Kameng Frontier Division

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Kameng Frontier Division was an administrative subdivision in the western part of what is now Arunachal Pradesh, India, during the period when the region was governed as the North-East Frontier Agency.

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Kameng Frontier Division canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division
former administrative unit
administeredAs part of North-East Frontier Agency
administeredBy Government of India NERFINISHED
borderedBy Assam NERFINISHED
Bhutan NERFINISHED
Tibet NERFINISHED
climate temperate high-altitude
contains Bomdila area NERFINISHED
Tawang area NERFINISHED
parts of present-day Tawang district
parts of present-day West Kameng district
country India
dissolvedWith reorganization of North-East Frontier Agency into Arunachal Pradesh
establishedUnder colonial and early post-colonial frontier administration policies
ethnicGroups Aka (Hrusso) people NERFINISHED
Miji people NERFINISHED
Monpa people NERFINISHED
Sajolang people NERFINISHED
Sherdukpen people NERFINISHED
governanceType frontier administrative division
governedFrom Assam (administrative linkage)
hasCapital Bomdila NERFINISHED
historicalEventContext Sino-Indian border tensions
historicalJurisdiction under Governor of Assam (on behalf of Government of India)
historicalRegion Kameng NERFINISHED
languageRegion Tibeto-Burman languages
locatedIn Arunachal Pradesh NERFINISHED
Eastern Himalayas NERFINISHED
Northeast India
western part of present-day Arunachal Pradesh
namedAfter Kameng region NERFINISHED
partOf North-East Frontier Agency NERFINISHED
North-East Frontier Tracts (historical context) NERFINISHED
predecessorOf modern districts of western Arunachal Pradesh
presentInCountrySubdivision present-day Arunachal Pradesh
religionRegion Tibetan Buddhism NERFINISHED
indigenous tribal religions
status defunct administrative subdivision
strategicImportance India-Bhutan border region NERFINISHED
India-China border region
border security
successor Tawang district NERFINISHED
West Kameng district NERFINISHED
terrain Himalayan foothills
mountainous
timePeriod period of North-East Frontier Agency administration

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North-East Frontier Agency contains Kameng Frontier Division