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About The Book: The study is aimed to formulate a regional geopolitical framework based on neogeopolitical ideas and tried to examine the correlation between geography, economic resources, ethnicity and politics. CONTENTS: Acknowledgements • List of Tables • List of Illustrations • Introduction to the Problem • The Statement of the Problem • The Concept of Geopolitics • Review of Relevant Works • Significance of the Topic • Objectives • Hypotheses • Methodology • Organisation of the Study • Physical Base of the Region • Physiography • The Eastern Hills • Climate • Soil • Geology • Drainage • Natural Vegetation • Chapter III: The Population Base of the Region • The People • The Routes of Migration • Peopling Process • Language Distribution • Ethnic Cultural Diversity • Chapter IV: Historical Base of the Region • Introduction • The TurkoAfghan Invasions • The Advent of the Ahoms • Koch Kingdom Assam Mughal Relations • Upheaval of Vaisnavism and Saktism • Moamaria Uprisings • Burmese Invasions • Advent of East India Company • ANALYSIS • Chapter V: State Formation Processes in North East India • PoliticoTerritorial changes in North East India • Introduction • The Formation of North Eastern Province or Assam • The Transfer Territory of Bhutan and Burma • The Scheduled Districts Act and Frontier Tracts Regulations • The Inner Line Regulation of 1873 • The Excluded and Partially Excluded Areas • Manipur and Tripura • Emergence of Political Processes in the N.E. India • Emergence of Political Processes in the Valleys • The Revolt of 1857 • Peasant Struggles in Jaintia Hills and Nowgong • Colonisation Scheme of Jenkins • Beginning of Modern Political Consciousness in the Plains Emergence of Hills Politics • Influence of the two World Wars • Formation of Local Political Parties • The Economic Strength and Weakness During the PreBritish and British Period • Economic Relations Between Assam and Neighbouring Hill Areas in the PreBritish Period • Economy of the Plains • Economy