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	Port Blair - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Port Blair was founded by the British in 1858, the Cellular Jail surviving from this period.
		Port Blair has an average literacy rate of 77%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 81%, and female literacy is 72%.
		In Port Blair, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Port_Blair (452 words)

	A Place Called Blair
		Port Blair, population 240,089 [1991], is situated on the east coast of South Andaman Island.
		Blair Valley was divided between 2 states in 1764-67 when Mason and Dixon laid out a line of milestones which bore the letters M for Maryland and P for Pennsylvania.
		Blair was descended from one of the pioneer families of this region for whom Blair's Fork was named.
	www.blairsociety.org /blplace.htm (6600 words)

	Port Sunlight / Community / Events (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Blair arrived at Speke airport then took to his campaign "battlebus" with wife Cherie to Port Sunlight where he was greeted by a large crowd of party faithful.
		Mr Blair said tough decisions had to be made in the ealy days of New Labour in power to get the national debt down but this had enabled the Government to make record investment in schools and hospitals.
		Cherie Blair, who was with her husband for the rally, made the short walk to the Hillsborough Memorial Garden and placed a red bouquet at the foot of a plaque honouring the 96 football supporters who lost their lives in April 1989.
	www.portsunlight.org.uk /community/news/whatson/tonyblair.htm (226 words)

	Port Blair - Port Blair Travel,Port Blair Tour,Port Blair in Andaman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Port Blair, a characterless cluster of tin-roofed buildings tumbling towards the sea in the north, east and west and petering into fields and forests in the suit, merits only a short stay.
		Port Blair's only firm reminder of its gloomy past, the sturdy brick Cellular Jail, overlooks the sea from a small rise in the northeast of town.
		Port Blair, on South Andaman, is served by fights from Calcutta (Kolkata) (Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday) and Chennai (Monday, Wednesday and Friday).
	andaman-nicobar.indiantravelportal.com /port-blair (2227 words)

	Port Blair - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Port Blair, town on South Andaman, capital of the Andaman Islands, India.
		The British were the first Europeans to settle in the islands, at Port Blair in 1789.
		Port, in computer hardware, a location for passing data in and out of a computing device.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Port_Blair.html (113 words)

	India Travelogue Destinations: Port Blair Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Travel Guide to Andamans India, Discover Port ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		ocated on the east coast of South Andaman, Port Blair, the capital of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, is a remote harbour.
		At the southern tip of South Andaman, an hour's drive from Port Blair, is Chiriya Tapu or Bird Island; a tiny fishing village with mangroves, shell-strewn beaches, sharp rocks and vast coral reefs.
		The capital Port Blair, on South Andaman, is served by Indian Airlines flights from Calcutta (Wed, Fri & Sun; 2hr) and Madras (Tues, Thurs & Sat; 2hr 5min).
	www.indiatravelogue.com /dest/and/port.html (3293 words)

	Port of Tacoma - What's New
		The Port of Tacoma, the Evergreen Group and hundreds of guests today celebrated the grand opening of Pierce County Terminal, a new 171-acre mega-container terminal, at a special ceremony held at the facility.
		Built on 51-foot deep water of the Port's Blair Waterway with efficient road and trans-continental rail connections, the terminal is designed to efficiently move international containerized cargo to both regional markets by truck and throughout the United States by rail.
		The Port's Senior Director of Container Terminal Businesses, Brendan Dugan, explained that in addition to being an important milestone for the Port, Pierce County Terminal illustrates that the Blair is a viable location for future marine terminal development.
	www.portoftacoma.com /newsreleases.cfm?sub=68&lsub=686 (1096 words)

	Port Blair tehsil - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Port Blair tehsil is one of 5 local administrative divisions of the Indian district of Andaman, part of the Indian union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
		Located in the Indian Ocean Andaman Islands, the tehsil of Port Blair is the largest tehsil in terms of both area and number of inhabitants, accounting for half of the district's overall population.
		Port Blair tehsil's population according to 2001 Census of India figures was 159,845.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Port_Blair_tehsil (163 words)

	Port Blair - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Port Blair, town on South Andaman Island, capital of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, a union territory of India.
		Altoona, city in Blair County, central Pennsylvania, at the eastern escarpment of the Allegheny Mountains.
		- port on South Andaman Island in the Bay of Bengal, and capital of the Indian Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
	encarta.msn.com /Port+Blair.html (108 words)

	Port Blair Attractions - Port Blair Places of Interest - Port Blair Tourist Attractions : India Line Travel
		"Port Blair is covered with a cluster of coconut palms and some enchanting beaches.
		Port Blair is also bestowed with lush green forests, some of the best beaches in the world and shallow crystal clear waters along with rare flora and fauna, "
		Cellular Jail located in Port Blair was built by the British to jail the freedom fighters and other convicts brought to the island to serve their sentence.
	www.indialine.com /travel/andaman/portblair/attractions.html (644 words)

