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North Sentinel Island - The Most Isolated And Untouchable Tribe by ElectorAlexande: 12:54am On Mar 21, 2019
North Sentinel Island is one of the many island in the Andaman Islands located in the Bay of Bengal. The Sentinelese as they are called are known to be among the first group of Africans to have left African continent 60,000 years ago.

They have never come in contact with Europeans and have not been colonized in any form. Life in the island was first noticed in 1771 when British Surveyor John Richie noticed a light on the islands while doing his work with the East Indian Company but didn't stop to attack or inquire,and the island was not talked about until 1867 when the Indian merchant ship called The NINEVAH wretched on its shores and the more than 100 passengers who survived were attacked few days later by the Sentinelese. The captain manage to escape with a boat to search for help and later returned to rescue others who managed to survive.

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Re: North Sentinel Island - The Most Isolated And Untouchable Tribe by ElectorAlexande: 12:59am On Mar 21, 2019
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