NORTH EAST INDIA

Arunachal Pradesh Governor P B Acharya said, "Indians know more about the US than about  the Northeast". He made a valid point - very few of us know enough about the Northeast.

Here are some of the surprising facts about the Northeast

There are eight states in Northeast: Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Tripura, Sikkim, Nagaland.There are nearly 220 languages spoken in the Northeast, It is a mix of Tibetan, South-east Asian and East Indian Cultures. Northeast is the only part of India that the Mughal Empire could not  conquer.

The Ahom Dynasty, which ruled the Northeast for 600 years, is the longest unbroken Dynasty in Indian history. The world's largest river island, the Majuli and the world's smallest river island, Umananda both are in the Northeast. Seven prominent National Parks of India are located in Northeast.

Shillong is considered as the Rock Capital of India. Mawsynram in Meghalaya holds the Guinness World Record for being the Wettest Place on Earth. Sualkuchi in Assam is one of the World's largest weaving villages where the entire population is engaged in weaving Silk Fabrics.

Muga, the Golden Silk of Assam, is not produced anywhere else in the World. It is the cleanest region in India. Mawlynnong in Meghalaya is the cleanest village in entire Asia.

70% of the country's Orchids are found in Northeast. Mizoram and Tripura are among the states with the highest Literacy rate in India. There is no Dowry culture in entire Northeast. Sikkim is the first state in the world where 100% of its agro produce is organic and certified so. Sikkim won the Future Policy Award 2018, beating 51 nominated policies from 25 countries, according to a statement. Policies from Brazil, Denmark and Quito (Ecuador) bagged silver awards.

The award is co-organised by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), the World Future Council (WFC) and IFOAM – Organics International.

Kindly spread this information to all your contacts to help develop awareness of the Northeast part of India further.

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As we all know that in every game the NorthEast Indians always on the top like Boxing, Weight Lifting and many other Olympic,commonwealth or any international game and this time in  Tokyo Olympic Mirabai Chanu started the Northeastern Journey.

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