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	\| population = 2<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-opinion/a-house-for-mr-gopinath-and-a-genset/article3725101.ece ~~Gopintah~~ and his wife: the sole inhabitants of the island]</ref>		\| population = 2<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-opinion/a-house-for-mr-gopinath-and-a-genset/article3725101.ece Gopinath and his wife: the sole inhabitants of the island]</ref>
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	== Geography ==		== Geography ==

	Trinket has an area of 12.25 km², and a flat, low topography. Regional monsoons bring ~~rains~~ of 3,000 mm to 3,800 mm ~~yearly~~.<ref name="ringhofer" />		Trinket has an area of 12.25 km², and a flat, low topography. Regional monsoons bring annual rainfall of 3,000 mm to 3,800 mm.<ref name="ringhofer" />

	The island is surrounded by shallow waters and coral reefs,<ref name="reefs">K. Venkataraman, "Coral Reefs of India", in D. Hopley (Ed.), ''Encyclopedia of Modern Coral Reefs: Structure, Form and Process'', Springer (Dordrecht, 2011). {{ISBN\|978-90-481-2638-5}}.</ref> which allow it to be approached by boat only during high tide.<ref name="ringhofer" />		The island is surrounded by shallow waters and coral reefs,<ref name="reefs">K. Venkataraman, "Coral Reefs of India", in D. Hopley (Ed.), ''Encyclopedia of Modern Coral Reefs: Structure, Form and Process'', Springer (Dordrecht, 2011). {{ISBN\|978-90-481-2638-5}}.</ref> which allow it to be approached by boat only during high tide.<ref name="ringhofer" />
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	== Administration ==		== Administration ==

	From 1869 until 1947 Trinket was part of Britain's Indian colonies. In 1947 it became part of the [[Dominion of India]], and since 1950 of the [[Republic of India]]. Trinket is part of the [[Kamorta ~~Tehsil~~]], [[Nancowry subdivision]] of the [[~~Nicobars~~ District]], and part of the [[Andaman & Nicobar Islands]] state.		From 1869 until 1947 Trinket was part of Britain's Indian colonies. In 1947 it became part of the [[Dominion of India]], and since 1950 of the [[Republic of India]]. Trinket is part of the [[Kamorta (village)\|Kamorta tehsil]], [[Nancowry subdivision]] of the [[Nicobar District]], and part of the [[Andaman & Nicobar Islands]] state.

	Since 1956 the Government of India has afforded protection to the native Nicobarese through a special legislation, the ''Andaman and Nicobar Protection of Aboriginal Tribes Regulation'', which regulated entry to the islands.<ref name="ringhofer" />		Since 1956 the Government of India has afforded protection to the native Nicobarese through a special legislation, the ''Andaman and Nicobar Protection of Aboriginal Tribes Regulation'', which regulated entry to the islands.<ref name="ringhofer" />
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	Two early censuses of the island were conducted by the British administration in 1883 and 1901. The 1883 census revealed a population of 85 persons living in eight villages.<ref name="census1901">{{cite book\|author=Lt. Col. Sir Richard C. Temple Bart\|title='Census of India, 1901. Volume III, The Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Report on the Census\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4blCAQAAMAAJ&pg=PR10\|year=1903\|publisher=Printed at the Government central Press\|page=10}}</ref> The 1901 census indicated an estimated population of 102 persons, spread between four and six villages, ruled by two chiefs.<ref name="census1901" />		Two early censuses of the island were conducted by the British administration in 1883 and 1901. The 1883 census revealed a population of 85 persons living in eight villages.<ref name="census1901">{{cite book\|author=Lt. Col. Sir Richard C. Temple Bart\|title='Census of India, 1901. Volume III, The Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Report on the Census\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4blCAQAAMAAJ&pg=PR10\|year=1903\|publisher=Printed at the Government central Press\|page=10}}</ref> The 1901 census indicated an estimated population of 102 persons, spread between four and six villages, ruled by two chiefs.<ref name="census1901" />

