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2014.
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| Summary/Abstract |
The Northeast is geopolitically situated between mainland India and Southeast Asia. As a single geographical entity Northeast of India comprises of seven states - Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and Tripura plus Sikkim. The region comprises of highly undulating hilly terrains, covering 263,179 sq km which is about 8% of the total geographical area of the country. The region is one of the landlocked regions of South Asia. About 4500 km i.e. 98% of its border is with five different countries of South Asia-Nepal, Bhutan, China, Myanmar and Bangladesh. No other region of the Indian union share common border with so many different countries. The region is connected to the Indian mainland by a small corridor called 'chicken neck' through the tenuous 22 km Siliguri corridor.
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