KNOW YOUR STATE ARUNACHAL PRADESH
WHEN AND HOW WAS IT FORMED? • Arunachal Pradesh means “Land of rising sun”. • It was formerly called North East Frontier Agency (NEFA). • It was part of Assam till it was made UT in 1972. • In 1987, it became Indian state. GEOGRAPHY
Size – 83,743 km²
Capital – Itanagar
Official Language – English (Highest number of regional languages)
th 14 largest state (Largest in North east)
25 Administrative districts.
Other important cities – Tawang Bomdila Basar GEOGRAPHY
Neighbouring states – Assam and Nagaland
Neighbouring countries – China, Bhutan and Myanmar
It is known as:
Paradise of the Botanists
Land of the Dawn
Orchid state of India GEOGRAPHY
Most of Arunachal Pradesh’s terrain consists of deep valleys flanked by highland plateaus and ridges that rise to the peaks of the Great Himalayas.
Tropical Rainforest, Subtropical pines, Tropical Evergreen Forest. Major rivers are:
Brahmaputra River Lohit River Dibang River Subansiri River (L) Siang River Major Dams are:
Dibang Dam (will be India’s largest and world’s tallest)
Subansiri Dam
Major Wild life sanctuary & National Park:
Namdapha National Park
Mouling National Park
Dehang-Dibang Biosphere Reserve
Dibang wild life sanctuary
Eagle Nest wild life sanctuary
Kamlang Tiger Reserve Major Minerals Found
Coal Limestone Petroleum Dolomite
The state has a substantial deposit of Minerals, which includes petroleum (Crude) coal, dolomite and limestone. The production of petroleum is 44,000 MT (approx). STATE SYMBOLS
State Animal – Gayal State Bird – Great Hornbill State Tree - Hollong State Flower – Lady’s (Mithun) Slipper Orchid IMPORTANT GI TAG
Arunachal Orange IMPORTANT HISTORICAL SITES
Namdapha National Park Apatani Cultural Landscape Bugga Ramalingeswara Swamy
Golden Pagoda FAMOUS FESTIVALS
Losar Mopin Solung MAJOR ART FORMS
Idu Mishmi Wancho Aji Lamu High Court
Guwahati High Court
All the seven north eastern states(Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram) of India have common High Court.
Current CJ of High Court is Ajai Lamba. NUMBER OF SEATS
Number of Seats in Legislative assembly – 60
Seats in Rajya Sabha – 1
Seats in Lok Sabha - 2 IMPORTANT POLITICAL PERSONLATIES
GOVERNOR CHIEF MINISTER
BD MISRA PEMA KHANDU (Bhartiya Janta Party)