Chatham Island

The Chatham Island

Earlier known as "Mark Island" this is a small island where Archibald Blair formed a colony during 1789 which was later shifted to North Andaman. After the First War of Independence of 1857, the British decided to establish a Penal Settlement on the island. The first batch of 200 freedom fighters of the first war of Indian Independence of 1857 landed here on 10th March 1858. Some persons who tried to escape from the island were hanged on recapture. Superintendent J.P. Walker executed 86 of those recaptured on a single day at a corner of the Island. Gradually, the settlement expanded. A small Saw Mill was commissioned which later developed as the biggest Sawmill in Asia. By the passage of time, a jetty was also constructed for safe berthing of ships. During World War II, the Japanese occupied the Island. The Aircraft of RAF bombed the establishment of the Island. It remains to be a place of historic attraction even today.

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