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Meghalaya
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Mizoram
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Manipur
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Nagaland
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Detailed explanation-1: -(1) The jurisdiction and responsibility of the University with respect to teaching, research and programmes of extension education at the University level, in the field of agricultural shall extend to the States of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Sikkim and Tripura.
Detailed explanation-2: -Thus, the first state agricultural university of India, G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, was established in Pantnagar (then in Uttar Pradesh, now in Uttarakhand). It was inaugurated by the first Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru on 17 November 1960.
Detailed explanation-3: -Although a number of Indian universities offer agricultural education, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), the main regulator of agricultural education, recognizes three “Central Agricultural Universities", four Deemed Universities and 63 “State Agricultural Universities", as of January 2021.
Detailed explanation-4: -There are 3 central agricultural universities in India recognized by the ICAR.