Towards the end of the 18th century the British rulers of India were looking for a suitable side where they could set up a penal settlement or colony for convicts, found guilty of most heinous offences by judges of the continent of India. The suitability of Aridaman Islands for the purpose was left to the discretion of two outstanding explorers-Captain Blair, one of the early hydrographers of the East India Company and Col. Colebrook, the then Surveyor General of ...
