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History of Lakshadweep Islands
The name Lakshadweep means “Hundred Thousand The islands of present-day
Islands” in the Malayalam language and also in Sanskrit. Lakshadweep were first
The higher eastern sides of the islands are the most mentioned by a Greek sailor in
suited for human habitation, while the low-lying lagoons the 1st century as a source of
on the western sides protect the inhabitants from the tortoise shell. The Lakshadweep
southwest monsoon. The soils of Lakshadweep are islands were constituted a
generally sandy, derived from the coral. union territory in 1956.
