Apart from the states there are eight Union territories in India which are governed directly by the ...........

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Apart from the states, there are eight Union territories in India, which are governed directly by the federal government of India. Which one of these contains the southernmost point on Indian territory ?

Lakshadweep Islands

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Pondicherry

Daman and Diu

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Explanation:

Located in the Bay of Bengal, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands were originally a penal colony of Britain, infamous for the Cellular Jail, known to the inmates as kalapani or blackwater (In reference to the Hindu ban on travelling overseas or crossing the 'Black Waters'), the southernmost point on the peninsula, is Cape Comorin or Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu state, but the southernmost point for the whole of India is Indira Point in the Nicobar islands, which are closer to Malaysia than mainland India.