Dimapur: You must have known many things related to Mahabharata period, but do you know that there is a place in India where even today descendants of Hidimba, the wife of Bhima of Mahabharata period, live? The name of this state is Nagaland. The state was renamed Nagaland in the year 1961, whereas earlier it was known as Naga Hills Tuensang Area. Initially, this diocese was a union territory. On December 1, 1963, it was made the 16th state of the country.

Nagaland is the only state in India which has only one railway station and only one airport and both of these are in Dimapur, the largest city of the state. Dimapur is considered the gateway to Nagaland. The state has Arunachal Pradesh in the north, Assam in the west and Manipur in the south, while it is bordered by Myanmar in the east. The main language here is English. Apart from this, Hindi and 16 tribal dialects are also spoken here.

Dimapur was also known by the name of 'Hidimbapur'. Hidimb demon and his sister Hidimba lived in this place during Mahabharata period. This is where Hidimba married Bhima. The Dimasha tribe, living here in abundance, consider themselves descendants of Hidimba, Bhima's wife. There is still a place of Hidimba here, where there are high pieces of chess, located in Rajwadi, which are now a bit broken. People here believe that Bhima and his son Ghatotkacha used to play chess with these pieces. The Pandavas had spent a lot of their exile at this place.

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