When the British toyed with idea of unleashing Gurkha soldiers on Sentinelese

Long before Andaman and Nicobar Islands became part of independent India, the British too were at a loss on how to deal with the indigenous inhabitants of this remote archipelago. The aboriginal tribes there that included Jarawas and Sentinelese – the latter recently made headlines for the alleged murder of American missionary John Allen Chau -- preferred magnificent isolation to human contact.