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Northeast India, officially the North Eastern Region ( NER ), is the easternmost region of India representing both a geographic and political administrative division of the country. [ 18 ] It comprises eight states — Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura (commonly known as the "Seven Sisters" ), and the ...
Guwahati is the commercial capital of Assam state and its largest city in North East India. River cruise: One of the major attractions of Guwahati is the cruise on the Brahmaputra river. [41] Umananda Temple: On the Peacock Island in the middle of the Brahmaputra, this Shiva temple was built in 1664. It is believed that Shiva by using his third ...
Tripura ( / ˈtrɪpʊrə, - ərə /) [ 10] is a state in Northeast India. The third-smallest state in the country, it covers 10,491 km 2 (4,051 sq mi); and the seventh-least populous state with a population of 3.67 million. [ 11] It is bordered by Assam and Mizoram to the east and by Bangladesh to the north, south and west. [ 12]
Manipur (/ ˌ m ʌ n ɪ ˈ p ʊər /, [8] US also / ˌ m æ n ɪ ˈ p ʊər /; [9] Meitei: Kangleipak [a] [10] [11] [12]) is a state in northeast India, with the city of Imphal as its capital. [13] It is bounded by the Indian states of Nagaland to the north, Mizoram to the south and Assam to the west.
The hill tribes of Northeast India[ a] are hill people, [ b] mostly classified as Scheduled Tribes (STs), who live in the Northeast India region. This region has the largest proportion of scheduled tribes in the country. Northeast India comprises Assam and part or all of the former princely states of Manipur, Tripura and Sikkim.
Northeast India, the easternmost region of India, refers to the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, and Sikkim. This region holds significance due to its unique political, cultural, and strategic characteristics. It is encircled by five international borders, sharing boundaries with Bhutan, China ...
Category:Northeast India. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Northeast India. Northeast India — the distinct and eastern-most region of India. The region comprises the 7 contiguous Seven Sister States, and the Himalayan state of Sikkim. 'Connecting' upper West Bengal state is not classified within the region. Northeast India region.
Human rights issues in northeast India have been widely reported in the press and by human rights activists. [1] [2] Northeast India refers to the north-easternmost region of India consisting of the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, and Tripura, as well as parts of northern West Bengal (districts of Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, and Koch Bihar).