Pradhan, Sukanta Kumar <br/><br/>
Development of education in north east India before independence 

 - Third Concept   
 - 35(417), Nov, 2021: p.7-10	 
<br/><br/> North-East India, often called as Seven Sisters, is the eastern-most region of India. The North-Eastern region of the country comprises the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura. All these units, excepting the two former princely states of Manipur and Tripura, constituted the erstwhile composite State of Assam. North-Eastern India has been historically subject to the penetration by the people of Mongolian origin and culture. These Mongolian origin people such as, Kirata, Cine, Koch. Hajong, Dalo, Garo, Khasi, Mikir, Dimael, Arlung, Chintya, Moran, Kachari, Tipperah, Laling, Rabha, Mech, Lushai, Lakher, Pawi, Arakanese, Poi, Chakma, Kuki, Naga, Meitei, Nyishis, Adi, Apatani, Mishmi, Turung, Khamptis, Monpas etc., are settled in the valleys (Brahmaputra, Manipur) as well as the mountains and the hills which rise from the plains of the Bay of Bengal near Chittagong, Cachar and Assam on one side and from Myanmar on the other. – Reproduced