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When did the administration of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands pass to India?
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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andaman redwood trees in the Cinque Islands, south of Rutland Island, in the southern Andamans, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India.
The administration of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands passed to India in 1947, coinciding with the country's independence from British rule. Subsequently, the islands were formally designated as a union territory of the Republic of India in 1956.12