Anjaw District, which is an administrative district in the state of Arunachal Pradesh in north-east India, is a newly created district, having been split from Lohit district on 16 February 2004 under The Arunachal Pradesh Re-organization of Districts Amendment Bill. The district shares borders with China on the north. Hawai, which is at an altitude of 1296 m above sea level, is the district headquarters, located on the banks of the Lohit River, a tributary of the Brahmaputra River. It is the easternmost district of India. It is having the second least population among all the districts in India.
Anjaw History
The Political and Administrative History of Anjaw as a District dates back to the year 1914, when British Administration created North East Frontier Tract to administer three areas, namely 1) The Central & Eastern Section 2) The Lakhimpur Frontier Tract, and 3) The Western Section. In order to take care of the tract, a Political Officer was posted in each section.
In the year 1919, Central and Eastern Section was renamed as Sadiya Frontier Tract while Western Section was re-organized as Balipara Frontier Tract. Present Lohit District including Anjaw was a part of Sadiya Frontier Tract with its headquarters at Sadiya. The Administrative structure of North East Frontier Tract underwent another change 24 years later when Tirap Frontier Tract was carved out from Lakhimpur Frontier Tract in 1943. In the year 1948, Sadiya Frontier Tract was bifurcated and two districs namely Abor Hills District, comprising of Adi inhabitated areas and Mishmi Hills District, comprising of Mishmi inhabitated areas were created. Accordingly, North East Frontier Agency came into existence in the same year. On 13th August 1952, Tezu became the administrative Headquarters of Mishmi Hills District while Hayuliang was upgraded to the Headquarter of Asstt. Political Officer that began functioning by the year 1953. Two years later, in the year 1954, Mishmi Hills District was remnamed as Lohit Frontier Division. Subsequently, in the year 1956, Dibang Valley was constituted as a separate Sub-Division with its administrative Headquarters at Roing. Nine years later, in the year 1965, Lohit Frontier Division was converted to Lohit District. For Administrative Convenience, Dibang Valley, with its administrative Headquarters at Anini was carved out of Lohit District in the year 1980. Finally, Anjaw District with its administrative Headquarters at Hawai was created on 16th February 2004 under The Arunachal Pradesh Re-organization of Districts Amendment Bill.
Anjaw Tourism
Tourist places in Anjaw
Hayuliang
Hawai
Chaglogam
Walong
Hot Spring
Dong
Kibithoo
