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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Aminidivi അമിനിദ്വീപ്
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| other_name = Amindivi Islands
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[[File:MV Amindivi 001.JPG|thumb|265px|M.V. ''Amindivi'', a passenger ship of the Lakshadweep Islands administration named after the island subgroup]]
The '''Aminidivi Islands''' ({{IPA|ml|ɐminid̪βʷiːbɨ̆|lang}}) are one of the three [[island]] subgroups in the [[Union Territory]] of [[Lakshadweep]], [[India]]. It is the northern group of the Lakshadweep, separated from the [[Laccadive Islands]] subgroup roughly by the [[11th parallel north]].<ref>GEBCO Gazetteer of undersea feature names</ref> The total land area of the group is 9.26 km2.

Formerly the Union Territory was known as '''Laccadive, Minicoy, and Amindivi Islands''',<ref>[http://global.britannica.com/place/Lakshadweep Lakshadweep | union territory, India | Britannica]</ref> a name that was changed to '''Lakshadweep''' by an act of Parliament in 1973.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://sschelp.in/chsl/questions/AB2015/q192.html |title=The name of the Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi islands |access-date=2 December 2015 |archive-date=23 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190223080801/http://sschelp.in/chsl/questions/AB2015/q192.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
The Aminidivi group forms a [[taluka]] or subdivision.<ref>[http://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/lakshadweep/tehsil.html Lakshadweep Tehsil Map - Maps of India]</ref> The islands of [[Amini Island|Amini]], [[Kiltan]], [[Chetlat]], [[Kadmat]] and [[Bitra]] are inhabited. The population numbered 18,876 at the 2001 [[census]] and [[Islam]] is the main religion of the islanders.<ref>[http://www.webindia123.com/territories/lakshadweep/land/islands.htm Web123India]</ref>

Aminidivi has the highest recorded rainfall in India in a 24-hour period, at 1,168 mm on 2004-05-06.

==Geography==
Aminidivi consists of [[atoll]]s with islands, three [[reef]]s or atolls with only unvegetated [[sand cay]]s above the [[Ordinary high water mark|high water mark]], and four submerged [[bank (topography)|banks]].<ref>Prakash Chauhan & Shailesh Nayak, ''Detection of submerged reef banks in the Lakshadweep Sea using IRS-P4 OCM satellite data''</ref> In addition, there is the island that gives its name to the group, [[Amini Island|Amini]], which is located at {{coord|11|06|N|72|45|E|}} at the northwestern end of [[Pitti Bank]], a largely sunken atoll.
{| class="wikitable"
![[Atoll]]/[[Reef]]/[[Bank (topography)|Bank]] (''alternate name'')!!type!!Land Area (km2)!![[Lagoon]] Area<ref>{{cite web |title=Report on Aquifer Mapping and Management Plan UT of Lakshadweep, Kerala |url=http://cgwb.gov.in/AQM/NAQUIM_REPORT/Kerala/Lakshadweep_fina.pdf#page=14 |publisher=Central Ground Water Board |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519060208/http://cgwb.gov.in/AQM/NAQUIM_REPORT/Kerala/Lakshadweep_fina.pdf |archive-date=19 May 2023 |page=14 |url-status=live}}</ref> km2!!No. of islets!!Pop. [[Census]] 2001!![[Geographic coordinate system|Location]]
|-
| colspan=9 align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF"| '''Amindivi Islands'''
|- style="background: #CCF;"
|[[Cora Divh]]||bank|| align=right|-|| align=right|339.45||align=right|-||align=right|-||{{coord|13|42|N|72|11|E|name=Cora Divh}}
|- style="background: #CCF;"
|[[Sesostris Bank]]||bank|| align=right|-|| align=right|388.53||align=right|-||align=right|-||{{coord|13|08|N|72|00|E|name=Sesostris Bank}}
|- style="background: #CCF;"
|[[Bassas de Pedro]] (''Munyal Par'', ''Padua Bank'')||bank|| align=right|-|| align=right|2474.33||align=right|-||align=right|-||{{coord|13|07|N|72|25|E|name=Bassas de Pedro}}
|- style="background: #FFC;"
| [[Cherbaniani Reef]] (''Beleapani Reef'')||reef||align=right|0.01|| align=right|172.59||align=right|2|| align=right|-||{{coord|12|18|N|71|53|E|name=Cherbaniani Reef}}
|- style="background: #FFC;"
| [[Byramgore Reef]] (''Chereapani'')||reef||align=right|0.01|| align=right|57.46||align=right|1|| align=right|-||{{coord|11|54|N|71|49|E|name=Byramgore Reef}}
|- style="background: #CFC;"
|[[Chetlat Island]]||atoll|| align=right|1.14|| align=right|1.60||align=right|1|| align=right|2289||{{coord|11|42|N|72|42|E|name=Chetlat Island}}
|- style="background: #CFC;"
|[[Bitra|Bitrā Island]]||atoll|| align=right|0.10|| align=right|45.61||align=right|2|| align=right|264||{{coord|11|33|N|72|09|E|name=Bitrā Island}}
|- style="background: #CFC;"
|[[Kiltan|Kiltān Island]]||atoll|| align=right|2.20|| align=right|1.76||align=right|1|| align=right|3664||{{coord|11|29|N|73|00|E|name=Kiltān Island}}
|- style="background: #CFC;"
|[[Kadmat Island]] (''Cardamom'')||atoll|| align=right|3.20|| align=right|37.50||align=right|1|| align=right|5319||{{coord|11|14|N|72|47|E|name=Kadmat Island}}
|- style="background: #CCF;"
|[[Elikalpeni Bank]]||bank|| align=right|-|| align=right|95.91||align=right|-||align=right|-||{{coord|11|12|N|73|58|E|name=Elikalpeni Bank}}
|- style="background: #FFC;"
| [[Perumal Par]]||reef||align=right|0.01|| align=right|83.02||align=right|1|| align=right|-||{{coord|11|10|N|72|04|E|name=Perumal Par}}
|- style="background: #CFC;"
|[[Amini, India|Amini Island]] 1)||atoll|| align=right|2.59|| align=right|155.09 1)||align=right|1|| align=right|7340||{{coord|11|06|N|72|45|E|name=Amini Island}}
|-
|}

