Kameng Frontier Division

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Kameng Frontier Division was an administrative subdivision in the western part of what is now Arunachal Pradesh, India, during the period when the region was governed as the North-East Frontier Agency.

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Kameng Frontier Division canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division
former administrative unit
administeredAs part of North-East Frontier Agency
administeredBy Government of India
borderedBy Assam
Bhutan
Tibet
climate temperate high-altitude
contains Bomdila area
linked to: Bomdila

Tawang area
linked to: Tawang

parts of present-day Tawang district
parts of present-day West Kameng district
country India
dissolvedWith reorganization of North-East Frontier Agency into Arunachal Pradesh
establishedUnder colonial and early post-colonial frontier administration policies
ethnicGroups Aka (Hrusso) people
Miji people
Monpa people
Sajolang people
Sherdukpen people
governanceType frontier administrative division
governedFrom Assam (administrative linkage)
hasCapital Bomdila
historicalEventContext Sino-Indian border tensions
historicalJurisdiction under Governor of Assam (on behalf of Government of India)
historicalRegion Kameng
linked to: Kameng River
languageRegion Tibeto-Burman languages
locatedIn Arunachal Pradesh
Eastern Himalayas
Northeast India
western part of present-day Arunachal Pradesh
namedAfter Kameng region
partOf North-East Frontier Agency
North-East Frontier Tracts (historical context)
linked to: Assam frontier
predecessorOf modern districts of western Arunachal Pradesh
presentInCountrySubdivision present-day Arunachal Pradesh
religionRegion Tibetan Buddhism
indigenous tribal religions
status defunct administrative subdivision
strategicImportance India-Bhutan border region
linked to: Indo-Bhutan border

India-China border region
border security
successor Tawang district
linked to: Tawang

West Kameng district
terrain Himalayan foothills
mountainous
timePeriod period of North-East Frontier Agency administration

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North-East Frontier Agency contains Kameng Frontier Division