Until his death in 1729, Kanhoji Angre was undefeated in his fight against British and Portuguese merchants from a base on one of these islands, and explorer Niccolo de Conti called these the Islands of Gold.
The Duncan Passage separates this archipelago's main islands, while the Ten Degree Channel separates it from another archipelago. Until his death in 1729, Kanhoji Angre was undefeated in his fight against British and Portuguese merchants from a base on one of these islands, and explorer Niccolo de Conti called these the Islands of Gold. Ross Island served as the administrative center of this archipelago until a 1941 earthquake when it was moved to Port Blair. During World War Two, this archipelago was the raising of the first flag of independence for one nation, as the Japanese allowed Subash Chandra Bose to govern it. For 15 points, name this archipelago between its namesake sea and the Bay of Bengal which forms a Union Territory of India with the Nicobar Islands.
The Duncan Passage separates this archipelago's main islands, while the Ten Degree Channel separates it from another archipelago.
Andaman Islands