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Who was Lord Mayo and how did he die at Port Blair?

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Cinque Islands, Andaman and Nicobar Islands — Andaman and Nicobar Islands Andaman redwood trees in the Cinque Islands, south of Rutland Island, in the southern Andamans, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India.

Richard Southwell Bourke, 6th earl of Mayo (1822–1872), was an Irish politician and civil servant who served as the viceroy of India from 1869 to 1872. During his tenure, he was noted for improving relations with Afghanistan, conducting India's first census, and promoting significant infrastructure development, including railways and public works.12

While on an inspection tour of the convict settlement at Port Blair in the Andaman Islands on February 8, 1872, Lord Mayo was assassinated. He was stabbed to death by an Afghan prisoner, making him the only British viceroy of India to be killed while in office. The assailant was subsequently hanged for the crime five weeks later.12