College of Horticulture Thenzawl

Agricultural college in Mizoram, India

College of Horticulture ThenzawlType| College

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Location|

Vengthar Rd, Thenzawl

Mizoram

796186

India

23°18′09″N 92°45′28″E﻿ / ﻿23.302454°N 92.7576414°E﻿ / 23.302454; 92.7576414
Campus| Rural

The College of Horticulture Thenzawl is one of the constituent colleges of the Central Agricultural University.[1] It is in Thenzawl in the state of Mizoram.

## History

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Sharad Pawar, during his visit in 2011 had promised to set up a horticulture college in Mizoram.[2] The site was approved in July 2015.[3] The Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Radha Mohan Singh laid foundation stone of the College of Horticulture in 2016.[4]

## Location

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The college is located in Thenzawl, 91 km from Aizawl, the capital city of Mizoram, The campus is spread over 120.38 acres (0.4872 km2) of land.[5] It has students from the North Eastern Hill States including Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura and Manipur.

## See also

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* Thenzawl
* Education in India
* Education in Mizoram
* Mizoram University
* Literacy in India

## References

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1. ^ "Central Agricultural University". CAU Imphal. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
2. ^ "Horticulture college to come up in Mizoram". Assam Tribune. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
3. ^ "HORTICULTURE COLLEGE THENZAWL-AH". Mizo Archive. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
4. ^ "Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare laid foundation stone of the College of Horticulture, Thenzawl". DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
5. ^ "Horticulture College hmun tur kawng lai mek". Vanglaini. Retrieved 30 November 2018.

## External links

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* "College of Horticulture Thenzawl" (Map). Google Maps.

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