GEOPOLITICS OF ASSAM

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Written by Dr Joy Shankar Hazarika, this essay traces the complex history of state formation in North East India. It begins by a discussion on the Geo-Ethnic Base of Assam (undivided) and the Social Formation phases in the region,pursued first by the Britishers and later by the mainland India, and finally throws a important map on the process of "BALKANISATION OF ASSAM".

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