Port Blair (Andaman and Nicobar): Lieutenant General Manoj Pande has assumed command of Andaman and Nicobar Command.
It is the only operational Tri-Service Command of the Indian Armed Forces, based at Port Blair in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
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For long, India has been developing its military capabilities in the Andaman Islands in a big way. The strategic archipelago is very close to the mouth of the Malacca Straits.
(ANI report)