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Introduction

Arunachal Pradesh, sparsely populated and mountainous state, north-east India, bordered on the south by Assam State, on the west by Bhutan, on the north and north-east by Tibet, and on the east by Myanmar. The former North East Frontier Agency, the region became the union territory of Arunachal Pradesh (“Land of the Rising Sun”) in 1972, and India’s 24th state in December 1986. Arunachal Pradesh has an area of 83,743 sq km (32,333 sq mi).