VIPER ISLAND IN ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLAND

Tourist Places In States And Union Territory Capitals Of India

1 Andaman and Nicobar Islands -- Port Blair ||

2 Andhra Pradesh -- Hyderabad ||

3 Arunachal Pradesh -- Itanagar ||

4 Assam -- Dispur ||

5 Bihar -- Patna ||

6 Chandigarh -- Chandigarh ||

7 Chhattisgarh -- Raipur ||

8 Dadra and Nagar Haveli -- Silvassa ||

9 Daman and Diu -- Daman ||

10 National Capital Territory of Delhi -- Delhi ||

11 Goa -- Panaji ||

12 Gujarat -- Gandhinagar ||

13 Haryana -- Chandigarh ||

14 Himachal Pradesh -- Shimla ||

15 Jammu and Kashmir -- Srinagar ||

16 Jharkhand -- Ranchi ||

17 Karnataka -- Bengaluru ||

18 Kerala -- Thiruvananthapuram ||

19 Lakshadweep -- Kavaratti ||

20 Madhya Pradesh -- Bhopal ||

21 Maharashtra -- Mumbai ||

22 Manipur -- Imphal ||

23 Meghalaya -- Shillong ||

24 Mizoram -- Aizawl ||

25 Nagaland -- Kohima ||

26 Odisha -- Bhubaneswar ||

27 Puducherry -- Pondicherry ||

28 Punjab -- Chandigarh ||

29 Rajasthan -- Jaipur ||

30 Sikkim -- Gangtok ||

31 Tamil Nadu -- Chennai ||

32 Tripura -- Agartala ||

33 Uttar Pradesh -- Lucknow ||

34 Uttarakhand -- Dehradun ||

35 West Bengal -- Kolkata ||

Monday 18 March 2013

VIPER ISLAND IN ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLAND

Viper Island : This island derives its name from the vessel ‘viper' in which Lt. Archibold Blair came to the islands in 1768 with the purpose of establishing a penal settlement. The Dangerous convicts found guilty of violating the rules of the penal settlement, were put in fetters and were forced to work with their fetters on in this island.

Sher Ali was given life imprisonment during the Wahabi movement against the British Raj. He assassinated lord mayo, viceroy of India with a knife on 8 th Feb. 1872. He was hanged on Viper Island.

The harbor cruise, available daily from phoenix bay jetty at 3p.m., provides a panoramic view of different points around the harbor and includes a wonderful trip to viper island.these tourist places shows the ancient penal laws of british rulers.