Tseminyu, Chumukedima, & Niuland become 13th, 14th, and 15th districts of Nagaland

KOHIMA: Nagaland's cabinet has created 3 new districts today -- Chumukedima, Niuland, and Tseminyu. With the addition of these 3, the number of districts in Northeastern state has now gone up to 15.

1957, the Naga Hills District of Assam and Tuensang Frontier Division of the North-East Frontier Agency (now Arunachal Pradesh) were joined to form the centrally governed Naga Hills Tuensang Area. At that point the previous subdivisions became Kohima, Mokokchung and Tuensang districts. February 1961 saw the renaming of Naga Hills Tuensang Area to "Nagaland", and in December 1963 Nagaland became the 16th state of India.

December 1973 saw the new districts of Wokha and Zunheboto carved out of Mokokchung, Mon district carved from Tuensang district, and Phek district created out of Kohima district.

In 1997 Dimapur district was carved from Kohima district.

Three more districts were added in January 2004: Kiphire, Longleng and Peren.

Kiphire and Longleng districts were carved from Tuensang district, Peren district was carved from Kohima district.

Noklak district was created on 21 December 2017, previously having been a sub-district of Tuensang district.

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