	Port Blair Islands, Andaman Nicobar Islands, Island Tour of India, East India Tourism Guide
		One of the major landmarks in Port Blair is the Cellular Jail, a three-storey prison constructed by British in 1906.
		Located at a distance of 40 km from Port Blair, this island is predominantly populated with Bengalis.
		Located at a distance of 29 km from Port Blair, the Wandoor is a stunningly beautiful group of 15 islands.
	www.india-travel-services.com /portblair.htm (1520 words)

	Port Blair
		After China's attack in October-November 1962, the responsibility for the seaward defence of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands was assigned to the Navy.
		In 1964, INS JARAWA was commissioned as the parent establishment at Port Blair.
		By 1975, the BRO at Port Blair was able to increase the operational availability of the landing ships and the patrol boats.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/india/port-blair.htm (518 words)

	Port Blair Hotel India — Andaman Nicobar Island :: Sinclairs Hotels
		Port Blair, the capital city of the Andaman Islands, consisting of more than 572 islands and islets is spread over 8,249 sq kms of the Indian Ocean.
		It's that rare phenomenon:an unspoilt beach resort, whose principal attractions are the clear sapphire waters of the sea, the golden shores, the breathtaking coral formations, the flora and fauna, the endlessly fascinating marine life and the native people.
		Port Blair is connected both by air and sea from Calcutta and Chennai.
	www.sinclairshotels.com /port_blair/index.php3 (439 words)

	Port Blair, Site seeing places, Cellular Jail
		The erstwhile Dilthaman tank, which was the only source of drinking water to Port Blair has been developed to Gandhi Park in an unbelievably short time of thirteen days.
		Cellular jail located in Port Blair, is a mute witness to the tortures meted out to the freedom fighters, who were incarcerated in this jail.
		Viper Island is very near to Port Blair and was the old jail were the Britishers used to harbor convicts.
	www.andamanconnections.com /portblair.html (448 words)

	Worldroom.com: Port Blair- A Perfect Tropical Paradise
		The harbour town of Port Blair, and also the main entry point to the islands as well as the state capital, lies on the east coast of South Andaman.
		Today, Port Blair have grown and tourism is being developed to entice more people to enjoy the clean beaches and unpolluted waters that are already attracting divers and snorkellers.
		Chatham : A small island connected to Port Blair by a bridge; it is famous for a sawmill, considered to be on of the oldest and the largest in Asia.
	www.worldroom.com /features/port_blair/coverstory1.phtml (584 words)

	Port Blair Tourism - Port Blair India Tourism - Port Blair Tourism Guide : India Line Travel
		"Port Blair, the capital of the Andaman and Nicobar islands, comprises of a huge number of islands.
		Calcutta to Port Blair is around 56 hours and from Visakhapatnam it`s around 56 hours.
		Prices are the same for both the Calcuta and Chennai routes.The Port Blair SCI office is in Aberdeen Bazaar.In Calcutta, the SCI office is on the 1st floor at 13 Strand Rd. In Chennai, the Directorate of shipping services is at Jawahar building, Rajaji Salai (opposite the Customs House).
	www.indialine.com /travel/andaman/portblair (336 words)

	Port blair Tours, tour to Port blair, travel agents, tour operator, india tours, india travels, hotel reservation, ...
		The superb beaches and fascinating marine life on the reefs coupled with the opportunities you get for water sports, bird watching of fishing makes Port Blair one of the most interesting and enchanting tourist destinations in the country.
		Once you are in Port Blair, the list of attractions to visit is endless.
		Be it the wonderful and unexplored beaches, the picture perfect marine life and the islands or the many water sport activities, Port Blair has always been a favourite destination for many.
	www.airtickets-india.com /cities/portblair.htm (374 words)

	Port of Tacoma - What's New
		Most recently, ICON was the primary contractor on the Port's Blair Terminal Improvement project and construction of the $40 million, 144-acre Marshall Avenue Auto Facility.
		The Port's auto processing facilities have been relocated to the Marshall Avenue complex, clearing the way for work on the new Evergreen Terminal in early November.
		The Port of Tacoma is projecting total Portwide volume in 2003 to be a record 1.725 million TEUs.
	www.portoftacoma.com /newsreleases.cfm?sub=68&lsub=530 (704 words)

	Port Blair travel guide - Wikitravel
		Port Blair is capital of the Andaman and Nicobar island group and the largest city in the group with a population of about 100,000.
		It is still possible to take a ship from Kolkata, Chennai or Visakhapatnam which takes almost 4 days to arrive in Port Blair.
		With the arrival of the Air Deccan flights that allow foreigners to fly for the same rate as Indians, and cost about the same as the boat, there is little reason to spend 4 days at sea unless you're in it for the experience.
	wikitravel.org /en/Port_Blair (818 words)

