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The Dibang Valley is a district of Arunachal Pradesh named after the River Dibang or the Talon as the Idus call the river, originates in the mountains of China and flows through the length of the valley, named after it.the major population of this district consist of the Adis(padams) and the idus.the upper Dibang Valley is inhabited by Idu people only. Arunachal Pradesh (अरुणाचल प्रदेश) is an Indian state. ... Talon may refer to several different things: Talon, Nièvre, a commune in the Nièvre département, in France the claw of a bird of prey a fictional class of Romulan starship in Star Trek a car model produced by the Eagle (1989-1998) division of Chrysler Talon, a fictional character on...


The Idus have a story narrating the first journeys undertaken in course of migration.The story conveys names and location of the Cheethu-Huluni or the twelve rivers that the Idu people came over in the region and settled around.The first accounts of the Idus or the Mishmis as the Ahoms called them are found in the narrations given by the neighbouring Ahoms.The Mishmis inhabited the deep jungles of what is now the Dibang valley. Migration occurs when living things move from one biome to another. ...


The district has been divided further into lower and upper Dibang Valley for administrative convenience.The headquarters of the two districts are Roing and Anini respectively. Roing is a newborn town in the plains of the Mishmi hills roughly aging only twenty years. It is a beautiful place with picturesque nature and beautiful climate. However Anini is a a hilly place lying in the mountains close to the frontiers of China.


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About Distirct : Lower Dibang Valley (871 words)
The name of Lower Dibang Valley district is derived from the mighty river Dibang that flows through the heart of district and finally ends into the Brahmaputra.
In 1956, the Dibang Valley was constituted as a separate administrative unit within the division and placed under the charge of Additional Political Officer with his headquarters at Roing which was subsequently shifted to Anini.
The Lower Dibang Valley district was carved out of the un-divided Dibang Valley district at its headquarter at Roing as per the Amendment of Re-organization of the District Act of 1980 with effect from 16th December 2001
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