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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Indira Point
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Nicobar district|Nicobar]]
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| subdivision_name3 = [[Great Nicobar]]
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'''Indira Point''', the southernmost point of India's territory,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/qfOwXAXcS6ErHfj5Zq3eTL/Nicobars-bicycle-diaries.html|title=Nicobar’s bicycle diaries}}</ref> is a village in the [[Nicobar district]] at [[Great Nicobar Island]] of [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]] in [[India]]. It is located in the [[Great Nicobar]] [[tehsil]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dolr.nic.in/dolr/mpr/revenuevillagedirectorypdf/Andaman%20Nicobar.pdf |title=Andaman and Nicobar Islands villages |publisher=Land Records Information Systems Division, NIC |access-date=25 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304095346/http://dolr.nic.in/dolr/mpr/revenuevillagedirectorypdf/Andaman%20Nicobar.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

[[Rondo Island]], Indonesia's northernmost island in [[Sabang, Indonesia|Sabang]] district of [[Aceh]] province of [[Sumatra]], lies 163 km south of Little Andaman Island,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://indonesia-tourism.com/blog/2012/05/rondo-island-the-rich-uninhabited-island/ |title=Rondo Island, The Rich Uninhabited Island |access-date=19 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103172516/http://indonesia-tourism.com/blog/2012/05/rondo-island-the-rich-uninhabited-island/ |archive-date=3 November 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and 145 km or 80 nautical miles from Indira Point. India and Indonesia are upgrading the deep sea port [[Sabang, Indonesia|Sabang]] under the strategic military and economic collaboration to protect the channel between Great Nicobar Island and Rondo Island (c. May 2019),<ref name=portbuild1>[https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/india-seeks-to-aid-indonesia-in-developing-port-in-aceh/articleshow/64214909.cms India seeks to aid Indonesia in developing port in Aceh], [[The Economic Times|Economic Times]], 19 May 2018.</ref> which is 612 km or 330 nautical miles from Indira Point.

== Etymology ==

This village was named Indira Point after former Prime Minister [[Indira Gandhi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.touristlink.com/india/indira-point/overview.html |title=Indira Point}}</ref> The point was formerly known as '''Pygmalion Point''' and '''Parsons Point'''.<ref>{{cite book|author= K. Raja Reddy |title=India and ASEAN: foreign policy dimensions for the 21st Century |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bAq6AAAAIAAJ |year=2005 |publisher=New Century Publications |isbn= 9788177080810|page=44}}</ref> It was renamed in honour of Indira Gandhi during mid-1980s. The announcement was made by the local Member of Parliament when Indira Gandhi visited the local light house on 19 February 1984. The official renaming ceremony happened on 10 October 1985.<ref name="Virk2015">{{cite book |author=HPS Virk |title=Rendezvous: Forbidden Land of the "Nicobar Islands" |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jbATBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA114 |date=5 March 2015 |publisher=FriesenPress |isbn=978-1-4602-5877-4 |pages=114–115 }}</ref>

== History ==

The Indira Point [[lighthouse]] was commissioned into service on 30 April 1972.<ref>[http://www.dgll.nic.in/LightHouse.aspx?Consent_id=177&Module_id=16&LocationId=10&LangId=1 Indira Point Lighthouse], Directorate General of Lighthouses and Lightships, Ministry of Shipping.</ref><ref>[https://cires1.colorado.edu/~bilham/IndonesiAndaman2004_files/IndiraPointSubsidence.htm Indira Point Lighthouse: 4.25 m of subsidence in the 26 Dec 2004 earthquake]</ref>

Located 500 kilometres north of the epicenter of the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami|2004 Indian Ocean earthquake]], the southernmost tip subsided {{convert|4.25|m|ft}} after the earthquake, and many of the inhabitants went missing in the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami|tsunami]] that followed.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Joyce A. Quinn |author2=Susan L. Woodward |title=Earth's Landscape: An Encyclopedia of the World's Geographic Features |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ErkxBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA34 |date=31 January 2015 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-61069-446-9 |pages=34–}}</ref> Sixteen to twenty families living next to the lighthouse and four scientists studying [[leatherback sea turtle]]s were lost.<ref>[https://www.smh.com.au/news/Asia-Tsunami/Islands-death-toll-could-reach-15000/2004/12/31/1104344987028.html?from=moreStories Islands' death toll could reach 15,000] by Luke Harding. Sydney Morning Herald, 1 January 2005.</ref>

==Geography==
[[Port Blair]] is connected to mainland India via air service. From Port Blair, [[Campbell Bay (Great Nicobar)|Campbell Bay]] can be reached by [[Pawan Hans]] Helicopter service. Inter Island Boat from Port Blair is also available which usually travels via Little Andaman, Car Nicobar and Nancowry en route to Campbell Bay. MV Campbell Bay also operates once in a week from Port Blair (Phoenix Bay) to Campbell Bay.

