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Prime Minister Narendra Modi unfurled 150-feet tall tricolor to mark Netaji’s hoisting of the national flag 75 years ago in Port Blair. The three renamed islands of Andaman and Nicobar are:

Ross renamed as Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Dweep Neil renamed as Shaheed Dweep Havelock renamed as Swaraj Dweep.

To connect the islands with mainstream development, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a Lakshwadweep, Andaman & Nicobar industrial development policy. The Prime Minister also released a commemorative stamp, its first-day cover and a Rs-75 coin on this special day.

Source- Press Information Bureau (PIB)