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Tawang

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Tawang is a town situated at an elevation of approximately to the east of Bhutan. [1]

48 relations: Arunachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh State Transport Services, Assam, Bhutan, Buddhism, Census, China, Cona County, Frank Kingdon-Ward, Gelug, Guwahati, Hugh Edward Richardson, Incorporation of Tibet into the People's Republic of China, India, Indian Standard Time, Inner Line Permit, Itanagar, Köppen climate classification, Kolkata, Lhasa, List of districts in India, Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport, McMahon Line, Monpa people, Municipal corporation, Nagar Palika, Naharlagun railway station, Nepal, New Delhi, Postal Index Number, Sela Pass, Shannan, Tibet, Simla Accord (1914), Sino-Indian War, South Tibet, States and union territories of India, Tawang district, Tawang Monastery, Tezpur, Tezpur Airport, Tourism in North East India, Tsering Shakya, Tsering Tashi, Vehicle registration plates of India, West Kameng district, 14th Dalai Lama, 5th Dalai Lama, 6th Dalai Lama.

Arunachal Pradesh

Arunachal Pradesh ("the land of dawn-lit mountains") is one of the 29 states of India and is the northeastern-most state of the country.

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Arunachal Pradesh State Transport Services

Arunachal Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (or APSRTC) is the state-owned road transport corporation in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh.

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Assam

Assam is a state in Northeast India, situated south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys.

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Bhutan

Bhutan, officially the Kingdom of Bhutan (Druk Gyal Khap), is a landlocked country in South Asia.

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Buddhism

Buddhism is the world's fourth-largest religion with over 520 million followers, or over 7% of the global population, known as Buddhists.

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Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a unitary one-party sovereign state in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around /1e9 round 3 billion.

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Cona County

Cona County is a county of Shannan located in the south of the Tibet Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China.

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Frank Kingdon-Ward

Francis Kingdon-Ward, born Francis Kingdon Ward (6 November 1885 in Manchester – 8 April 1958) was an English botanist, explorer, plant collector and author.

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Gelug

The Gelug (Wylie: dGe-Lugs-Pa) is the newest of the schools of Tibetan Buddhism.

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Guwahati

Guwahati (Pragjyotishpura in ancient Assam, Gauhati in the modern era) is the largest city in the Indian state of Assam and also the largest urban area in Northeast India.

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Hugh Edward Richardson

Hugh Edward Richardson (22 December 1905 – 3 December 2000) was an Indian Civil Service officer, British diplomat and Tibetologist.

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Incorporation of Tibet into the People's Republic of China

The incorporation of Tibet into the People's Republic of China (called 'Chinese invasion of Tibet' by Tibetan Government in Exile; called 'peaceful liberation of Tibet' in China) was the process by which the People's Republic of China (PRC) gained control of Tibet.

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India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

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Indian Standard Time

Indian Standard Time (IST) is the time observed throughout India, with a time offset of UTC+05:30.

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Inner Line Permit

Inner Line Permit (ILP) is an official travel document issued by the Government of India to allow inward travel of an Indian citizen into a protected area for a limited period.

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Itanagar

Itanagar() is the capital of the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh.

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Köppen climate classification

The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.

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Kolkata

Kolkata (also known as Calcutta, the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal.

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Lhasa

Lhasa is a city and administrative capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China.

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List of districts in India

A district (zilā) is an administrative division of an Indian state or territory.

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Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport

Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport, also known as Guwahati International Airport and formerly as 'Borjhar Airport', is the primary international airport of the North-Eastern States of India.

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McMahon Line

The McMahon Line is a border line between Tibetan region of China and North-east region of India, proposed by British colonial administrator Henry McMahon at the 1914 Simla Convention which was signed between the British and the Tibetan representatives.

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Monpa people

The Monpa or Mönpa (मोनपा) are a major ethnic group of Arunachal Pradesh in northeastern India.

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Municipal corporation

A municipal corporation is the legal term for a local governing body, including (but not necessarily limited to) cities, counties, towns, townships, charter townships, villages, and boroughs.

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Nagar Palika

In India, a municipal council, municipality, Nagar Palika, Nagar Palika Parishad is an urban local body that administers a city of population 100,000 or more.

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Naharlagun railway station

Naharlagun railway station is a railway station located in Papum Pare district of Arunachal Pradesh.

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Nepal

Nepal (नेपाल), officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal (सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल), is a landlocked country in South Asia located mainly in the Himalayas but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain.

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New Delhi

New Delhi is an urban district of Delhi which serves as the capital of India and seat of all three branches of Government of India.

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Postal Index Number

A Postal Index Number or PIN or PIN code is a code in the post office numbering or post code system used by India Post, the Indian postal administration.

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Sela Pass

The Sela Pass (more appropriately called Se La, as La means Pass) is a high-altitude mountain pass located on the border between the Tawang and West Kameng Districts of Arunachal Pradesh state in India.

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Shannan, Tibet

Shannan, or Lhoka, is a prefecture-level city in the southeastern Tibet Autonomous Region, China.

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Simla Accord (1914)

The Simla Accord, or the Convention Between Great Britain, China, and Tibet, Simla,, Tibet Justice Center.

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Sino-Indian War

The Sino-Indian War (भारत-चीन युद्ध Bhārat-Chīn Yuddh), also known as the Sino-Indian Border Conflict, was a war between China and India that occurred in 1962.

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South Tibet

South Tibet is a literal translation of the Chinese term Zàngnán (藏南), which may refer to different geographic areas.

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States and union territories of India

India is a federal union comprising 29 states and 7 union territories, for a total of 36 entities.

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Tawang district

Tawang district (Pron:/tɑ:ˈwæŋ or təˈwæŋ/) is the smallest of the 16 administrative districts of Arunachal Pradesh in northeastern India.

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Tawang Monastery

Tawang Monastery, located in Tawang city of Tawang district in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, is the largest monastery in India and second largest in the world after the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet.

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Tezpur

Tezpur is a city and urban agglomeration in Sonitpur district, Assam state, India.

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Tezpur Airport

Tezpur Airport is located in Tezpur in the state of Assam, India.

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Tourism in North East India

Northeast India consists of the eight states Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura.

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Tsering Shakya

Tsering Wangdu Shakya (born 1959) is a historian and scholar on Tibetan literature and modern Tibet and its relationship with China.

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Tsering Tashi

Tsering Tashi is an independent Indian Politician.

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Vehicle registration plates of India

All motorised road vehicles in India are tagged with a registration or license number.

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West Kameng district

West Kameng (pronounced) is a district of Arunachal Pradesh in northeastern India.

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14th Dalai Lama

The 14th Dalai Lama (religious name: Tenzin Gyatso, shortened from Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso; born Lhamo Thondup, 6 July 1935) is the current Dalai Lama.

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5th Dalai Lama

Ngawang Lobsang Gyatso (1617 to 1682) was the Fifth Dalai Lama, and the first Dalai Lama to wield effective temporal and spiritual power over all Tibet.

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6th Dalai Lama

Tsangyang Gyatso (1March 168315November 1706) was the sixth Dalai Lama.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawang

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