SIKKIM: This small, strategically important state is surrounded on three sides by Nepal to the west, Tibet to the north and northeast and Bhutan to the east. The state is only 2818 sq miles (7300 sq km) in area and ...

RAJASTHAN: Situated in the northwest of India. The Aravalli Gills form a line across the state and about three-fifths of the state lie northwest of this line, leaving twofifths in the east. These are the two natural divisions of Rajasthan. ...

PUNJAB: Between the Himalayan foothills and the desert of Rajasthan lies the fertile land of five rivers—Punjab. The state is now highly developed with extensive irrigation projects to enable intensive agriculture. A consequence of this is that there are few ...

ORISSA: With Orissa’s long coastline of offshore islands, lagoons (Chilka is India’s largest salt-water lake), salt flats and deltas along the Bay of Bengal, it is possible to forget that inland, to the west, there are large areas of hill ...

NAGALAND: To the east of Assam in the Naga hills is the small fascinating state of Nagaland, bounded by Burma to the east with the upper reaches of the Chindwin river beyond. Most of the area has a strong tribal ...

MIZORAM: In this mountainous state bounded by Bangladesh on the west and Burma to the south and east, there is at present only one wildlife protected area. Much of the state is forested and new sanctuaries need to be developed. ...

MEGHALAYA: “The abode of clouds” previously constituted the hill districts of Assam south of the Brahmaputra. Three tribes live in the hill areas of the same name: Garos, Khasis and Jaintias. The capital, Shillong, was previously the capital of Assam. ...

MANIPUR: There are two national parks in this small mountainous state on the Burma border. The area was a former princely state linked by treaty to India in 1825. Sixty percent of the population are members of a Tibeto-Burmese tribe, ...

MAHARASHTRA: The widely hdabiiftaftse orf M-.anhagrashtra range from the ;oast, inland to the rich Western Ghats and the teak, sal, bamboo and scrub areas of the Deccan. Of the 2000 plus species and subspecies of birds in India, the state ...

MADHYA PRADESH: The heart of India and the country’s largest state. With the largest area still under forest and the largest number of protected areas. In fact, a third of India’s forest is in Madhya Pradesh. It also has the ...