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History
The Lakshadweep Islands, or the Laccadives as they were previously called, found their place on the map after the arrival of the Portuguese. After the local tribes succeeded in bringing the Portuguese invasion to an end the islands came under the rule of the Raja of Chirakkal.
In the late 18th century the islands were annexed by the British East India Company and by 1854 the all the islands were under the complete rule of the British. It was only in 1956, much after independence that the islands were declared a Union Territory and the archipelago was renamed Lakshadweep in 1973.
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Economy
Coconut is mainly cultivated on these islands and nothing other that that really grows here. Fishing is the only other source of income. The islanders depend on the mainland for their supplies. Coir products like coir yarn and coir fibre are produced here in addition to other coir products like mats, curled fibre and corridor mats.
Tourism and hospitality is also fast becoming a major industry on the Lakshadweep Islands.
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