From Being India's Last Village To Becoming It's First, This Northeastern Region Has Come A Long Way
The journey of Kibithoo village from India's last village to now India's first has been quite a ride.
In a visit to Arunachal last month, the Union Home Minister, Amit Shah, urged people to visit the Kibithoo village, which PM Narendra Modi has labelled as "India's first village".
Picturesque region that?witnessed 1962 war?
Kibithoo is a town in Arunachal Pradesh located in Anjaw district, on the last road head of the extreme northeast of India. Said to be the point where the Lohit River enters India, Kibithoo is situated at a height of 1305 metres above sea level on the right bank of the river.?
Kibithoo is one of the most remote Circle Headquarters in Arunachal Pradesh and the only Circle Headquarters facing the border of India and China.?
The region's tall and blue mountains have incidentally witnessed the 1962 war between India and China.?Today it is one of the five officially agreed-on Border Personnel Meeting points between the Indian Army and the Army of China for regular consults.
Touted as India's first village?
Commonly recalled as the last village in India, the Central government had a vision to make a conceptual change in the thought process of Indians.
On a visit to Kibithoo on April 10th of this year, the Union Home Minister said, "Earlier when people visited here, they used to say I had gone to the last village of the country, but today, I'll say that I visited the first village of India."?
This visit had came on the heels of a recent "renaming" of 11 places by China, including mountain peaks, rivers and residential areas in Arunachal Pradesh.?
?"Snow white mountains with mesmerising views of Lohit & Chayu river, Kibithoo is truly so blissful"??Pema Khandu, the Arunachal Pradesh Prime Minister, said in a tweet today.
Kibithoo is blessed with a unique Himalayan landscape - flowers of vivid hues, cascading waterfalls, wild raspberries, spectacular pine forests and tall bamboo groves.?
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