Khonsa East (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Khonsa East (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is one of the 60 assembly constituencies of Arunachal Pradesh a north east state of India. Khonsa is part of Arunachal East Lok Sabha constituency. [1] [2] [3]

Arunachal Pradesh Northeastern state in India

Arunachal Pradesh is one of the 29 states of India and is the northeastern-most state of the country. Arunachal Pradesh borders the states of Assam and Nagaland to the south and shares international borders with Bhutan in the west, Myanmar in the east and is separated from China in the north by the McMahon Line. Itanagar is the capital of the state.

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Khonsa town in Arunachal Pradesh, India

Khonsa is the headquarters of Tirap district in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. It also houses one of the state school, viz. Ramakrishna Sarada Mission School. The Noctes, a Wancho tribe, are the indigenous population, although the town is cosmopolitan in nature, people from every Indian state can be found here.

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T.L. Rajkumar is an Indian politician from the state of Arunachal Pradesh. Rajkumar was elected from Khonsa East constituency seat in the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election in 1990, 1995 and 1999 standing as an Indian National Congress candidate. But he lost Khonsa East constituency seat in the 2014 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election as a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate to Wanglam Sawin of People's Party of Arunachal.

Indian National Congress Major political party in India

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Tirap district District of Arunachal Pradesh in India

The Tirap district (Pron:/tɪˈɹæp/) is located in the southeastern part of the state of Arunachal Pradesh in India. It shares a state border with Nagaland and Assam, an international border with Myanmar and a district border with Changlang and Longding.

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  1. ↑ Elections in
  2. ↑ Election Commission of India
  3. ↑ Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly

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