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Anjaw District
Anjaw District (Pron:/ˈændʒɔ:/) (Burmese : အန်််ကျော) is an administrative district in the state of Arunachal Pradesh in north-east India. It was created district in 2004, by splitting off from the Lohit district under the Arunachal Pradesh Re-organization of Districts Amendment Act. The district borders China on the north. Hawai, at an altitude of 1296 m above sea level, is the district headquarters, located on the banks of the Lohit River, a tributary of the Brahmaputra River. It is the easternmost district in India. The furthest villages towards the border with China are Dong, Walong, Kibithu and Kaho. Anjaw is the second least populous district in India (out of 640). History During the 1962 war, parts of Anjaw were briefly occupied by China. Being a disputed border region, Indian military has always been present in the Anjaw district. During the 2020 China–India skirmishes additional troops were deployed to the region. Geography Rivers The m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Districts Of Arunachal Pradesh
, Arunachal Pradesh comprised 26 districts, with more districts proposed. Most of the districts are inhabited by Demographics_of_Arunachal_Pradesh#List_of_tribes, various tribal groups. The latest and presently valid official map of districts of Arunachal Pradesh, after the most recent new districts were last announced on 30 August 2018, is in the external links. History When control of the North-East Frontier Agency was transferred to the Ministry of Home Affairs (India), Ministry of Home Affairs in September 1965 its five divisions, Kameng, Subansiri, Siang, Lohit and Tirap each became districts. Over the next few years many new districts were created out of the original five: * On 13 May 1980 Subansiri district was bifurcated into two districts: Lower Subansiri district and Upper Subansiri district. Upper Subansiri district comprised the area occupied by the erstwhile Daporijo sub-division and Lower Subansiri district comprised the rest of the area occupied by the erstwhile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walong
Walong is an administrative town and the headquarters of eponymous tehsil, circle in the Anjaw district in eastern-most part of Arunachal Pradesh state in India. It also has a small cantonment of the Indian Army. Walong is on banks of Lohit River, which enters India 35 km north of Walong at India-China Line of Actual Control, LAC at Kaho, India, Kaho pass. Walong is also the easternmost town in mainland India. It is 20 km south of Kibithu, 60 km west of Diphu Pass (near India-China-Myanmar tri-junction), and 90 km north of district headquarter at Hawai, Arunachal Pradesh, Hawai. Anjaw district was carved out of Lohit District in 2004. Geography Walong lies on the west bank of the Lohit River, a tributary of the Brahmaputra, approximately 20 kilometres south of the Tibetan border. The forest around Walong is rich in wildlife. Rare mammals such as Mishmi takin, Red goral and Leaf muntjac occurs while among birds there is the rare Sclater's monal, Sclater's Monal. A flying squi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McMahon Line
The McMahon Line is the boundary between Tibet and British India as agreed in the maps and notes exchanged by the respective plenipotentiaries on 24–25 March 1914 at Delhi, as part of the 1914 Simla Convention. The line delimited the respective spheres of influence of the two countries in the eastern Himalayan region along northeast India and northern Burma (Myanmar), which were earlier undefined. The Republic of China was not a party to the McMahon Line agreement, but the line was part of the overall boundary of Tibet defined in the Simla Convention, initialled by all three parties and later repudiated by the government of China. The Indian part of the Line currently serves as the ''de facto'' boundary between China and India, although its legal status is disputed by the People's Republic of China. The Burmese part of the Line was renegotiated by the People's Republic of China and Myanmar. The line is named after Henry McMahon, foreign secretary of British India and the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mago-Thingbu To Vijaynagar Border Road
Arunachal Frontier Highway, also Mago-Thingbu– Vijaynagar Border Highway, is a planned border highway in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. The road follows the McMahon Line, the international border between India and China. The Government of India estimates the cost at . The highway along the China border would accompany the Trans-Arunachal Highway (through the middle) and the Arunachal East-West Corridor (in the foothills along the Assam border) as major highways spanning the whole state, pursuing the Look East connectivity concept.Arunachal Dy CM Lays Foundation Stone of Bridge over Bari River , North East Today, 11 Dec 2017. Route alignment The high-altitude highway will originate from[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vijaynagar, Changlang
