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Arunachal Pradesh (/ ər ʊ ˌ n ɑː tʃ əl p r ə ˈ d eɪ ʃ /; [10] lit. ' Dawn-Lit Mountain Province ') [11] 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. It borders the Indian states of Assam ...
Arunachal Pradesh is located in northeast India, bordering Bhutan, Tibet (China) and Myanmar internationally. [12] The border with Bhutan is 160 km (99 mi), the China border is 1,080 km (670 mi), and the Myanmar border is 440 km (270 mi). [12]
The U.S. government recognizes Arunachal Pradesh as part of India and "strongly opposes" any unilateral attempts to advance territorial claims in the northeastern Indian state that shares a border ...
The region shares an international border of 5,182 ... It is the rainiest region in the country, ... Assam and Arunachal Pradesh; India-Nepal border patrolled by ...
China slammed the United States for interfering in its border dispute with India, after Washington said it recognized the disputed Arunachal Pradesh as a part of Indian territory.
In 2006, the Chinese ambassador to India claimed that all of Arunachal Pradesh is Chinese territory [48] amidst a military buildup. [49] At the time, both countries claimed incursions as much as a kilometre at the northern tip of Sikkim. [36] In 2009, India announced it would deploy additional military forces along the border. [50]
The legacy of the border remains significant especially in India where the government sought to explain its defeat by blaming it on being caught by surprise. [59] NEFA was renamed Arunachal Pradesh in 1972—Chinese maps refer to the area as South Tibet. In 1981, Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping offered India a "package settlement" of the border ...
Arunachal Pradesh is a state of India created on 20 January 1972, located in the far northeast. It borders the states of Assam and Nagaland to the south, and shares international borders with Burma in the east, Bhutan in the west, and China in the north.