Why Sikkim is called the brother of Seven Sisters ?

Question

In the North-eastern part of India, there seven continuous states, which are called a seven sisters of India and only sikkim is called as their brother. What is the reason ?

Answer 1

The seven sisters and one brother are a region of North-East India, comprising the adjacent states of India. There are 29 states and 7 sisters are a part of these 29 states.

The seven sisters and their capitals are given below :

1. Arunachal Pradesh - Itanagar

In the seven sisters, Arunachal Pradesh is biggest.

2. Assam - Dispur

3. Meghalaya - Shillong

4. Manipur - Imphal

5. Nagaland - Kohima

6. Mizoram - Aizawl

7. Tripura - Agartala

Why are they called as seven sisters ?

They are called so because of the similarity between the states in terms of geographical features and are independent from each other in political, social and economic perspectives.

Who is the brother of seven sisters and why ?

Sikkim is called as the only brother of the seven sisters of India. The capital of Sikkim is Gangtok.

As we know that the North-East part of India is called the Land of seven sisters because they are not dependent on each other. And in their neighbor, sikkim is located so it is known to be the brother of seven sisters states. Sikkim is a landlocked state which shares the border with Nepal, China, Bhutan and West Bengal.