Northeast India

proper noun

The northeastern region of India, comprising the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, and Tripura. In the aggregation of seven, the region is called "Seven Sisters". Often Sikkim is included, regarded as their only "brother state" as well.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. The northeastern region of India, comprising the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, and Tripura. In the aggregation of seven, the region is called "Seven Sisters". Often Sikkim is included, regarded as their only "brother state" as well.
  2. informalThe northeastern region of directly North India itself or of Gangetic plains, especially eastern Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and parts of Bengal. This is often considered offensive as this concept excludes the Seven Sisters States from being parts of India.

    ʿAẒĪMĀBĀD (Patna), ancient Pataliputra, present capital of Bihar state in northeast India.

    1988, Q. Ahmed, ʿAẒĪMĀBĀD, pages 259-260
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    In the far northeast of India, on the great plains south of the foothills of the Himalayas, lies the ruins of a vast and ancient city. Pataliputra was founded during the life of the Buddha, and bore witness to the next 1,500 years of Indian history.

    2009, Bipin Dimri, Pataliputra: The City of Five Empires

Translations

Tamil வடகிழக்கிந்தியா
  • வடகிழக்கிந்தியா (vaṭakiḻakkintiyā)northeastern region of India
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