KNOW YOUR STATE

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 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

 Neighbouring countries – China, Bhutan and Myanmar

 It is known as:

 Paradise of the Botanists

 Land of the Dawn

 Orchid state of 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 are:

 Dibang (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, , , Nagaland, , Arunachal Pradesh and ) 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)