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Arunachal Pradesh. Arunachal Pradesh (/ ərʊˌnɑːtʃəl prəˈdeɪʃ /; [19] lit. 'Dawn-Lit Mountain Province') [20] is a state in northeast India. It was formed from the North-East Frontier Agency (NEFA) region, and India declared it as a state on 20 February 1987. Itanagar is its capital and largest town.
Arunachal Pradesh is primarily a hilly tract nestled in the foothills of the Himalayas in northeast India. It is spread over an area of 83,743 km 2 (32,333 sq mi). [ 3 ] 98% of the geographical area is land out of which 80% is forest cover; [ 1 ] 2% is water. [ 4 ] River systems in the region, including those from the higher Himalayas and ...
Chief Justice. Vijay Bishnoi. The Government of Arunachal Pradesh or Arunachal Pradesh Government, abbreviated as GoAR, is the state government of the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. It consists of an executive, led by the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh, a judiciary and a legislative branch. Like other states in India, the head of state of ...
The Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh has a total population of roughly 1.4 million (as of 2011) on an area of 84,000 km 2, amounting to a population density of about 17 pop./km 2 (far below the Indian average of 370 pop./km 2 but significantly higher than similarly mountainous Ladakh). The "indigenous groups" account for about two thirds of ...
Arunachal Pradesh – northeasternmost state of the Republic of India. Geographically, it is the largest among the North-east Indian states commonly known as the Seven Sister States. As in other parts of Northeast India, the people native to the state trace their origins to the Tibeto-Burman people. Arunachal Pradesh has close to 61,000 square ...
As of February 2024, the Indian state Arunachal Pradesh comprised 28 districts, [1] including Itanagar capital complex, [2] with more districts proposed. [3] Most of the districts are inhabited by various tribal groups. The latest and presently valid official map of districts of Arunachal Pradesh, after the most recent new districts were last ...
Owing to its ethnic and cultural diversity, religion in Arunachal Pradesh has been a spot for the syncretism of different traditional religions. Much of the native Tani populations follow an indigenous belief which has been systematised under the banner "Donyi-Polo" (Sun-Moon) since the spread of Christianity in the region by Christian missionaries in the second half of the 20th century.
The Insurgency in Arunachal Pradesh is a part of the larger Northeast India insurgency involving multiple groups trying to separate from or destabilize the province. Because Arunachal Pradesh is a border state, militants sometimes conduct cross border operations to facilitate their activities.