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The politics of ethnic identity in northeast India assumed greater political importance. The region has become very sensitive and conflict affected areas due to the growing consciousness and assertion of separate ethno political identity of peoples. It is found that the process of identity formation becomes very active in Northeast region where multi-ethnic groups exist in a political boundary. Northeast India is culminating point of numerous ethnic tribes living in the plains as well as in the hills. Each ethnic tribe has its own culture, history, and identity. The identity assertion of various groups has been articulated through language, culture, politics and it has been marked that there are variation in the degree of assertion among them. In this context this paper is an attempt to understand the issues and challenges of ethnic identity and people’s politics in the history of northeast India.