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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 ...
The Numit Kappa, a Classical Meitei epic text written during the 1st century, based on ancient Meitei mythology and religion ().. Literature from North East India (Assamese: উত্তৰ-পূৱ ভাৰতৰ সাহিত্য is literature in the languages of North East India and the body of work by English-language writers from this region.
Manipur acts as India's "Gateway to the East" through Moreh and Tamu towns, the land route for trade between India and Burma and other countries in Southeast Asia, East Asia, Siberia, the Arctic, Micronesia and Polynesia. Manipur has the highest number of handicraft units and the highest number of craftspersons in the northeastern region of India.
Mizoram [a] is a landlocked state in northeastern India, with Aizawl as its capital and largest city. It shares 722-kilometres (449 miles) of international borders with Bangladesh to the west, and Myanmar to the east and south, with domestic borders with the Indian states of Assam, Manipur, and Tripura. [5]
Yet, India is also shaped by seemingly unyielding poverty, both rural and urban; [111] by religious and caste-related violence; [112] by Maoist-inspired Naxalite insurgencies; [113] and by separatism in Jammu and Kashmir and in Northeast India. [114] It has unresolved territorial disputes with China [115] and with Pakistan. [115]
Northeast India consists of eight states: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura. Tourism in this area is based around the unique Himalayan landscape and culture distinct from the rest of India.
Extent of the Indian railway network in 1909. The North Eastern Railway was formed on 14 April 1952 by combining two railway systems the Oudh and Tirhut Railway and Assam Railway and the Cawnpore–Achnera Provincial State Railway of the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway.
A map showing Northeast India bordering China, Bangladesh, and Myanmar, which are East Asian, South Asian, and Southeast Asian respectively. Since India's 1947 independence, 98% of Northeast India's borders have been with other Asian countries, making it a strategic frontier region. [1]