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unusual facts about Nagaland



A. K. Khandker

He established the first ever Bangladesh Air Force in Dimapur, Nagaland during the war.

Aimol people

Aimol are a people in India, settled in different regions in different districts of Manipur and some in Assam and Nagaland.

Angami Naga

Kiyaneilie Peseyie (b. 1947), Speaker of Nagaland Legislative Assembly (March 2003- January 2008; March 2008 – February 2013), Nagaland Minister for Public Health Engineering (March 2013 - present).

Ethnic conflict in Nagaland

They want to establish a ‘Greater Nagaland’ (‘Nagalim’ or the People’s Republic of Nagaland) based on Mao Tse Tung’s model.

Geography of Assam

In the south, the Barak originating in the Barail Range (Assam-Nagaland border), flows through the Cachar district with a 25–30 miles (40–50 km) wide valley and enters Bangladesh with the name Surma.

Glandular horned toad

Glandular horned toad or Jingdong spadefoot toad (Xenophrys glandulosa) is a species of amphibian in the Megophryidae family found in Yunnan in China, in Nagaland in northeastern India, and in northern Kachin State, Myanmar.

Hinduism in India

The Hindus still form the majority community in most regions of the country, except the Valley of Kashmir, Punjab and three states in the North-East - namely Mizoram, Nagaland and Meghalaya.

Hokishe Sema

A native of Sutemi in the Zunheboto district of Nagaland, Sema studied at the Serampore College and St Anthony's College in Shillong.

Lotha Naga

The first group, after reaching the Brahmaputra Valley, settled there while the second group went towards the mountainous region of the present day Nagaland.

:* The Lothas ancestors lived in a place called Lenka, situated east of the Naga territory (modern Nagaland).

Naga Hills District

Naga Hills District, British India, that was later merged with Tuensang to form the Indian state of Nagaland

Naga people

The Naga tribes live in the Indian states of Nagaland, Assam, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh and the northwestern hill tracts of Burma, such as the Naga Self-Administered Zone (formerly in Sagaing Division).

Neiliezhü Üsou Memorial Award for Music

The award is named after the late Rev. Dr. Neiliezhü Üsou for his tremendous contribution to the growth of music in Nagaland.

Protestantism in India

Protestants in India are a minority in a predominantly Hindu country, but form majorities in the north-eastern states of Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and sizeable minorities in Kerala and various east coast and northern states.

R. L. Shep

Later, between 1983 and 2004, Shep made several trips to Bhutan and Northeastern India; collecting and studying Bhutanese and Northeastern Indian Naga textiles, particularly from the Maram tribe, exploring design themes that remain consistent, persisting in the work even as traditions change over time.

Reivilie Angami

Reivilie Angami was born in 1923 in Jotsoma Village, Kohima District, Nagaland.

Shillong Accord of 1975

The governmor was assisted by M.L. Kampani, Joint secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs(MHA), and by two advisors for Nagaland—M.

Sumi Naga

Sumi Nagas mostly inhabit the central and southern regions of Nagaland; Zunheboto is the district of the Sumis and they also live in districts such as Dimapur, Kohima, Kiphire, Mokokchung, Tuensang, etc.

Ultramarine Flycatcher

Also in the lower hills of Meghalaya and Nagaland, Khasi and Cachar hills, sometimes considered a third race; winter movements of this population is not known.


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