ABSTRACT
The State of Nagaland is in north-eastern India, on the mountainous border with Myanmar (formerly Burma), which lies to the east. The land of the Naga tribes (the name is said to be derived from a Burmese word, naka, meaning those with pierced ears) is one of India’s smaller states, until 1957 part of Assam, which lies along the state’s long northwestern border. There is a short border in the north-east with another Indian state, Arunachal Pradesh, and beyond the ragged southern border lies Manipur state. Nagaland, which became India’s 16th state in December 1963, covers an area of 16,579 sq km (6, 399 sq miles).
