About Port Blair
Port Blair, the capital town of Andaman and Nicobar with nice small museums is a cluster of tin-roofed buildings tumbling towards the sea in the north, east and west and petering into fields and forests in the south. The beaches have white sand and coral reef and unpolluted sparkling clear water.
The rare flora and fauna, underwater marine life and corals, with crystal clear water and mangrove-lined creeks with unpolluted fresh air attract any nature-lover, who seek absolute peace and tranquility in the lap of mother nature.
HISTORY
The history of Port Blair is linked with the history of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. But the first settlement by the British took place in 1789. The second settlement was basically a penal settlement, taken up in 1858, after the First War of Independence.
The Cellular Jail was built to penalize Indian Freedom fighters. The penal settlement was the beginning of the agonizing story of the massive and awful Jail at Viper Island followed by the Cellular Jail.
CULTURE
People of all faiths - Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Sikhs etc., and of all languages like Hindi, Bengali, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Punjabi, Nicobari etc., live together in complete peace and harmony. Inter-religion and inter-regional marriages are common. This amazing racial and cultural mix is correctly described as Mini-India.
General Information of Port Blair
LOCATION
Port Blair, the capital town of this Union Territory is situated about 1200 km from the East Coast of the mainland.
How to Reach
By Air
Port Blair is well connected with Chennai, Calcutta and Car Nicobar. And there are ships sailing from Calcutta, Chennai and Visakhapatnam. But the journey from Visakhapatnam is very erratic.
By Rail
A railway does not connect the islands with the mainland but there is a railway out-agency at the Secretariat.
By Road
Port Blair is the main centre. To access the island from the main land one has to come to the capital, Port Blair first and then go to other islands taking the local transport available. Air and sea connect it.
CLIMATE
The climate is warm and salubrious in summer and cool and sunny in winter.
Heritage
Culture 
