Arunachal Pradesh

	Arunachal Pradesh (red) and India (gray)
	Map of Arunachal Pradesh
	Coordinates: 27°04′N 93°22′E / 27.06°N 93.37°ECoordinates: 27°04′N 93°22′E / 27.06°N 93.37°E
Country	India
Area
• Total	83,743 km2 (32,333 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	1,383,727
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)

Arunachal Pradesh is a state in India bordered with China. The country that owns this region is disputed. China says that they own it and call it South Tibet^[2] (Zangnan 藏南). In 2017, China started renaming places in this territory.^[2] In 2019 China destroyed 30,000 "incorrect" world maps that showed South Tibet as part of India.^[3]^[4]

History

The territory's northern boundary is about 550 miles long. It is known as the McMahon Line.

It is part of the border dispute between India and China. There is another dispute to the northwest in Aksai Chin (also with Pakistan).

In 1962, the Sino-Indian War was fought here. The war was short and ended in India's defeat. However, China withdrew back to the modern borders voluntarily. They still say that they own the region.

Who lives there?

The people share cultural similarities with their neighbors in Tibet and the Myanmar's hill region.

As of 2001, there were 1,091,117 people living in Arunachal Pradesh. The total area is 32,333 mi² (83,743 km²).

Most people speak Sino-Tibetan languages like Nyishi and Adi (over 50%). The rest speak Indo-Aryan languages like Nepali, Bengali, and Hindi.

State symbols of Arunachal Pradesh

Provincial bird
Provincial animal
Provincial flower

Arunachal Pradesh Media

Thembang dzong built during the 12th century, a type of dzong commonly found in Bhutan and Tibet
Arunachal Pradesh under the Tibetan Empire in 7th and 8th century CE
Tawang Monastery built in the 17th century under the instruction of the 5th Dalai Lama, is the largest monastery in India and second-largest in the world after the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet. It is one of the few monasteries of Tibetan Buddhism that have remained protected from Mao's Cultural Revolution without any damage.^[5]
Dirang Dzong build under instruction of the 5th Dalai Lama Ngawang Lobsang Gyatso
Urgelling Monastery built in 1489 A.D by Urgen Sangpo in Tawang is the birthplace of 6th Dalai Lama, Tsangyang Gyatso
Tromzikhang in Lhasa build under the instruction of the 6th Dalai Lama
Map of the British Indian Empire from the Imperial Gazetteer of India, 1909 showing the Outer Line as the border of Assam
The North-East Frontier Tracts in 1946
A 1936 map of Tibet by Survey of India, showing the McMahon Line
A kettle lake at Se La in Tawang district.