	The Hindu : Front Page : Overlapping faults
		Despite the hundreds of kilometres of water that separate the Andamans from the Indian mainland, many of the relief camps in Port Blair, the islands' capital city, have the appearance of miniaturised portraits of the nation.
		In the Andaman and Nicobar islands, although the manpower and machinery for the relief effort are supplied largely by the armed forces, overall authority is concentrated in the hands of a small clutch of senior civil servants in Port Blair.
		But for the mandarins of Port Blair, the relief effort is a zero sum game in which they are the referees.
	www.hindu.com /2005/01/11/stories/2005011108991100.htm (2883 words)

	Port Blair Andaman & Nicobar Islands Hotels Port Blair Resort Port Blair Sightseeing Port Blair Andaman Islands India
		A short flight from Calcutta by air (it is also connected by flights from Delhi and Madras) is Port Blair, capital of the Andaman Islands.
		The headquarters of this Union Territory is at Port Blair, situated in South Andaman Island.
		M.V.Harshavardhana, M.V.Akbar and M.V.Nicobar are plying between Port Blair and Madras (1190 km), Calcutta (1255 kms), Vizag (1200 kms).
	hotels.samsantravels.com /places/andaman/andamanislands.htm (569 words)

	Port Blair, Phuket in tourism pact
		Prof Kapse also said Phuket is one of the world's most preferred tourist destinations and hence Port Blair being close to it can gain from it in promoting itself as a major international tourist destination.
		Delegation from Phuket had also visited Port Blair in the past after which the details of the areas of co-operation was worked out, he said.
		Incidentally both Port Blair and Phuket had suffered extensive damages due to tsunami on December 26 last year and now the two cities have joined hands to promote each other.
	inhome.rediff.com /money/2005/jul/26port.htm (343 words)

	Port of Tacoma - What's New
		Port of Tacoma Shatters Cargo Records--February 1, 2006
		Port Accelerates Funding for UW-Tacoma Port of Tacoma Chair--June 16, 2005
		Port of Tacoma Chair Established at UW Tacoma--December 17, 2004
	www.portoftacoma.com /newsreleases.cfm?sub=68&lsub=530 (1651 words)

	Cellular Jail in Port Blair, Andaman and nicobar, Ross Island, Indian freedom movement,Andaman Islands, monument india.
		Cellular Jail in Port Blair, Andaman and nicobar, Ross Island, Indian freedom movement,Andaman Islands, monument india.
		The Cellular Jail in Port Blair is a testimony to the steadfast conviction that men and women—political prisoners all—had in their nation’s destiny, and the hardships and sacrifices they readily gave for it.
		However, the jail became significant and grasped the imagination of the people of mainland India and abroad when, during the course of India’s freedom struggle, the British began to deport political prisoners to Port Blair.
	www.indiaprofile.com /heritage/cellularjail-portblair.htm (1181 words)

	CHOWS2K4 Port Blair
		The capital of Andaman and Nicobar islands, Port Blair, has shifted by over one metre after the killer earthquake and Tsunami of December 26, a preliminary survey data has revealed.
		A team of surveyors from the Survey of India, compiling scientific readings from across the Andaman and Nicobar islands, has discovered that its Port Blair control point had shifted towards the south-eastern side by 1.15 meters from its earlier position.
		The sea has also recorded a not-so-significant drop of 25 cm from its earlier level at the Port Blair control point.
	www.freewebtown.com /chows2k4/portblair.html (111 words)

	Hotels in Port Blair's India,Portblairs Hotels,Portblair Hotels Directory,Portblair India Hotels Guide,Hotels ...
		One of the world's last outposts of unspoilt, virgin, natural rain forest islands, the Andaman and Nicobar are a string of 300 odd islands in the Bay Of Bengal.
		Marine hill, Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands 744101.
		Peerless Resort is only hotel in Port Blair, to rise on its only beach.
	www.hotels-in-india.com /portblair.html (185 words)

	Cox & Kings tour operators, india tours, luxury tours, flights, hotels, cars, holidays, cruises, rail, incentives, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Port Blair, an expanse of sea, punctuated by tiny patches of land.
		In the morning take a tour to Port Blair, which will include a visit to the Central Jail, it is better known as Kala Pani.
		Transfer back to Port Blair airport for your return flight back to Kolkatta or Chennai.
	www.coxandkings.com /cms/products/bharatdekho/?link=tour&BDtourID=53 (243 words)

	Port Blair Hotel India — Andaman Nicobar Travel Connections
		From Chennai to Port Blair, ship journey would take approximately 60 hours and from Kolkata (Calcutta) to Port Blair 66 hours.
		The ships start return journey from Port Blair 3 to 4 days after reaching there.
		The date of departure of the ship is announced in the newspapers one week prior to departure.
	www.sinclairshotels.com /port_blair/prtblr_trans.php3 (267 words)

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