Mizoram: Historical, Geographical, Social, Economic, Political and Administrative

This book is an enlightened and perceptive study of the geopolitics of northeast, particularly Mizoram, at the micro level. The impact of geography on the recurring ethnic turmoils and intermittent insurgent upheavals in the remote north-eastern rim of the country has been lucidly analysed and elucidated. The book has highlighted such little discussed matters as localisation of tribes, formation of tribal institutions, the alienation of the tribes from the mainstream and the boundary tangles. This book is a valuable addition of the country’s frontier studies at a time when the regional ethos is finding a new mooring among the awakened tribes in the northeast.

Dr. Shyam Narain Singh (b. 1935), passed M.A. (Geography) and M.A. (Pol. Science) from the Patna University. He was awarded Ph.D. degree by the NEHU. He is currently working as Head of the Dept. of Pol. Sc., Cachar College, Silchar. He has participated in seminars, workshops at regional and national level, and contributed papers, wrote many articles in books. At present he is working on UGC sponsored major project on ‘Socio-Economic Condition of Tea Garden Women Workers in Cachar (Assam). He is associated with various organisational groups and Associations and in an active member of study group of Assam University, Silchar. He is also a NCC officer for 20 years with vast experience of field craft.