India Dhanushkodi, on Pamban Island, was a flourishing tourist town until it was wiped out by the 1964 Dhanushkodi cyclone
. Old Goa was once the centre of Christianization in the east, but it became largely abandoned in the 17th century, due to an outbreak of malaria and cholera.
Ross Island was the administrative centre of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands until an earthquake struck in 1941, leaving the settlement in ruins.
