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Regional Aspirations
The following changes have taken place in North-East since independence :
(i) Nagaland State were created in 1960.
(ii) Meghalaya, Manipur and Tripura became States in 1972.
(iii) Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram became separate States in 1987.
(iv) Earlier the partition had reduced the North-East to a land locked region and affected its economy.
Effects: (i) The region suffered neglect in developmental terms because it was cut off from the rest of India.
(ii) Its politics too remained insulated.
(iii) The region underwent demographic changes due to influx of migrants from neighbouring states and countries.
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One of Hazarika’s songs ....... dwells on the unity theme; the seven states of north-eastern India become seven sisters born of the same mother .... ‘Meghalaya went own way ...... Arunachal too separated and Mizoram appeared in Assam’s gateway as a groom to marry another daughter,’ ......... The song ends with a determination to keep the unity of the Assamese with other smaller nationalities that are left in the present-day Assam– ‘the Karbis and the Missing brothers and sisters are our dear ones.’ —Sanjib Baruah
(a) Which unity is the poet talking about ?
(b) Why were the States of North-East created separately out of the erstwhile State of Assam ?
(c) Do you think that the same theme of unity could apply to all the regions of India ? Why ?
“Before 1947, Jammu and Kashmir was a Muslim State. Its Sikh ruler, Hari Singh, wanted to merge with Pakistan.”
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