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Historical Event on 1/20/1972
Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura become states of Indian union. Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram become Union Territories. Assam's North East Frontier Agency (Nepha) was renamed as Arunachal Pradesh territory.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/5/1991 | Vinayakrao Devrukhkar, famous playwright, novelist and editor of a daily newspaper 'Sandhya', died. |
| 8/1/1947 | Partition of India into India and Pakistan. Power transferred. Lord Mountbatten becomes Governor General of India and Muhammed Ali Jinnah, Governor General of Pakistan. |
| 3/24/1947 | Lord Louis Mountbatten came to India. |
| 11/17/1999 | 41 more ministers are inducted into the Ram Prakash Gupta Ministry in Uttar Pradesh taking the strength of the ministry to 91. |
| 12/9/1658 | Dutch troops occupy harbour city Quilon (Coilan), India. |
| 12/29/1977 | World's biggest Drive-In theatre started screening in Bombay. |
| 8/1/1927 | Dr. Rahi Masoom Raza, famous Hindi litterateur, was born. |
| 4/8/1997 | Delhi High Court quashes charges of corruption and criminal conspiracy against L.K. Advani (BJP President), and former Union Minister V.C. Shukla in the Jain hawala case. |
| 4/8/1991 | Prafulla Kumar Mahanta,Assam CM, steps down as party chief. |
| 8/19/1993 | Utpal Dutt, famous actor, writer, director and producer, died. He was 64. |
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