Assam is a state of
India in the
north-eastern region. Located south of the eastern
Himalayas, Assam comprises the
Brahmaputra Valley and the
Barak river valleys along with the
Karbi Anglong and the
North Cachar Hills with an area of 30,285 square miles (78,438 km2). Assam is surrounded by six of the other
Seven Sister States:
Arunachal Pradesh,
Nagaland,
Manipur,
Mizoram,
Tripura, and
Meghalaya. Geographically Assam and these states are connected to the rest of India via a strip of land in
West Bengal called the
Siliguri Corridor or "Chicken's Neck". Assam shares international border with
Bhutan and
Bangladesh; and culture, people and climate with South-East Asia – elements in India’s
Look East policy.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assam