	As of 2001, the Indian census had catalogued 436 persons living on Trinket in four villages: [[Trinket (village)\|Trinket]] (population 244), [[Safebalu]] (pop. 127), [[Tapiang]] (pop. 42) and [[Hockcook]] (pop. 23).<ref>[http://police.and.nic.in/trinket.htm Trinket] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204090820/http://police.and.nic.in/trinket.htm \|date=4 February 2012 }}, at Andaman & Nicobar Police website.</ref> Like most other islands in the Nicobar district, Trinket's population was almost exclusively ethnic Nicobarese.		As of 2001, the Indian census had catalogued 436 persons living on Trinket in four villages: [[Trinket (village)\|Trinket]] (population 244), [[Safebalu]] (pop. 127), [[Tapiang]] (pop. 42) and [[Hockcook]] (pop. 23).<ref>[http://police.and.nic.in/trinket.htm Trinket] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204090820/http://police.and.nic.in/trinket.htm \|date=4 February 2012 }}, at Andaman & Nicobar Police website.</ref> Like most other islands in the Nicobar district, Trinket's population was almost exclusively ethnic Nicobarese.<ref name="1981census">{{cite book\|author=Directorate of Census, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Port Blair\|title=Some Basic Figures of 1981 Census. Series 24: Andaman and Nicobar Islands\|url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/2614/1/49587_1981_SBF.pdf\|year=1981\|page=2\|accessdate=25 June 2023}} </ref>

	Although, the 2011 Census of India indicated that the island had become uninhabited following the 2004 tsunami disaster,<ref name="census2011">{{cite web\|title=''Census of India. Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Series-36, Part XII-B. District Census Handbook, Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Village and Town Wise Primary Census Abstract (PCA).''\|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/3500_PART_B_DCHB_ANDAMAN%20&%20NICOBAR%20ISLANDS.pdf\|author=Directorate of Census Operations, Andaman & Nicobar Islands\|date=2011\|accessdate=11 September 2016}}</ref> as of the end of 2012 the island appeared to have been repopulated by a pair of returnees, living at the site of what had been [[Trinket (village)\|Trinket village]].<ref name="zoyab" />		Although, the 2011 Census of India indicated that the island had become uninhabited following the 2004 tsunami disaster,<ref name="census2011">{{cite web\|title=''Census of India. Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Series-36, Part XII-B. District Census Handbook, Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Village and Town Wise Primary Census Abstract (PCA).''\|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/3500_PART_B_DCHB_ANDAMAN%20&%20NICOBAR%20ISLANDS.pdf\|author=Directorate of Census Operations, Andaman & Nicobar Islands\|date=2011\|accessdate=11 September 2016}}</ref> as of the end of 2012 the island appeared to have been repopulated by a pair of returnees, living at the site of what had been [[Trinket (village)\|Trinket village]].<ref name="zoyab" /> By 2020 the population of returnees was reported to amount to a total of seven families.<ref name="Saini2020" />

