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Sikkim- (Capital Gangtok)
                            Third highest peak, Kanchenjunga lies on the border of Sikkim.
                            It is famous for orchid plantation.

               Arunachal Pradesh- (Capital Itanagar)
                     River Brahmaputra enters India though this state.
                     Jhoom Cultivation is practiced.
               Manipur- (Capital Imphal)
                     More than 500 species of orchids are found here.
               Classical dance-Manipuri dance.

               Meghalaya- (Capital Shillong)

                     Shillong is known as the ‘Scotland of the east’.
                     Mawsynram in Meghalaya is the wettest place on Earth.

               Mizoram- (Capital Aizawl)

                      Famous for bamboo dance.


               Tripura- (Capital Agartala)
                     Famous for handicraft made from cane and bamboo.
                     Around 150 species of birds are found here.

               Nagaland- (Capital Kohima)
                        People wear colourful clothes decorated with shells, beads, horns and ivory.
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