Since India's 1947 independence, 98% of Northeast India's borders have been with other Asian countries, making it a strategic frontier region. India's Act East policy seeks to harness this connectivity in the modern day.
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Asian relations with Northeast India in the context of North East India
Northeast India, officially the North Eastern Region (NER), is the easternmost region of India representing both a geographic and political administrative division of the country. It comprises eight states: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, and Tripura (commonly known as the "Seven Sisters"), and the "Brother" state of Sikkim. North-east India is one of the most linguistically diverse regions in the world.
The region has India's international border of 5,182 kilometres (3,220 mi) with five neighbouring countries: China to the north, Myanmar to the east, Bangladesh to the southwest, Nepal to the west, and Bhutan to the northwest. It comprises an area of 262,184 square kilometres (101,230 sq mi), almost 8 per cent of that of India and has a population of 45,772,188, almost 4 per cent that of India. The Siliguri Corridor connects the region to other parts of India.