	== Economy ==		== Economy ==
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	==== Physical effects ====		==== Physical effects ====
	Like the other Nicobar and [[Andaman Islands]], Trinket was devastated by [[tsunami]]s generated by the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami\|2004 Indian Ocean earthquake]]. The island, which has a low and flat topography, was severely affected by the powerful waves and by earthquake-caused subduction of 1.5m to 1.75 m (4 ft 11 in to 5 ft 9 in),<ref name="thakkar">M. G. Thakkar and Bhanu Goyal, [http://www.iisc.ernet.in/currsci/apr102006/989.pdf "Historic submergence and tsunami destruction of Nancowrie, Kamorta, Katchall and Trinket Islands of Nicobar district: Consequences of 26 December 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake"], ''Current Science'', Vol. 90, Issue 7 (10 April 2006), pages 989–994.</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|last=Bagla\|first=Pallava\|work=Science Now\|title=After the Earth Moved\|date=28 January 2005}}</ref> suffering a reduction of its surface area from 14.6 km² down to 12.25 km².<ref name="kumar">Anup Kumar Das, "GIS based mapping of Tsunami induced Land Use/Cover change in Nancowry group of Islands, Andaman and Nicobar Islands", in [http://www.niot.res.in/m5/mbic/osti/newsletters/October2005.pdf ''OSTI Newsletter''] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927031430/http://www.niot.res.in/m5/mbic/osti/newsletters/October2005.pdf \|date=27 September 2013 }} (published by the Ocean Science and Technology for Islands program of the Indian National Institute of Ocean Technology), Issue 10, October 2005, pages 2–4.</ref> Initial reports that the island had been split apart<ref>[~~http~~://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4134751.stm "Fears Rise for Andaman Thousands"], 'BBC News' website, Thursday, 30 December 2004.</ref> were later confirmed by satellite imagery and onsite surveys.<ref name="thakkar" /><ref>Image [http://www.ircc.iitb.ac.in/~webadm/update/Issue1_2005/Images/Tsunami2.jpg http://www.ircc.iitb.ac.in/~webadm/update/Issue1_2005/Images/Tsunami2.jpg] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718131958/http://www.ircc.iitb.ac.in/~webadm/update/Issue1_2005/Images/Tsunami2.jpg \|date=18 July 2011 }} in Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (ITTB) Industrial Research and Consultancy Centre (IRRC), [http://www.ircc.iitb.ac.in/%7Ewebadm/update/archives/Issue1_2005/Update.pdf ''Update''] newsletter, issue 1 of 2005.</ref>		Like the other Nicobar and [[Andaman Islands]], Trinket was devastated by [[tsunami]]s generated by the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami\|2004 Indian Ocean earthquake]]. The island, which has a low and flat topography, was severely affected by the powerful waves and by earthquake-caused subduction of 1.5m to 1.75 m (4 ft 11 in to 5 ft 9 in),<ref name="thakkar">M. G. Thakkar and Bhanu Goyal, [http://www.iisc.ernet.in/currsci/apr102006/989.pdf "Historic submergence and tsunami destruction of Nancowrie, Kamorta, Katchall and Trinket Islands of Nicobar district: Consequences of 26 December 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake"], ''Current Science'', Vol. 90, Issue 7 (10 April 2006), pages 989–994.</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|last=Bagla\|first=Pallava\|work=Science Now\|title=After the Earth Moved\|date=28 January 2005}}</ref> suffering a reduction of its surface area from 14.6 km² down to 12.25 km².<ref name="kumar">Anup Kumar Das, "GIS based mapping of Tsunami induced Land Use/Cover change in Nancowry group of Islands, Andaman and Nicobar Islands", in [http://www.niot.res.in/m5/mbic/osti/newsletters/October2005.pdf ''OSTI Newsletter''] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927031430/http://www.niot.res.in/m5/mbic/osti/newsletters/October2005.pdf \|date=27 September 2013 }} (published by the Ocean Science and Technology for Islands program of the Indian National Institute of Ocean Technology), Issue 10, October 2005, pages 2–4.</ref> Initial reports that the island had been split apart<ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4134751.stm "Fears Rise for Andaman Thousands"], 'BBC News' website, Thursday, 30 December 2004.</ref> were later confirmed by satellite imagery and onsite surveys.<ref name="thakkar" /><ref>Image [http://www.ircc.iitb.ac.in/~webadm/update/Issue1_2005/Images/Tsunami2.jpg http://www.ircc.iitb.ac.in/~webadm/update/Issue1_2005/Images/Tsunami2.jpg] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718131958/http://www.ircc.iitb.ac.in/~webadm/update/Issue1_2005/Images/Tsunami2.jpg \|date=18 July 2011 }} in Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (ITTB) Industrial Research and Consultancy Centre (IRRC), [http://www.ircc.iitb.ac.in/%7Ewebadm/update/archives/Issue1_2005/Update.pdf ''Update''] newsletter, issue 1 of 2005.</ref>

	==== Human toll ====		==== Human toll ====
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	=== Repopulation of the island ===		=== Repopulation of the island ===

	By the end of 2012, only two people, both returnees, were reported to be living permanently on the island.<ref name="zoyab" />		By the end of 2012, only two people, both returnees, were reported to be living permanently on the island.<ref name="zoyab" /> A few more refugees have returned as of 2017,<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Saini\|first1=Ajay\|title=The islanders who don't want to return\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/society/history-and-culture/the-islanders-who-dont-want-to-return/article17401438.ece\|accessdate=13 June 2017\|publisher=The Hindu\|date=3 March 2017}}</ref> amounting to a total of seven families as of 2020.<ref name="Saini2020">{{cite web\|last1=Saini\|first1=Ajay\|last2=Singh\|first2=Simron J.\|title=How Disaster Aid Ravaged an Island People\|url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-disaster-aid-ravaged-an-island-people/\|accessdate=25 June 2023\|publisher=Scientific American\|date=1 April 2020}}</ref>

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	<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Saini\|first1=Ajay\|title=The islanders who don't want to return\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/society/history-and-culture/the-islanders-who-dont-want-to-return/article17401438.ece\|accessdate=13 June 2017\|publisher=The Hindu\|date=3 March 2017}}</ref>

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'''Trinket Island''' (sometimes spelled '''Trinkat''' or '''Trinkut''') is one of the 24 islands that make up the [[Nicobar Islands]] chain, located in the northeast [[Indian Ocean]] between the [[Bay of Bengal]] and the [[Andaman Sea]]. It is located east of [[Kamorta Island]].

