Located on the South Asian subcontinent, India is the largest country in South Asia in terms of area, population and economy. India is bordered by the Oriental Dragon Kingdom, Nepal, Bhutan to the northeast, Bangladesh to the northeast, Myanmar to the east, and Pakistan to the northwest. It is bordered by the Bay of Bengal to the east and the Arabian Sea to the west. India covers an area of 2.98 million square kilometers, and the territory of India is mainly divided into three parts, the Himalayas in the north, the Gangetic Plain in the middle, the Deccan Plateau in the south, and the plains on the east and west banks. India has always wanted to turn the Indian Ocean into its own inland sea, and India has some strategic value in its hands as an archipelago in the Indian Ocean.
Located in the west of India, the Sarkra archipelago has 12 coral islands and 3 coral reefs, and the archipelago covers an area of 32 square kilometers, which is the smallest joint territory of India. About 90% of the archipelago is Muslim, and the economy makes a living from fishing and making dried coconut meat and coconut palms, and tourism is still undeveloped. In the 15th century, Portugal discovered the Shakra archipelago and built a bunker on this island. The locals chose to confront the Portuguese, who severely repressed the locals. Britain took control of the Shakera archipelago at the end of the 18th century and declared direct administration of the archipelago in 1908. In 1947, India gained independence from the British, believing that the British heritage in South Asia was its own succession, and India directly sent troops to control the Shaker Islands. India has installed radar monitoring and other facilities on the island, which is 200 kilometers away from the west coast of India, and India has built it into a forward position for defending its homeland. The length of the coastline of India is 7,000 km.
The Andaman Islands are located between the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea, and the northern part of the Andaman Islands is about 220 kilometers from the mainland. The Andaman archipelago has 204 islands with an area of approximately 6,461 square kilometers and a population of 250,000. The economy of the Andaman Islands is mainly based on agriculture and has only a small amount of industry, and the cash crops here mainly rely on beans, coconuts, betel nuts, fruits, cassava, etc. The Andaman Islands were invaded by the British in 1789, who first set up the Andaman Islands as prisons and used them as political prisoners. During World War II, Japan invaded the Andaman Islands. In 1945, Britain seized the Andaman Islands from Japan. When India gained independence from Britain in 1947, Pakistan and Burma did not realize the importance of the Andaman Islands, and India immediately chose to send troops to take control of the Andaman Islands. The Andaman Islands are a key to the Straits of Malacca.
The Nicobar Islands are located between the Andaman and the Bay of Bengal, and the Nicobar Islands are separated from Indonesia by the Gray Strait. The Nicobar Islands have a total of 18 large and small islands, only 12 of which are inhabited. The Nicobar Islands have an area of 1,831 square kilometers and a population of about 30,000. In 1789, Portugal took a fancy to this and invaded the northern part of the Andaman with troops, but chose to leave due to bad weather and did not establish a colony. In 1857, the British took control of the Nicobar Islands, and the British began to convert them into prisons and colonize them into penal colonies. In 1947, India took direct control of these. India passed a law forbidding outsiders to come to these places, and India made it a military stronghold. India has set up a command here to be responsible for the navy, land and air forces, and has built a military base on the island.
The islands in India's hands form the maritime front around the Indian Ocean. India has also built its own bases by taking control of the Maldives and Sri Lanka, with India building radar monitoring stations and deploying 50 troops in the Maldives, and Sri Lanka building military bases and installing radars. India has also built radar monitoring stations in small Indian Ocean countries such as Madagascar, Seychelles, and Mauritius, and deployed some military personnel to garrison them. India is currently developing its navy and already has three aircraft carriers through the purchase and construction of its own aircraft carriers. India's military power is also second only to the five permanent members of the United Security Council, and it is also a country with a triad of strike capabilities.