CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Former US ambassador to Japan and Senator Bill Hagerty said that this bipartisan resolution expresses the Senate’s support for unequivocally recognising the state of Arunachal Pradesh as an integral part of India.

Detailed explanation-2: -Formerly known as the North East Frontier Agency (from the British colonial era), the area was part of Assam until it was made the Indian union territory of Arunachal Pradesh in 1972, and in 1987 it became an Indian state.

Detailed explanation-3: -On 20 February 1987, the Union Territory of Arunachal Pradesh was reconstituted as the State of Arunachal Pradesh comprising the territories which immediately before that day were included in the Union Territory of Arunachal Pradesh under the Provisions of Section-3 of the Arunachal Pradesh Act-1986.

Detailed explanation-4: -It was formed from the erstwhile North-East Frontier Agency (NEFA) region, and became a state on 20 February 1987. Itanagar is the state capital and its largest town. Arunachal Pradesh is the largest of the Seven Sister States of Northeast India by area. It borders the states of Assam and Nagaland to the south.