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THE ISLANDS LOCATE THE LAKSHADWEEP ISLANDS GROUP LYING CLOSE TO THE MALABAR COAST OF KERALA. THIS GROUP OF ISLANDS IS COMPOSED OF SMALL CORAL ISALNDS. EARLIER THEY WERE KNOWN AS LACCADIVE, MINICOY AND AMINDIVE. IN 1973 THESE WERENAMED AS LAKSHADWEEP. IT COVERS SMALL AREA OF 32 SQ KM. KAVARATTI ISLAND IS THE ADMINISTRATIVE HEADQUARTERS OF LAKSHADWEEP. THIS ISLAND GROUP HAS GREAT DIVERSITY OF FLORA AND FAUNA. THE PITTI ISLAND, WHICH IS UNINHABITED, HAS A BIRD SANCTUARY. NOW THE A ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS. THEY ARE BIGGER IN SIZE AND ARE MORE NUMEROUS AND SCATTERED. THE ENTIRE GROUP OF ISLANDS IS DIVIDED INTO TWO BROAD CATEGORIES – THE ANDAMAN IN THE NORTH AND THE NICOBAR IN THE SOUTH. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THESE ISLANDS ARE AN ELEVATED PORTION OF SUBMARINE MOUNTAINS. THESE ISLAND GROUPS ARE OF GREAT STARATEGIC IMPORTANCE FOR THE COUNTRY. THERE IS GREAT DIVERSITY OF FLORA AND FAUNA IN THIS GROUP OF ISLANDS TOO. THESE ISLANDS LIE CLOSE TO EQUATOR AND EXPERIENCE EQUATORIAL CLIMATE AND HAS THICK FOREST COVER