Borneo Bulletin
Brunei Darussalam
12/31/2004
NEW DELHI (dpa) - Sunday's tsunami following the earthquake off the Indonesian coast may have changed India's map forever, newspaper reports said.
Only the tip of a lighthouse which once stood on an island on India's southernmost tip in the Andaman and Nicobar islands now rears its head above the choppy waters of the Indian Ocean, The Telegraph newspaper reported Thursday.
"A very important and integral part of our country's border is totally submerged," said Patil, referring to Indira Point, named after former Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi.
He added it may not be the only area to have disappeared off India's map. Several of the 572 islands that comprise Andaman and Nicobar had been submerged and some had "tilted," he said. Only 38 of these islands were inhabited.
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