Vijaynagar (also known as Vijay Nagar and Vijoynagar) is the most remote town and circle headquarters in the Changlang district, Arunachal Pradesh, India. According to the 2011 census, Vijaynagar has a population of 4,438. Location Vijaynagar is from the nearest navigable road in India located at Miao by foot. It is bordered to the south and east by Myanmar, and to the north by a thick forest of the Namdapha National Park. Nearby Indian cities are Miao, Hayuliang, and Tezu. Putao is the nearest city in Myanmar. History In a 1961-1962 expedition led by the Assam Rifles, Maj. Gen A.S Gauraya found an uninhabited zone of Indian territory between the three-sided border of Burma (Myanmar) and named the region Vijaynagar in honour of his son "Vijay." After the settlement process was initiated by the North East Frontier Agency (now known as Arunachal Pradesh), two hundred families of Assam Rifles soldiers (95% of whom are Gurkhas) settled there. Today, Vijaynagar is a cluster o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thingbu
Thingbu is a settlement in Tawang district in the north-eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, India. Location It is located on the proposed Mago-Thingbu to Vijaynagar Arunachal Pradesh Frontier Highway along the McMahon Line, alignment map of which can be seehereanhere Demographics A small village occupied by Monpa tribe & consists of 58 households. Culture Main festivals: Losar, Gandan Ngamchod etc. Religion: Buddhist. Dress: Traditional Shinka, Totung, Tenga-kime, Khichin, etc. ( for women). Khanjar, Chhuba, Totung, etc. (for men) Climate Heavy snowfall occurs during the months of December, January & February. See also * North-East Frontier Agency * List of people from Arunachal Pradesh * Religion in Arunachal Pradesh * Cuisine of Arunachal Pradesh * List of institutions of higher education in Arunachal Pradesh This is a list of institutions of higher education in Arunachal Pradesh: As of 27 october 2022, Arunachal Pradesh has one central university, one st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delei River
Chaglagam is a village and the headquarters of an eponymous circle in the Anjaw district in the north-eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, India. It is on the bank of the Delei River. The Chaglagam Circle contains the upper basin of the Delei River, on the border the Zayul County of China's Tibet Autonomous Region. It has a population of 1,681 people, distributed in 18 villages, as per the 2011 census. Census of India, 2012, p. 20. The population consists of primarily . Geography [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lohit River Basin
Lohit may refer to: * Lohit River, in India * Lohit district, India * Lohit fonts, a font family covering Indic scripts * '' Lohit Diary'' * Lohit Express The 15651 / 52 Guwahati–Jammu Tawi Lohit Express is an Express train belonging to Indian Railways – Northeast Frontier Railway zone that runs between & in India. It operates as train number 15651 from Guwahati to Jammu Tawi and as train ... See also * Kumkum {{Disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sino-Indian War
The Sino-Indian War took place between China and India from October to November 1962, as a major flare-up of the Sino-Indian border dispute. There had been a series of violent border skirmishes between the two countries after the 1959 Tibetan uprising, when India granted asylum to the Dalai Lama. Chinese military action grew increasingly aggressive after India rejected proposed Chinese diplomatic settlements throughout 1960–1962, with China re-commencing previously-banned "forward patrols" in Ladakh after 30 April 1962. Amidst the Cuban Missile Crisis, China abandoned all attempts towards a peaceful resolution on 20 October 1962, invading disputed territory along the border in Ladakh and across the McMahon Line in the northeastern frontier. Chinese troops pushed back Indian forces in both theatres, capturing all of their claimed territory in the western theatre and the Tawang Tract in the eastern theatre. The conflict ended when China unilaterally declared a ceasefire o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Districts Of India
A district ('' zila'') is an administrative division of an Indian state or territory. In some cases, districts are further subdivided into sub-divisions, and in others directly into ''tehsils'' or ''talukas''. , there are a total of 766 districts, up from the 640 in the 2011 Census of India and the 593 recorded in the 2001 Census of India. District officials include: *District Magistrate or Deputy Commissioner or District Collector, an officer of the Indian Administrative Service, in charge of administration and revenue collection *Superintendent of Police or Senior Superintendent of Police or Deputy Commissioner of Police, an officer belonging to the Indian Police Service, responsible for maintaining law and order *Deputy Conservator of Forests, an officer belonging to the Indian Forest Service, entrusted with the management of the forests, environment and wildlife of the district Each of these officials is aided by officers from the appropriate branch of the state govern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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