Government is also constructing a 21 km road from Shashtri Nagar to Indira Point via a bridge on the [[Galathea National Park|Galathea river]]. The total length of the road from Zero Point to Indira Point will be 56 km and it will completed within next few years (c. 2017).<ref name=road1>[https://www.andamansheekha.com/2017/03/06/administration-planning-land-route-reach-indira-point-zero-point/ Zero point to Indira Point road]</ref> This area is protected by the [[Indian Coast Guard]].<ref name=road1/>

[[Galathea National Park]] and Lighthouse are the major attractions here.

== Administration ==

The village comes under the administration of [[Laxmi Nagar, Great Nicobar|Laxmi Nagar]] [[Panchayati raj in India|panchayat]].<ref>[http://indiawater.gov.in/IMISWeb/DataEntry/HabitationDirectory/Reports/Rep_DirectoryList.aspx?Condition=VYDH5ZM40Uo%3D&id=Uogq%2BZ%2FchR0%3D&StateName=%2BG9rXqMpGtlH82a9KYeGTGGTZs8LWNes&level=7SNb4K4dTvw%3D&sublevel=zf5afxWBEDk%3D List of Villages] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305014128/http://indiawater.gov.in/IMISWeb/DataEntry/HabitationDirectory/Reports/Rep_DirectoryList.aspx?Condition=VYDH5ZM40Uo%3D&id=Uogq+Z%2FchR0%3D&StateName=+G9rXqMpGtlH82a9KYeGTGGTZs8LWNes&level=7SNb4K4dTvw%3D&sublevel=zf5afxWBEDk%3D |date=5 March 2016 }}, Integrated Management Information System (IMIS), Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation.</ref>

== Demographics ==

The village lost many of its residents in the 2004 tsunami. According to the [[2011 census of India]], Indira Point has only 4 households left. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 85.19%.<ref name="census_2011">{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/3500_PART_B_DCHB_ANDAMAN%20&%20NICOBAR%20ISLANDS.pdf |title=District Census Handbook - Andaman & Nicobar Islands |work=[[2011 Census of India]] |publisher=Directorate of Census Operations, Andaman & Nicobar Islands |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801173328/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/3500_PART_B_DCHB_ANDAMAN%20%26%20NICOBAR%20ISLANDS.pdf |archive-date=1 August 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

== See also==
{{Portal|India}}

; Exclusive economic zones
* [[Exclusive economic zone of India]]
* [[Exclusive economic zone of Indonesia]]
* [[Exclusive economic zone of Malaysia]]
* [[Exclusive economic zone of Thailand]]
* [[India–Myanmar barrier#Look-East Connectivity|India's Look-East Connectivity projects]]
* [[Sabang, Indonesia|Sabang strategic port development]], India-Indonesia project
* [[Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project|Sittwe Port]], India-Myanmar project
* [[Dawei Port Project]] in Myanmar

; Extreme points
* [[Indira Col]], India administered extreme point on the disputed India-Pakistan-Tibet tri-junction
* [[Coco Islands]], Myanmar's islands closest to Indian islands in northern Andaman sea
* [[Narcondam Island]], India's easternmost point of Andaman Nicobar Islands group
* [[Landfall Island]], India's northernmost island of Andaman Nicobar Islands group
* [[Rondo Island]], Indonesia's northernmost island in Andaman sea
* [[List of extreme points of India|Extreme points of India]]
* [[Extreme points of Indonesia]]
* [[Outline of Myanmar#Extreme|Extreme points of Myanmar]]
* [[Extreme points of Bangladesh]]
* [[Geography of Thailand#Extreme|Extreme points of Thailand]]
* [[Borders of India]]

; Other topics
* [[List of volcanoes in India]]
* [[List of endangered animals in India]]
* [[List of World Heritage Sites in India]]

== References ==
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{{Nicobar district }}

[[Category:Villages in Great Nicobar tehsil]]
[[Category:Great Nicobar Island]]
[[Category:Monuments and memorials to Indira Gandhi]]

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