North East India in Details

The system of government was partly monarchical and partly aristocratic. The king, or Swarga Maharaja as he was called, was the supreme head of the state. All honors, titles, offices, decisions, and war measures emanated from the king, but he had to act according to the advice of the five hereditary councilors of state, the Buragohain, the Bargohain, the Barpatra-gohain, the Barbaruah, and the Barphukan.

The Treaty of Yandabo is the peace treaty that put an end to the First Anglo-Burmese war with the British emerging victorious. The treaty was signed on 24 February 1826, almost two years after the war broke out on 5 March 1824.  The treaty was signed by General Sir Archibald Campbell on the British side and on the Burmese side by the Governor of Legaing Maha Min Hla Kyaw Htin.  The British army had reached Yandabo village which was just eighty kilometers from the then capital Ava. This was one of the main reasons why the Burmese agreed to sign the treaty without any discussion. Terms of the Treaty of Yandabo The terms of the Treaty of Yandabo are as follows: The Burmese agreed to cede Assam, Manipur, Arakan, Tanesserim coast to the British completely without any type of control over these territories. The Burmese were to stop all interference in Cachar and Jaintia hills. The Burmese had to pay an indemnity of one million pound sterling in four installments to the British with...

Karbi Anglong Plateau or Karbi-Plateau is the only plateau of Assam and is situated in the Karbi Anglong district of Assam. The Karbi Anglong Plateau, which is the easternmost part of the north-eastward projection of Gondwanaland lies almost detached from the Meghalayan Plateau due to headward erosion of the Kopili and Dhansiri River and their tributaries.

The Purvanchal Range or Eastern Mountain is a sub-mountain range of Himalaya. “ Purvanchal ” as the name itself suggests, it is the eastern frontier region of India is surrounded by Bangladesh in the south-west, Myanmar in the south-east and china in the north-east. Its north-western limit, for a major part, follows the boundaries of Meghalaya-Mikir region, Assam valley and Eastern Himalaya and the plain areas of Tripura and Cachar are the continuations of Surma valley.

Meghalaya plateau is a part of the Deccan plateau of the southern peninsular plateau region. Situated in Northeast India covering the whole Indian state of Meghalaya and Karbianglong district of Assam.

The Barail Range is a group of mountains or high ridges and watersheds between the Brahmaputra and Barak rivers. The terrain ranges from flat and undulating in the river valleys, to mountainous with steep slopes. Located in the Dima Hasao district of Assam a state of India (Latitude: 25° 16' 27" N - Longitude: 93° 20' 51" E)