Land of Seven Sisters

History and Facts

• The seven sister states are Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Megahalya, Tripura, Nagaland Mizoram and Manipur.

• This area in past was known as North-East frontier.

• The area is strategic important to India as it borders with Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, China and Tibet.

• After Indepndent there were 3 states which covered that area.

• Manipur and Tripura were Independent states while Assam province was direct under British rule.

• This region has mainly tribal population with each tribe having their own culture, art, dance, music and life style.

• It is considered that Tibeto-Burman tribes entered through Burma in this area around 1000 B.C.

• The region is heavily forested and having plentiful of rainfall.

• Jyoti Prasad Saikia Journalist in Tripura coined the word Land of Seven Sisters.

• The population of this area is around 38.6 million as per 2001 census.

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