Geographical Factors And Economic Development In The North East India; A Historical Perspectives

Abstract

This article tries to trace out the economic development in the history of the North East of India. The region is having lot of diversity and so development pattern in the different pockets were also different. However with the passage of time and in spite of many difficulties agriculture, manufacturing and trade developed. North East of India had trade relation not only with the rest of the part of India but with other countries as well. The article covers following points.

1. Changing perception of development.
2. Difficulty of understanding development in the North East India.
3. A brief historical background.
4. Agricultural development.
5. Tea industry
6. infrastructure
7. Minerals
8. Manufacturing
9. Trade.