Port Blair
Proper noun
Meaning
Port Blair
The capital city of the union territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India.
Examples
According to official data, an internet speed of 400 gigabytes (Gb) per second will be provided at Port Blair and for other islands, it will be 200 Gb per second.
Construction began in November 1857 at Port Blair using inmates' labour, avoiding the vicinity of a salt swamp that seemed to have been the source of many of the earlier problems at Port Cornwallis.
Flora Map of Andaman and Nicobar Islands with an extra detailed area around Port Blair.
On 2 October 1944, Col. Loganathan handed over the charge to Maj. Alvi and left Port Blair, never to return.
The Cellular Jail at Port Blair when completed in 1910 included 698 cells designed for solitary confinement; each cell measured convert with a single ventilation window convert above the floor.
For foreign nationals arriving by air, these are granted upon arrival at Port Blair.