDS.pdf |title=District Census Handbook - Andaman & Nicobar Islands |work=2011 Census of India |publisher=Directorate of Census Operations, Andaman & Nicobar Islands |accessdate=21 July 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801173328/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/3500_PART_B_DCHB_ANDAMAN%20%26%20NICOBAR%20ISLANDS.pdf |archivedate=1 August 2015 |df=dmy-all }} 3 : Villages in Great Nicobar tehsil|Great Nicobar Island|Monuments and memorials to Indira Gandhi |
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