Political aspects: Inter-state issues
Inter states border disputes Mizoram and Assam Mizoram was a district of Assam before it was carved out as a union territory in 1971 after years of insurgency and district border did not really matter. Mizoram border dispute with Assam goes back to 1971-72 when Mizoram was first carved out as a union territory ( it became a state in 1987). The two states share a 164.6 km border between the Assam's districts of cachar, Hailakandi, and Karimganj and Mizoram's kolasib, Mamit and Aizawl district. The border dispute cropped up after formation of union territory that as a perceptions over where the boundary should be differed. While Mizoram wants it to be along the inner line notified in 1985, which mizo tribals feel is a part of their historical homeland, Assam wants it to be demarcated according to district demarcation done much later. The current dispute is because of a road construction by the Mizoram towards Rengti basti in Assam, violati...