30-12-2018 : 75th Anniversary of The First Flag Hoisting at Port Blair A commemorative postage stamp

75th Anniversary of The First Flag Hoisting at Port Blair in modern times as the capital of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands is a picturesque tourist location and serves as the gateway to pristine beaches and exotic marine life. The First batch of freedom fighters of First War of Independence was brought here on 10 March 1858 thus marking the beginning of the penal settlement. Since then the convicts brought here mostly political prisoners suffered life imprisonment and hard labour under cruel and degrading conditions.