This also became the basis for the Inner Line Reserve Forest demarcation in the Gazette two years later. But in 1933, the boundary between Lushai Hills and the then princely state of Manipur was demarcated – it said the Manipur boundary began from the trijunction of Lushai Hills, Cachar district of Assam and Manipur state. In the decades after Independence, states and UTs were carved out of Assam – Nagaland (1963), Arunachal Pradesh (UT 1972, formerly NEFA), Meghalaya (UT 1972), Mizoram (UT 1972). Officials said according to an agreement between Mizoram and Assam, status quo was to be maintained in the no man’s land in the border area. Again, last October, clashes erupted twice in a week over construction in Lailapur (Assam) on land claimed by Mizoram.

Source: Indian Express July 26, 2021 22:41 UTC