| ODISHA | State of north-east India on the Bay of Bengal; capital, Bhubaneswar (6) |
| CALCUTTA | West Bengal capital |
| ORISSA | State of India on the Bay of Bengal whose capital is Bhubaneswar (6) |
| SIKKIM | State of north-east India, capital Gangtok (6) |
| ANDHRA | State of SE India on the Bay of Bengal; Hyderabad was made its capital in 1956 (6,7) |
| MADRAS | A state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh). |
| MISHMI | A member of a hill people of the Brahmaputra area of north-east India (6) |
| KOHIMA | Capital of the state of Nagaland in north-east India, originally named Kewhira (6) |
| RANCHI | Capital of the state of Jharkhand in NE India, on the Subarnarekha River (6) |
| KERALA | Small state of SW India on the Arabian Sea; capital, Thiruvananthapuram (6) |
| BIHAR | A state of North East India, part of the Ganges plain (5) |
| BEHAR | Former state of north east India that has been part of West Bengal since 1950 (5.5) |
| COOCH | Former state of north east India that has been part of West Bengal since 1950 (5.5) |
| COOCHBEHAR | Former state of north east India that has been part of West Bengal since 1950 (5,5) |
| ASSAM | A state of North East India which produces large quantities of tea (5) |
| SONORA | State of north west Mexico whose capital is Hermosillo (6) |
| PRADESH | State of SE India on the Bay of Bengal; Hyderabad was made its capital in 1956 (6,7) |
| PUNJAB | State of north-west India bordering Haryana (6) |
| NEPALI | Asian from north-east India crossing China (6) |
| NASHIK | City in Maharashtra, India, on the Godavari River (6) |
