Changlang district
district of Arunachal Pradesh, India
Changlang district () is a subdivision of the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, located south of Lohit district and north of Tirap district. The district headquarters is Changlang. Naga people reside here. As of 2011 it is the second most populous district of Arunachal Pradesh (out of 16) after Papum Pare. It has become one of the major districts in the area owing to the presence of crude oil, coal and mineral resources in addition to tourism and hydropower.
History
The plains, foothills and lower hills of the district were part of the Chutia kingdom while the Tangsas and the Tutsa people inhabited the higher hills. The plains fell under Ahom rule in 1524 CE, and a new position, Thaomung Bo-klang (Hatkhowa Gohain), was created to administer the plains region and manage the salt mines, with headquarters in the Mohong region.
A passage in the chronicle Ahom-Buranji also associates a part of the Patkai frontier near the Dihing river with the former Chutia country. In 1775 CE, Nungakham, a Nora chief of the Khamjang province on the border of the former Chutia kingdom or Mung-Tiura, is said to have taken a section of Morans (mentioned as Tumisa) with him in a rebellion against the Hatkhowa Gohain and, after being defeated, took shelter in the hills of the former Chutia country near the Dihing or Nam-jin river, called Doi-mung-Tiura. Since Khamjang is associated in later accounts with the Nongjang or Nongyang lake region, identified with the present Lake of No Return near the Patkai frontier, the passage suggests that the remembered Chutia frontier extended into the hill tracts in the present-day Changlang district.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 17, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q15427. VIAF identifies the subject as 237521374. Authority coordinates are 27.130, 95.740. 1 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2011, 1524 and 1775.
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