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Arunachal Pradesh

[ ahr-uh-noch-uhl pruh-deysh ]

noun

  1. a state in northeastern India. 32,333 sq. mi. (83,743 sq. km). : Itanagar.


Arunachal Pradesh

/ ˌɑːrəˈnɑːkəl prəˈdɛʃ /

noun

  1. a state in NE India, formed in 1986 from the former Union Territory. Capital: Itanagar. Pop: 1 091 117 (2001). Area: 83 743 sq km (32 648 sq miles) Former name (until 1972)North East Frontier Agency
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of Arunachal Pradesh1

First recorded in 1970–75; from Hindi Aruṇācal Pradeś, figuratively, “Land of the Dawn-Lit Mountains,” from ṇāc “dawn-lit mountain, mountain of the rising sun” (equivalent to Sanskrit ṇa “dawn,” also “reddish-brown, ruddy” + acala “mountain, rock,” also “immovable, non-moving”) + ś “province, territory”
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Experts and officials have also flagged concerns that the dam would empower China to control or divert the flow of the trans-border river, which flows south into India's Arunachal Pradesh and Assam states and onwards into Bangladesh.

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Nothing like the common red, black, or brown ants, a stunning blue ant has been discovered from Yingku village in Arunachal Pradesh, northeastern India.

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The ant was found during an expedition to Siang valley in Arunachal Pradesh to resurvey its biodiversity after the century-old 'Abhor expedition'.

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The second deactivated Chinese network focused its Facebook content on India’s border region known as Arunachal Pradesh, posting negative content about specific individuals, the report said.

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This year, China angered India when it released a map showing the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh in the eastern Himalayas to be a part of southern Tibet.

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