== Geography ==

Trinket has an area of 12.25 km², and a flat, low topography. Regional monsoons bring rains of 3,000 mm to 3,800 mm yearly.<ref name="ringhofer" />

The island is surrounded by shallow waters and coral reefs,<ref name="reefs">K. Venkataraman, "Coral Reefs of India", in D. Hopley (Ed.), ''Encyclopedia of Modern Coral Reefs: Structure, Form and Process'', Springer (Dordrecht, 2011). {{ISBN|978-90-481-2638-5}}.</ref> which allow it to be approached by boat only during high tide.<ref name="ringhofer" />

== Administration ==

From 1869 until 1947 Trinket was part of Britain's Indian colonies. In 1947 it became part of the [[Dominion of India]], and since 1950 of the [[Republic of India]]. Trinket is part of the [[Kamorta Tehsil]], [[Nancowry subdivision]] of the [[Nicobars District]], and part of the [[Andaman & Nicobar Islands]] state.

Since 1956 the Government of India has afforded protection to the native Nicobarese through a special legislation, the ''Andaman and Nicobar Protection of Aboriginal Tribes Regulation'', which regulated entry to the islands.<ref name="ringhofer" />

== Demographics ==

Two early censuses of the island were conducted by the British administration in 1883 and 1901. The 1883 census revealed a population of 85 persons living in eight villages.<ref name="census1901">{{cite book|author=Lt. Col. Sir Richard C. Temple Bart|title='Census of India, 1901. Volume III, The Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Report on the Census|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4blCAQAAMAAJ&pg=PR10|year=1903|publisher=Printed at the Government central Press|page=10}}</ref> The 1901 census indicated an estimated population of 102 persons, spread between four and six villages, ruled by two chiefs.<ref name="census1901" />

As of 2001, the Indian census had catalogued 436 persons living on Trinket in four villages: [[Trinket (village)|Trinket]] (population 244), [[Safebalu]] (pop. 127), [[Tapiang]] (pop. 42) and [[Hockcook]] (pop. 23).<ref>[http://police.and.nic.in/trinket.htm Trinket] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204090820/http://police.and.nic.in/trinket.htm |date=4 February 2012 }}, at Andaman & Nicobar Police website.</ref> Like most other islands in the Nicobar district, Trinket's population was almost exclusively ethnic Nicobarese.

Although, the 2011 Census of India indicated that the island had become uninhabited following the 2004 tsunami disaster,<ref name="census2011">{{cite web|title=''Census of India. Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Series-36, Part XII-B. District Census Handbook, Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Village and Town Wise Primary Census Abstract (PCA).''|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/3500_PART_B_DCHB_ANDAMAN%20&%20NICOBAR%20ISLANDS.pdf|author=Directorate of Census Operations, Andaman & Nicobar Islands|date=2011|accessdate=11 September 2016}}</ref> as of the end of 2012 the island appeared to have been repopulated by a pair of returnees, living at the site of what had been [[Trinket (village)|Trinket village]].<ref name="zoyab" />

== Economy ==

From the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries, trade with Trinket, as with the rest of the Nicobar Islands, was dominated by Indian, Arab, and European merchant fleets.<ref name="ringhofer">Lisa Ringhoffer, "Chapter 6: Comparing Local Transitions Across the Developing World", in L. Ringhofer, ''Fishing, Foraging and Farming in the Bolivian Amazon: On a Local Society in Transition'', Springer, London (2010), {{ISBN|978-90-481-3486-1}}.</ref>

Prior to the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami|2004 Indian Ocean earthquake]], the island's populace was dependent on the outside world for many goods, including foodstuffs. Until the 1950s they exported whole coconuts and other forest products, but after the 1950s local production shifted toward exports of processed coconut, in the form of [[copra]].<ref>Hobbes, Marieke. ''Figuring Rural Development: Concepts and Cases of Land Use, Sustainability and Integrative Indicators'', Leiden University Press (2010), page 117.</ref> Those products were traded for imports such as rice, sugar, and clothes, which were used to supplement the local subsistence economy based on hunting and gathering, fishing, pig and chicken rearing, and household gardens.<ref name="fischer">[[Marina Fischer-Kowalski]], Simron J.Singh, Lisa Ringhofer, Clemens M. Grünbühel, Christian Lauk and Alexander Remesch. [https://www.academia.edu/1020837/Sociometabolic_regimes_in_indigenous_communities_and_the_crucial_role_of_working_time_A_comparison_of_case_studies ''Sociometabolic regimes in indigenous communities and the crucial role of working time: A comparison of case studies'']. Alpen-Adria Universitat, Social Ecology Working Paper #121 (March 2010), ISSN 1726-3816. (Accessdate: 28 August 2016)</ref>

== History ==
Trinket was officially made subject to the British Empire in 1869.<ref name="ringhofer" /> The island became part of sovereign India following [[Indian Independence Act 1947|Indian independence]] in 1947.