==Climate==

{{Weather box
| location = Aminidivi (1991–2020, extremes 1901–2012)
| metric first = Y
| single line = Y
| Jan record high C = 36.7
| Feb record high C = 35.7
| Mar record high C = 37.2
| Apr record high C = 37.7
| May record high C = 37.5
| Jun record high C = 36.2
| Jul record high C = 33.3
| Aug record high C = 34.4
| Sep record high C = 33.9
| Oct record high C = 36.4
| Nov record high C = 35.0
| Dec record high C = 35.1
| year record high C = 37.7
| Jan record low C = 18.9
| Feb record low C = 19.4
| Mar record low C = 20.0
| Apr record low C = 20.0
| May record low C = 16.6
| Jun record low C = 21.1
| Jul record low C = 21.0
| Aug record low C = 20.9
| Sep record low C = 21.3
| Oct record low C = 19.7
| Nov record low C = 18.3
| Dec record low C = 18.9
| year record low C = 18.3
|Jan high C = 32.2
|Feb high C = 32.8
|Mar high C = 33.3
|Apr high C = 34.0
|May high C = 33.6
|Jun high C = 30.7
|Jul high C = 29.8
|Aug high C = 29.8
|Sep high C = 30.4
|Oct high C = 30.9
|Nov high C = 31.8
|Dec high C = 32.0
| year high C = 31.8
|Jan low C = 23.9
|Feb low C = 24.5
|Mar low C = 25.5
|Apr low C = 26.7
|May low C = 26.9
|Jun low C = 25.7
|Jul low C = 25.3
|Aug low C = 25.3
|Sep low C = 25.2
|Oct low C = 25.0
|Nov low C = 24.7
|Dec low C = 24.0
| year low C = 25.2
| rain colour = green
| Jan rain mm = 16.3
| Feb rain mm = 2.2
| Mar rain mm = 1.8
| Apr rain mm = 15.5
| May rain mm = 132.6
| Jun rain mm = 360.6
| Jul rain mm = 348.8
| Aug rain mm = 237.3
| Sep rain mm = 176.8
| Oct rain mm = 170.1
| Nov rain mm = 92.0
| Dec rain mm = 55.9
| year rain mm = 1610.1
| Jan rain days = 0.6
| Feb rain days = 0.1
| Mar rain days = 0.2
| Apr rain days = 1.1
| May rain days = 5.7
| Jun rain days = 16.6
| Jul rain days = 17.1
| Aug rain days = 13.2
| Sep rain days = 10.8
| Oct rain days = 9.4
| Nov rain days = 5.2
| Dec rain days = 2.6
| year rain days = 82.7
|time day = 17:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| Jan humidity = 68
| Feb humidity = 68
| Mar humidity = 68
| Apr humidity = 69
| May humidity = 73
| Jun humidity = 84
| Jul humidity = 86
| Aug humidity = 85
| Sep humidity = 81
| Oct humidity = 79
| Nov humidity = 76
| Dec humidity = 71
|year humidity = 76
|source 1 = [[India Meteorological Department]]<ref name=IMDnormals>
{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240408025145/https://www.imdpune.gov.in/library/public/Climatological%20Tables%201991-2020.pdf
| archive-date = 8 April 2024
| url = https://www.imdpune.gov.in/library/public/Climatological%20Tables%201991-2020.pdf
| title = Station: Aminidivi Climatological Table 1991–2020
| work = Climatological Normals 1991–2020
| publisher = India Meteorological Department
| access-date = 7 July 2024}}</ref><ref name=IMDextremes>
{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205042509/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf
| archive-date = 5 February 2020
| url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf
| title = Extremes of Temperature & Rainfall for Indian Stations (Up to 2012)
| publisher = India Meteorological Department
| date = December 2016
| page = M113
| access-date = 29 February 2020}}</ref>
}}

