From 1857, the islands became a permanent British colony, a prison for those who had taken part in that year’s Indian Rebellion, the largest armed uprising against colonial rule on the subcontinent. They're reaction of extreme hostility is actually a considered and natural response considering their history:Ĭenturies ago, the Andaman archipelago was a magnet for Burmese slave traders who seized members of its four hunter-gatherer tribes and sold them into slavery in south-east Asia. It's a myth that these people haven't been contacted by outsiders, and are just xenophobic. Try and convert indigenous people who did not want any contact with outsiders Though they're not assassins but a bunch of people who sometimes get quite angry soon after a very dramatic storm was seen to have wiped/ drowned them all which they survived. They've also been gifted fruits and things, but this was stopped about two decades ago to prevent any infection. Though there is a record of them especially their women being friendly or atleast merciful and not attacking at first. even towards military helicopters (articles available telling how helicopters had to manoeuvre around to distract the group and then pave in to retrieve a similar person who was killed and buried on the beach) :) these are about 150 people, they almost always shoot arrows, or swing clubs or stuff at any attempt of external contact. then he walked to the island, its a shallow beach thing for about 100-200 metres. He bribed a fishing dinghy to drop him off into the prohibited proximity. Warning shots mean the tribesmen came towards him shooting arrows. Would you prefer this same subreddit, but only images? Check out /r/DTIpics! We take all the picture submissions from the main sub and post them there!Ī place to post the most interesting stuff on the web!.Please familiarize yourself with the official rules and reddiquette.We are active and will respond as soon as possible. Message the moderators if you have questions or concerns.OP is responsible for this and it must be done at time of posting. If the title is the only thing that makes your post interesting, you must also source it. Image with text posts/claims in the title must have a linked and credible source that backs up the information. Spam includes, but is not limited to, self-promo, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and more.Ħ: Posts making claims must be sourced in comments at time of posting Posts that the moderators deem to be reposts may be removed. If we do not believe it to be interesting, is not appropriate, political, or think it is spam, we will remove it. Posts are at the discretion of the moderators. Posts that are not direct links to images/videos may be removed.Ĥ: No screenshots/memes/infographics/text Titles must be descriptive of the content, or they will be removed.Ĭontent must be interesting on its own. If you title your post anything like "You won't believe _!" or "27 things to do before you die!" it will be removed. Posts not deemed DTI may be removed at mod discretion. Posts should be able to elicit a reaction of "Damnthatsinteresting". Content that is only cute, funny, a meme, or 'mildly interesting' will be removed. This subreddit is for things that are interesting and cool.
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