North-East Frontier Agency

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The North-East Frontier Agency was a former administrative division of India in the eastern Himalayas that later became the state of Arunachal Pradesh.

All labels observed (3)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former administrative division
former territory of India
administeredBy Government of India
Governor of Assam
borderedBy Assam
Bhutan
China
Myanmar
Tibet Autonomous Region
surface form: Tibet
capital Shillong
contains Kameng Frontier Division
Subansiri Frontier Division
surface form: Lohit Frontier Division

Siang Frontier Division
Subansiri Frontier Division
Tawang
Tirap Frontier Division
country India
dissolved 1972
established 1954
ethnicGroups Adi people
Apatani
surface form: Apatani people

Mishmi tribes
surface form: Mishmi people

Monpa people
Nocte people
Nyishi people
Wancho people
followedBy Arunachal Pradesh
governingBody Ministry of External Affairs of India
historicalRegion Assam frontier
surface form: North-East Frontier Tracts
laterAdministeredBy Ministry of Home Affairs, India
surface form: Ministry of Home Affairs of India
locatedIn Indian subcontinent
Northeast India
Eastern Himalayas
surface form: eastern Himalayas
officialLanguage English
partOf Assam
surface form: Assam Province

Assam
surface form: Assam State
predecessor Assam frontier
surface form: Balipara Frontier Tract

North-East Frontier Agency self-linksurface differs
surface form: Lakhimpur Frontier Tract

Assam frontier
surface form: North-East Frontier Tracts

Assam frontier
surface form: Sadiya Frontier Tract
relatedConflict Sino-Indian War
relatedDispute Sino-Indian border dispute
status Partially excluded area
Scheduled area
successor Arunachal Pradesh
North-East Frontier Agency self-linksurface differs
surface form: Union Territory of Arunachal Pradesh
timeZone Indian Standard Time
todayPartOf Arunachal Pradesh
usedScript Latin script

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arunachal Pradesh wasUnionTerritoryAs North-East Frontier Agency
Arunachal Pradesh formerName North-East Frontier Agency
Sino-Indian War location North-East Frontier Agency
North-East Frontier Agency predecessor North-East Frontier Agency self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Lakhimpur Frontier Tract
North-East Frontier Agency successor North-East Frontier Agency self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Union Territory of Arunachal Pradesh
Article 239A of the Constitution of India appliesTo North-East Frontier Agency
this entity surface form: Union Territory of Arunachal Pradesh