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Examine the geostrategic significance of Indian islands.

  • UPSC 2023
  • Political Aspects

A forward salient, not an offshore appendage — 836 islands and rocks, 38 of them inhabited, strung over 780 km, some 1,300 km east of the mainland; Indira Point lies 145 km from Sumatra, nearer Indonesia than any Indian port.

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