Lepa Rada district

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Lepa Rada district
Location of Lepa Rada district in Arunachal Pradesh
Location of Lepa Rada district in Arunachal Pradesh
Country India
StateArunachal Pradesh
Established2018
HeadquartersBasar
Time zoneUTC+05:30 (IST)

Lepa Rada district, with headquarters at Basar, is one of the 25 districts of Arunachal Pradesh state in northeastern India. Lepa Rada falls under 29-Basar Assembly Constituency and 1-West Parliamentary Constituency. The district is centrally located, hence the name Lepa Rada (Lepa means centre and Rada means bulls-eye like in Archery). Basar, Tirbin, Dari and Sago are 4 administrative circles of the district. [1][2] It was created from the West Siang district by bifurcating its southern areas along Assam border into a new district.

History[edit | edit source]

The district was created in 2018 by bifurcating the Lower Siang district.[3]

Culture[edit | edit source]

People

Lepa Rada is inhabited by the Galo tribe. Mopin being the main festival of harvest.

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References[edit | edit source]

  1. "Arunachal Assembly Passes Bill For Creation Of 3 New Districts". NDTV.com. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  2. "Arunachal Pradesh gets 25th district called Shi Yomi". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  3. Arunachal Assembly passes bill for the creation of 3 new districts: List of Indian states that took birth post-independence, India Today, 30 Aug 2018.

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