North-Eastern India
North-Eastern India consists of seven small states that are surrounded by Bhutan, China, and Myanmar, and almost cut off from the rest of India by Bangladesh.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Imphal and Agartala.
Imphal
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Imphal is the capital city of the northeast Indian state of Manipur. It has a small population but it is a developed city that many travellers visit in transit.
Agartala
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Agartala is the capital city of Tripura, and is the second-largest city in North-Eastern India after Guwahati. It is on the banks of the Haora River, near the Bangladesh border, about 90 km east of Bangladesh's capital Dhaka.
Guwahati
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Guwahati, previously Gauhati, is the capital and the largest city in the Indian state of Assam. Guwahati is one of the fastest-growing cities in India.
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Assam
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Assam is a land of red hills, green valleys and blue rivers — the majestic and sacred Brahmaputra. It is known for its famous tea, its silk and its biodiversity, and is also rich in archeological heritage.
Manipur
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Manipur is a North-Eastern Indian state, rich in history, culture and natural beauty. Ancient Manipur was one of Asia's oldest human civilisations. It was known for the arts, language, philosophy, politics and sports.
Arunachal Pradesh
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Arunachal Pradesh is one of the northeastern states of India. It is bordered by Bhutan in the west, China in the north and northeast, Myanmar in the southeast, and the states of Assam and Nagaland in the south.
Nagaland
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Nagaland is one of the northeastern states of India. Sandwiched between Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, and Myanmar, it is one of the smallest and least populated states in India, and one of the small handful of Christian-majority states in India.
Meghalaya
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Meghalaya is one of the seven North-Eastern states of India. Famous for its high rainfall, subtropical forests and biodiversity, it is abutted by Assam in the north and east and by Bangladesh in the south.
Tripura
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Tripura is one of the north-eastern states of India. It is bordered by Bangladesh in the south, west, and north, Assam in the northeast, and Mizoram in the east.
Mizoram
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Mizoram lies in the southernmost outpost of extreme North-Eastern India, the land of the Blue Mountains. Manipur, Assam and Tripura bind the northern end of this little island of tranquility with neighbouring countries Myanmar and Bangladesh nestling most of the state between them.
North-Eastern India
- Type: administrative territorial entity
- Description: group of Northeastern Indian states
- Also known as: “North-east India”, “Northeast India”, and “Seven Sisters”
- Category: region