=== Effects of 2004 earthquake and tsunami ===

==== Physical effects ====
Like the other Nicobar and [[Andaman Islands]], Trinket was devastated by [[tsunami]]s generated by the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami|2004 Indian Ocean earthquake]]. The island, which has a low and flat topography, was severely affected by the powerful waves and by earthquake-caused subduction of 1.5m to 1.75 m (4 ft 11 in to 5 ft 9 in),<ref name="thakkar">M. G. Thakkar and Bhanu Goyal, [http://www.iisc.ernet.in/currsci/apr102006/989.pdf "Historic submergence and tsunami destruction of Nancowrie, Kamorta, Katchall and Trinket Islands of Nicobar district: Consequences of 26 December 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake"], ''Current Science'', Vol. 90, Issue 7 (10 April 2006), pages 989–994.</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Bagla|first=Pallava|work=Science Now|title=After the Earth Moved|date=28 January 2005}}</ref> suffering a reduction of its surface area from 14.6 km² down to 12.25 km².<ref name="kumar">Anup Kumar Das, "GIS based mapping of Tsunami induced Land Use/Cover change in Nancowry group of Islands, Andaman and Nicobar Islands", in [http://www.niot.res.in/m5/mbic/osti/newsletters/October2005.pdf ''OSTI Newsletter''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927031430/http://www.niot.res.in/m5/mbic/osti/newsletters/October2005.pdf |date=27 September 2013 }} (published by the Ocean Science and Technology for Islands program of the Indian National Institute of Ocean Technology), Issue 10, October 2005, pages 2–4.</ref> Initial reports that the island had been split apart<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4134751.stm "Fears Rise for Andaman Thousands"], 'BBC News' website, Thursday, 30 December 2004.</ref> were later confirmed by satellite imagery and onsite surveys.<ref name="thakkar" /><ref>Image [http://www.ircc.iitb.ac.in/~webadm/update/Issue1_2005/Images/Tsunami2.jpg http://www.ircc.iitb.ac.in/~webadm/update/Issue1_2005/Images/Tsunami2.jpg] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718131958/http://www.ircc.iitb.ac.in/~webadm/update/Issue1_2005/Images/Tsunami2.jpg |date=18 July 2011 }} in Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (ITTB) Industrial Research and Consultancy Centre (IRRC), [http://www.ircc.iitb.ac.in/%7Ewebadm/update/archives/Issue1_2005/Update.pdf ''Update''] newsletter, issue 1 of 2005.</ref>

==== Human toll ====
On Trinket, the tsunami left 91 dead or disappeared<ref name="kumar" /> and the total devastation of the island's communities and economy. Shortly after the disaster, the entire remaining population of the island was evacuated to neighboring islands, principally [[Nancowry Island|Nancowry]],<ref>George Weber (2005), [http://www.andaman.org/mapstsunami/tsunami.htm ''Earthquake and Tsunami: Maps, charts and statistics''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120802085209/http://www.andaman.org/mapstsunami/tsunami.htm |date=2 August 2012 }}, chapter [http://www.andaman.org/mapstsunami/4local/4local.htm 4] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820122809/http://www.andaman.org/mapstsunami/4local/4local.htm |date=20 August 2008 }}; published online at [http://www.andaman.org/index.htm "George Weber's LONELY ISLANDS: THE ANDAMANESE; an on-line Documentation on the Andamanese and other Negrito people, and their relationship to the earliest migrations of modern humans; incorporating the web-site of the Nicobar Association"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130721152901/http://www.andaman.org/index.htm |date=21 July 2013 }} website.</ref> and [[Kamorta Island|Kamorta]], where the Indian government built a resettlement village called [[Vikas Nagar]].<ref name="zoyab">Zoyab, Alaphia. [http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/article3723636.ece "A house for Mr. Gopinath, and a genset"], ''The Hindu'', 4 August 2012.(Entry retrieved 25 September 2013)</ref>

=== Repopulation of the island ===

By the end of 2012, only two people, both returnees, were reported to be living permanently on the island.<ref name="zoyab" />

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