==History==
The islands were inhabited from ancient times by people of nearby [[Kerala]] to which were added later people of [[Arab]] descent. [[Vasco da Gama]] visited these islands around 1498. In the mid 16th century all the inhabited islands of the Lakshadweep were conferred as ''[[jagir]]'' on the ruling family of the [[Cannanore Kingdom]] (Arakkal Kingdom) by the [[Chirakkal Royal Family|Chirakkal]] or Kolattiri Raja in order to grant protection from the [[Portuguese Empire|Portuguese]].<ref>[http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/william-wilson-hunter/the-imperial-gazetteer-of-india-volume-8-tnu/page-46-the-imperial-gazetteer-of-india-volume-8-tnu.shtml The imperial gazetteer of India (Volume 8)]</ref>

In the latter quarter of the 18th century the islands of the Amindivi group of the Lakshadweep revolted owing to the rigours of the enforcement of the monopoly of [[coir]] rope trade.<ref>William Logan, ''Malabar Manual'', p. CCLXXIX</ref> Following the uprising, the northern islands put themselves under the rule of the [[Kingdom of Mysore]] in 1784, then ruled by [[Tippu Sultan]]. The southern group of the [[Cannanore Islands]], however, remained loyal to the Arakkal Kingdom.<ref>{{cite book|last=Logan|first=William|title=Malabar Manual|orig-year=1887|year=2004|publisher=Asian Education Services|location=New Delhi|isbn=81-206-0446-6|pages=2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9mR2QXrVEJIC&q=Palghat&pg=PA2}}</ref>

In 1792, as a consequence of the [[Third Anglo-Mysore War]] and the defeat of Tippu Sultan, the Amindivi Islands came under the [[East India Company]] rule following the treaty of [[Siege of Seringapatam (1799)|Srirangapatna]]. The Amindivi subgroup was then attached to the [[Kasaragod district|Kasaragod taluk]] of [[South Canara]] in the [[Madras Presidency]] of the [[British Raj]] in 1799,<ref name="ml1951">{{cite book
| author = Government of Madras | year=1953
| title= 1951 Census Handbook- South Canara District | publisher=Madras Government Press
| url= http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/6023/1/7746_1951.pdf
}}</ref><ref>''[[Times of India]]'', dated 2005-07-25</ref><ref>[http://www.1902encyclopedia.com/L/LAC/laccadives.html 1902 Encyclopedia - Laccadives (also known as: Laccadive Islands; Laccadive, Minicoy, and Amindivi Islands; Lakshadweep)]</ref> hence they also became known as the South Kanara Islands.<ref>R. H. Ellis, ''A Short Account of the Laccadive Islands and Minicoy''. Government Press, Madras. 1924. p. 61</ref>

==Bibliography==
*R. H. Ellis, ''A Short Account of the Laccadive Islands and Minicoy''. Government Press, [[Madras]], 1924
*K.P. Ittaman, ''Amini Islanders: Social Structure and Change'', Abhinav Publications, [[Delhi]], 1976, ASIN B0060D0XK8

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://archive.org/stream/LaccadiveIslandsAndMinicoy/Laccadive%20Islands%20and%20Minicoy_djvu.txt Full text of "Laccadive Islands And Minicoy"]
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