- Location: India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude of center
25.69° or 25° 41′ 24″ northLongitude of center
93.31° or 93° 18′ 36″ eastWikidata ID
Q863038
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“North-Eastern India” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شمال شرق الهند”
- Armenian: “Հյուսիսարևելյան Հնդկաստան”
- Assamese: “India”
- Assamese: “NE India”
- Assamese: “North East India”
- Assamese: “North-east India”
- Assamese: “Northeast India”
- Assamese: “Northeasten India”
- Assamese: “Northeastern india”
- Assamese: “উত্তৰ পূব ভাৰত”
- Assamese: “উত্তৰ পূৰ্বাঞ্চল”
- Assamese: “উত্তৰ পূৰ্ব্বাঞ্চল”
- Assamese: “উত্তৰ-পূব ভাৰত”
- Assamese: “উত্তৰ-পূৰ্বাঞ্চল”
- Batak Toba: “India Irisanna”
- Bengali: “উত্তর-পূর্ব ভারত”
- Bhojpuri: “नार्थईस्ट”
- Bhojpuri: “नॉर्थ ईस्ट”
- Bhojpuri: “नॉर्थईस्ट”
- Bhojpuri: “पूर्बोत्तर भारत”
- Bhojpuri: “पूर्वोत्तर भारत”
- Burmese: “အရှေ့မြောက်အိန္ဒိယ”
- Catalan: “Índia del nord-est”
- Catalan: “Índia del Nord-est”
- Central Bikol: “Amihanan-subangan na Indya”
- Chinese: “印度东北部”
- Chinese: “印度東北部”
- Czech: “Severovýchodní Indie”
- Dotyali: “उत्तरपूर्वी भारत”
- Dutch: “Noordoost-India”
- Dutch: “Seven Sister States”
- Dutch: “Zeven zusterstaten”
- Esperanto: “Nordorienta Barato”
- Esperanto: “Sep Fratinoj”
- French: “Inde du Nord-Est”
- French: “Nord-Est indien”
- Georgian: “ჩრდილო-აღმოსავლეთი ინდოეთი”
- German: “Nordostindien”
- German: “Sieben Schwesterstaaten”
- Hebrew: “צפון-מזרח הודו”
- Hebrew: “שבע האחיות”
- Hindi: “उत्तर पूर्व भारत”
- Hindi: “उत्तर पूर्वी भारत”
- Hindi: “उत्तर-पूर्वी भारत”
- Hindi: “पूर्वोत्तर भारत”
- Indonesian: “India Timur Laut”
- Italian: “India nordorientale”
- Japanese: “インド北東部”
- Japanese: “北東インド”
- Kannada: “ಈಶಾನ್ಯ ಭಾರತ”
- Korean: “북동 인도”
- Korean: “북동부 인도”
- Korean: “북동부인도”
- Korean: “북동인도”
- Korean: “인도 북동부”
- Korean: “인도북동부”
- Lithuanian: “Šiaurės rytų Indija”
- Malagasy: “India Avaratra-Atsinanana”
- Malay: “India Timur Laut”
- Malayalam: “വടക്കു കിഴക്കൻ ഇന്ത്യ”
- Malayalam: “വടക്ക് കിഴക്കൻ ഇന്ത്യ”
- Manipuri: “ꯑꯋꯥꯡ ꯅꯣꯡꯄꯣꯛ ꯏꯟꯗꯤꯌꯥ”
- Marathi: “ईशान्य भारत”
- Nepali: “उत्तरपूर्वी भारत”
- Nepali: “पुर्वोत्तर भारत”
- Nepali: “पूर्वोत्तर भारत”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nordaust-India”
- Oriya: “ଉତ୍ତରପୂର୍ବ ଭାରତ”
- Oriya: “ଭାରତର ଉତ୍ତରପୂର୍ବାଞ୍ଚଳ”
- Panjabi: “ਉੱਤਰ ਪੂਰਬੀ ਭਾਰਤ”
- Panjabi: “ਉੱਤਰ-ਪੂਰਬੀ ਭਾਰਤ”
- Panjabi: “ਸੱਤ ਭੈਣਾਂ”
- Persian: “شمال شرق هند”
- Persian: “شمال شرقی هند”
- Portuguese: “Índia do Nordeste”
- Portuguese: “Nordeste da Índia”
- Russian: “Северо-Восточная Индия”
- Sanskrit: “ईशान्यभारतम्”
- Sanskrit: “उत्तरपूर्वभारतम्”
- Sanskrit: “पूर्वोतरभारतम्”
- Sanskrit: “सप्तभगिनी राज्यानि”
- Santali: “ᱚᱛᱛᱨ ᱯᱩᱨᱵᱤ ᱥᱤᱧᱚᱛ”
- Santali: “ᱠᱚᱧᱮ ᱥᱟᱢᱟᱝ ᱥᱤᱧᱚᱛ”
- Slovenian: “Sedem sester”
- Slovenian: “Severovzhodna Indija”
- Spanish: “Noreste de India”
- Tajik: “Ҳиндустони Шимолу Шарқӣ”
- Tamil: “ஏழு சகோதரி மாநிலங்கள்”
- Tamil: “வடகிழக்கு இந்தியா”
- Telugu: “ఈశాన్య భారతదేశం”
- Thai: “ภาคตะวันออกเฉียงเหนือ”
- Thai: “รัฐเจ็ดสาว”
- Thai: “อินเดียตะวันออกเฉียงเหนือ”
- Ukrainian: “Північно-Східна Індія”
- Urdu: “شمال مشرقی بھارت”
- Venetian: “Ìndia nordorientałe”
- Vietnamese: “Đông Bắc Ấn Độ”
- “पूर्बोत्तर भारत”
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