President Droupadi Murmu visited Campbell Bay and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Island in Andaman and Nicobar Islands and went to Indira Point, India's southernmost tip. 

She had an interaction with the defence personnel and was briefed about the geostrategic importance of Indira Point.

Indira Point

• Indira Point, the southernmost tip of India, is located in Great Nicobar Island.

• The point was earlier known as Pygmalion Point and Parsons Point. 

• This was renamed after Indira Gandhi visited the point in 1984. It was officially renamed in October 1985. 

• There is a lighthouse situated there which was commissioned in 1972.

Campbell Bay

• The President’s visit to Campbell Bay holds significance due to its proximity to the Strait of Malacca.

• INS Baaz, a full-fledged forward operating base of the Indian Naval Air Arm, is stationed at the island and its officers welcomed the President.

• It overlooks the Strait of Malacca as well as the Six Degree Channel between Great Nicobar and the Indonesian island of Sumatra. 

• The visit of the President to Campbell Bay is considered important as the Straits of Malacca is one of the key shipping routes in the world from both economic and strategic viewpoints, as it is the shortest shipping channel between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, connecting major economies like China, Japan, Middle East and South Korea.

• During her visit to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Island, previously known as Ross Island, Murmu went to a Japanese Bunker built during World War II and the Smritika Museum of the Indian Navy.

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