Tag: Assam

The rail connection in the year 1947 between North-East India (Guwahati) and Kolkata was through East Bengal, which is now in Bangladesh. The rail connection between the northeast region and India (West Bengal) was cut off after partition in the year 1947. Immediately after separation, there was no rail link between northeast India and rest of India. At present, there are direct rail links between rest of India and northeast states, but the connection is extremely fragile. Floods cut off the relationship between India and northeast India very often. Isolation…

The Nagas started waging an armed conflict against the newly formed Indian government to establish an autonomous state in the northeast region, soon after India gained its independence on 15th August 1947. The Naga conflict is considered by many experts one of the little known and one of the longest-running armed conflicts around the world. The government of India in last 70 years has tried to tackle the Naga conflict unsuccessful through use of force, political reconciliation and other measures. Whenever the government intervened, the situation of conflict deepened. One…

The northeast region of India – Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya, and Sikkim – is still neglected and suffer a massive conflict that caused from substantial economic loss. Isn’t it a regrettable fact after 70 years of our independence? Surrounded by many countries such as China, Myanmar, Bhutan, and Bangladesh, the northeast region is poorly connected to the Indian mainland by a small corridor. There is a huge conflict associated with the north-east with the mainland that undermines the idea of prosperous and functioning democracy of great…