About the Book : Northeast India : A Political History
As India and the world are roiled by questions of nationalism and identity, this
book journeys into the history of one of the worlds newest and most fascinating
regions: Northeast India. Having appeared with the stroke of a pen in 1947, as
the British Raj was torn asunder and partitioned into India and Pakistan, this
is a region of hills inhabited by myriad tribes. Until colonial rule, they had
lived in their ancient ways.
In this book, Samrat Choudhury chronicles the processes by which these remote
hilltribes, and the diverse people inhabiting the valley of the