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  Lakshadweep - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The people of the islands are ethnically similar to the people of the Kerala coast of India and are of mixed Indian and Arab descent, except on the southernmost and largest island, Minicoy, where people closely resemble Maldivians, speak Mahl, a language closely related to Dhivehi (Maldivian) which could even be a dialect.
The rest of the islands became a suzerainty of the Chirakkal family of Cannanore in return for a payment of annual tribute.
These islands were attached to the Malabar district of the Madras Presidency.
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 Laccadive Islands - LoveToKnow 1911
Between the Laccadives and the Maldives to the south lies the isolated Minikoi, which physically belongs to neither group, though somewhat nearer to the Maldives (q.v.).
The islands have in nearly all cases emerged from the eastern and protected side of the reef, the western being completely exposed to the S.W. monsoon.
The islands subsequently became a suzerainty of the raja of Cannanore, and after the peace of Seringapatam, 1792 the southern group was permitted to remain under the management of the native chief at a yearly tribute.
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 Minicoy Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Minicoy Island or Maliku is the only inhabited island in Maliku Atoll and it is the second largest and the southern-most island of the Laccadive Archipelago north of the Maldives.
The nearest island is Thuraakunu in the Republic of Maldives.
Addu was the Southern-most island in the dominions of the Maldive kings and was in Addu Atoll.
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They fall into two groups —the northern, belonging to the collectorate of South Kanara, and including the inhabited islands of Amini, Kardamat, Kiltan and Chetlat; and the southern, belonging to the administrative district of Malabar, and including the inhabited islands of Agatti, Kavaratti, Androth and Kalpeni.
The islands are small, none exceeding a mile in breadth, while the total area is only about 8o sq.
This was often in arrear, and on this account these islands were sequestrated by the British government in 1877.
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 Indian Ocean
The islands were sequestrated by the British government in 1877 and became part of the Union of India on that country’s independence from Britain in 1947.
The hereditary sultan of the islands was tributary to the British government of Ceylon with the islands becoming a protectorate in 1887.
The island was once the home of a large flightless bird, the Dodo, hunted to extinction as a source of food by the crews of passing ships.
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 Maldives Royal Family Official Website: MALIKU: THE FADING GLORY OF A LONELY QUEEN?
The the northern islands of the Lakshadweep, i.e.
Matrilineal system in Laccadive island is Marumakkattaayam system derived from the Namboodiri and Nair clans of Kerela where the property is passed to the offspring of the sister or sisters than ones own issue.
Though the islands were annexed to the Indian Union, the islands continued to be known by the same name until it was renamed as “Lakshadweep” in 1973.
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 Lighthouses of Lakshadweep
The Amindivi Islands are in the northern part of the territory, the Laccadive Islands are in the center, and Minicoy Island is in the south.
This is at the southwestern corner of the Laccadives; the lighthouse marks the western entrance to the Nine Degree Channel separating Minicoy from the Laccadives.
The island is accessible by passenger ferry from Cochin or by helicopter from the airport on Agatti Island.
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 LACCADIVE ISLANDS - Online Information article about LACCADIVE ISLANDS
Sesostris, and are of greater extent than those on which the islands lie.
Ibn Batuta of the conversion of the Maldives, which occurred, as he heard, four generations (say one hundred and twenty years) before his visit to these islands in 1342.
Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes, ed.
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 BANGARAM, LAKSHWADEEP (LACCADIVE ISLANDS). INDIA
Laccadive (Lakshadweep) Islands are a group of coral reefs and islands in the Indian Ocean, lying between 8° and 12°13' N. and 71° and 74° E. There are seventeen separate reefs.
The islands are small and the total area is only about 32 sq.
The main islands are Kavarrati (where the capital city, Kavarrati, is located), Agatti, Minicoy, and Amini.
www.colonialvoyage.com /viaggi/lakshwadeep.html   (137 words)

  
 Laccadive Islands
The Laccadive Islands are an archipelago belonging to India, located in the Arabian Sea off the coast of Kerala, between 200 to 300 km away and consist of 36 coral islands covering a land area of 32 sq.
The main islands are Kavarrati, Minicoy, and Amini.
