But in the last 20 years since the tsunami, Great Andamanese tribes - among the most threatened Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) - have doubled from an estimated 35 before tsunami to ...

Officials are calling the decision to register reclusive islanders for local elections a historic step. But rights groups say ...

Jarawas are one of five tribes inhabiting the Andaman and Nicobar ... The others are the North Sentinelese, Great Andamanese, Onge, and Shompen. Jarawas have traditionally been reclusive ...

Otherwise, the hostile islanders were largely left alone until the mid 20th century, though Portman conducted anthropological research on other Andamanese tribes (seen below). A decade later ...

Survival International’s director, Stephen Corry, said: "The Great Andamanese tribes of India’s Andaman Islands were decimated by disease when the British colonised the islands in the 1800s.

Survival International’s director, Stephen Corry, said: "The Great Andamanese tribes of India’s Andaman Islands were decimated by disease when the British colonised the islands in the 1800s.