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How Did Arunachal Pradesh Get Its Name?

Mar 4, 2020, 3:52 PM IST

Arunachal Pradesh is the northeasternmost state of India. Geographically, it is the largest of the Seven Sister States of Northeast India and the villages of Dong and Vijaynagar in Arunachal Pradesh receive the first sunlight in all of India. But how did Arunachal Pradesh get its name?