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Overview of Indian Political Geography

The document provides an overview of various administrative regions in India, including the Laccadive Islands, Naga Hills-Tuensang area, and the North-East Frontier Agency (NEFA). It highlights the governance structure, population statistics, and the influence of other constitutions on the Indian Constitution. Additionally, it mentions the establishment of Zonal Councils under the States Reorganisation Act.

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Overview of Indian Political Geography

The document provides an overview of various administrative regions in India, including the Laccadive Islands, Naga Hills-Tuensang area, and the North-East Frontier Agency (NEFA). It highlights the governance structure, population statistics, and the influence of other constitutions on the Indian Constitution. Additionally, it mentions the establishment of Zonal Councils under the States Reorganisation Act.

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^8o AN IMRODTJCTION TO POLITICS

6 The Laccadive^ Mintcoy and Amtndtve Islands


off the^
These islands including the Ammdives are 200 miles
coast of Malabar. There is a population of 2 1 1 95
Kozhikode ,

IS its headquarters

7. The Naga Hills Tuensang mea —To these six cen-


trally administered areas, there is a new addition, namely, the
Naga Hills-Tuensang formed on December
area which was
1, 1957. This area is distinct from the North Eastern Frontier
Agency and is administered by the Governor of Assam as the
agent of the President It has an area of 6,236 sq. miles with
a population of 3I lakhs

8 North-East Fiontier Agency [NEFA ] —This newly


created area lies on the borders of Burma and Tibet. It is

about 33,000 sq miles m


area and is divided into five adminis-
trative divisions,viz.—Kameng Frontier Division, Subarnasri
Frontier Division, Lohit Frontier Division, Tuensang Frontier
Division, Tirap Frontier Division The Governor of Assam
acting as the agent of the President administers this area
under special provisions of the constitution

Under the States Reorganisation Act fiveZonal Councils


ha\e been set up in each of the five zones into which the
States and the have been grouped. The zones are* the
areas
Northern, the Central, the Eastern, the Western and Southem
Zones
Sources of the New In drawing up a constitu-
Constitntioii.
tion for free India, the framers of the constitution
were in-
fluenced by certain othei constitutions of which the Govern
mcnt of India Act, 1935* tnay be said to have
exerted the most^
tremendous influence Besides the Government of
India Act,
1935, the framers of the constitution drew heavily upon
the
principles, organisation and working
Canadian Australian. Burmese and Irish
of the British, USA
Constitutions That
die nets constitution is a direct descendant
of the Act of 102 c
IS apparent from the fact
that the Indian Constitution
is not
merely a constitutional document of
the [Link]. tvoe dealmo-
-nh the «=uper-structurc of the
government but is also I
ctanilcd legal code dealing both
with the constitution
Enion and also the constitutions of the
inrluding a number
of
of miscci
ui
the stamc. .,u j T
details
misccflanemic
aneous matters like property,

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