NAVIGATING TENSIONS: ANALYSING DISPUTE DYNAMICS AMONG NORTHEASTERN STATES IN INDIA

AUTHOR – SHOLANKI BHOWMIK, LL.M. SCHOLAR AT NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY TRIPURA

BEST CITATION – SHOLANKI BHOWMIK, NAVIGATING TENSIONS: ANALYSING DISPUTE DYNAMICS AMONG NORTHEASTERN STATES IN INDIA, INDIAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL REVIEW (IJLR), 5 (1) OF 2025, PG. 1416-1431, APIS – 3920 – 0001 & ISSN – 2583-2344.

INTRODUCTION

The word “Northeast” is a relatively new colonial phrase. The phrase was coined by the British to refer to a geographically defined area on the eastern Indian subcontinent. However, the idea of the Northeast became evident during the division of India in 1947 and the independence of Burma in 1937. Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Tripura, and Sikkim are the eight states that make up northeastern India (Sikkim was included in the northeast in 2003). This area is encircled by numerous nations, including Bangladesh, China, Bhutan, and Myanmar, and has a substandard corridor connecting it to the Indian mainland. Just 1% of the northeast’s borders are domestic, with the remaining 99% being international.