NORTH-EAST constituents.......................


1. Arunachal Pradesh: 
Capital: Itanagar
CM: Nabam Tuki
# Originally known as NEFA i.e. North East Frontier Agency
# Separated from Assam in 1948 and became a UT.
# Became a state in 1987
# ‘Jhoom Cultivation’ (A type of shifting cultivation)
Tribes: Adi / Wancho / Nishi etc.
Monuments: India’s largest Buddhist Monastry – ‘Tawang’

2. Assam
Capital: Dispur
CM: Tarun Gogoi.
Major Crops:
Tea : 15.6% of world and 55% of India’s total production
Muga Silk
Rivers: Brahmaputra
# Brahmaputra Vally & Barak Vally
# One of the highest rainfalls in the world.
# Mineral Oil :- 1889 Digboy
# Kajiranga and Manas National Parks
# Rhinoceros and Elephant
Separated From Assam ->
Arunachal Pradesh in 1948
Meghalaya in 1962
Nagaland in 1963
Mizoram in 1987

3. Meghalaya : Abode of Clouds 
‘Scotland of East’ because of its elevation of 1496m above the sea level
Capital: Shillong
CM: Mukul Sangma
Tribes: Garo / Khasi / Jantiya

4. Nagaland
Capital: Kohima
CM: Neiphiu Rio
Tribes: Kuki and Chang

5. Manipur: ‘Jewel of India’
Capital: Imphal
CM: Okram Abibo Singh
Major Crops: Sericulture
# Manipuri Dance
# Loktak lake: The biggest fresh-water lake in north-eastern India.
# Keibul Lamjao: The only ‘Floating National Park’ in the world.
Loktak Lake and Sendra Island

6. Mizoram: ‘Land of Enchanting Hills’
Capital: Aizawl
CM: Lalthanwala
Tribes: Lushais, Kukis, Pang
# Reddish-Blue Haze

7. Tripura
Capital: Agartala
CM: Manik Sarkar
Literacy: 74%
Language: Bangla, Kakbarak, Manipuri
# Handloom weaving

 8. Sikkim
Capital: Gangtok
CM: Pawan Chamling
Literacy: 70%
Major Crops: Large cardamom
(largest producer in the world)
# Variety of Orchids.
Mountains: Kanchanjanga.
Rivers: Teesta
Tribes: Lepcha, Bhutia
Monuments: Khangcheng Jonga National Park
# Nathulla Pass opened in 2006
# Red Panda
# Snow Leopard

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