Geography, history, population (tribes and communities), economy, education, industry, agriculture, natural resources of the region; Profiles of eight states – Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Manipur – North Eastern Council and its integrative role; Government and politics – elections – political parties, regional party formations and their histories – problems of development; Local governance – panchayat raj institutions, Sixth Scheduled institutions in tribal and hill areas, non-Sixth Scheduled institutions in Nagaland, traditional institutions, such as, Keban and Buliang in Arunachal Pradesh; Insurgency movements in the region – the Naga secessionist movement, the MNF movement during 1961-1986, the ULFA movement, the tribal armed insurgency in Tripura, the Bodo movement – peace processes since 1953 – a brief historical perspective; North East India and its connectivity with South and Southeast Asia – its role as a corridor, the Asian Highway and the Stilwell road.
Texts:
1. N.N. Pandey, India’s North-Eastern Region, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore, 2008
2. A. Baruah, India’s Northeast: Development Issues in a Historical Perspective, Manohar, New Delhi, 2005..
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2. S. Chaube, Hill Politics in Northeast India , Orient Longman, Bombay,1993
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5. P. Hazarika, Economic Development and Ecological Balance in Assam , DVS, Guwahati, 2009.
6. M. Taher, and P. Ahmed, Geography of North-East India , El-Dorado Publication, Guwahati, 1998