The whole group were collectively renamed Lakshadweep in 1973.
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 India tour, kerala tour, lakshadweep travel, kerala travel, Kumarakom, House boats, India Travel, kerala Travels, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The Laccadive Islands, renamed Lakshadweep in 1973, are located in the Arabian Sea off the coast of Kerala, some 200 to 300 kms away and consists of 36 coral islands covering a land area of 32 sq.
The islands form the smallest of Indian Union Territories and was constituted in 1956.
Minicoy Island which is 200 kms away to the South is near to the Maldives.
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 Sri Lanka   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Also noted are the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the Chagos Archipelago, Jaffna, Kandy, the Laccadive Islands, the Maldive Islands, Sitawaka, and Trincomalee.
All the islands are uninhabited except for the largest, Diego Suarez, located in the southeast corner of the group.
In the mid 1960's the Ilios were removed from the islands and resettled in the Seychelles and Mauritius.
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 STATUS OF CORAL REEFS IN SOUTH ASIA: BANGLADESH, INDIA, MALDIVES, SRI LANKA
The Lakshadweep (Laccadive) Islands consist of 12 atolls, 36 islands and 5 submerged banks at the northern end of the Laccadive-Chagos ridge.
The 42 islands with fringing reefs of the Gulf of Kutch have been severely damaged by habitat changes, sedimentation and industrial pollution, which add to the stresses of high temperature, salinity changes, turbid water and 12m tides.
Most of the reefs in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands consisted of mixed coral morphology reefs whilst the branching and tabulate composition was similar to massive and sub-massive coral composition (Kulkarni 2002).
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 The Unreached Peoples Prayer Profiles
The Laccadive Mappilla are unique in that they have maintained a matrilineal society (line of descent is traced through the women) in spite of their Islamic beliefs.
Since 1956, the Laccadive Islands have become a Union Territory with the headquarters of administration at Calicut on the mainland.
The Laccadive Mappilla belong to the Shafite School of the Sunni branch of Islam.
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 Emirald Islands, Bangaram, Laccadive, Laccadive Islands, Agatti, Laccadives, Bangaram island, Bangaram island resort, ...
Lakshadweep, union territory, South West India, consisting of the Laccadive, Minicoy, and Amindivi islands in the Arabian Sea off the coast of Kerala state.
The entire territory is sometimes called the Laccadive Islands.
It is everything you imagine a tropical island to be and from the moment you set foot on the blinding, soft, white sand you'll be totally enraptured by the exotic natural beauty of what can only be described as one of the most exclusive tropical islands in the world.
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 LAKSHADWEEP ISLANDS, LAKSHDWEEP, LACCADIVE ISLANDS, LACCADIVE, ISLANDS OF INDIA, ISLANDS IN INDIA, INDIAN ISLANDS, ...
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Most of the inhabitants are Muslims (93%) who speak Malayalam.
The islands form the smallest Union Territories and was constituted in 1956.
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 HighBeam Encyclopedia - Laccadive, Minicoy, and Amindivi Islands   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
HighBeam Encyclopedia - Laccadive, Minicoy, and Amindivi Islands
LACCADIVE, MINICOY, AND AMINDIVI ISLANDS [Laccadive, Minicoy, and Amindivi Islands] India: see Lakshadweep.
Author not available, LACCADIVE, MINICOY, AND AMINDIVI ISLANDS.
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 Tsunami Message Board, A forum for finding missing persons, checking resort status after the Asian tsunami, in India, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
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does anyone know whether the laccadive and minicoy islands were affected?
i do not see these islands on any lists and assume that they are fine to visit.
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 Short Account of the Laccadive Islands and Minicoy; Author: Ellis, R.H.; Book
Short Account of the Laccadive Islands and Minicoy; Author: Ellis, R.H.; Book
Short Account of the Laccadive Islands and Minicoy
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 Royal Orient Express--Make My Tour 2 India.com
There are also a host of water sports facilities
Across, Ahmedpur Mandvi is the island of Diu, - one of the country's finest beaches.
Another popular place to visit is the Fort of Diu- an imposing statement of power.
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