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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 |
| 6/23/1958 | Tamil leaders in Madras call on Nehru to lobby for better treatment of Ceylon's Tamil minority. |
| 2/1/1985 | Muhammad Azharuddin created a world record at Kanpur by hitting a century in each of his first three test. |
| 11/9/1999 | BJP asks Kalyan Singh to step down, chooses Ram Prakash Gupta as his successor. |
| 2/28/1987 | The National Science Day was celebrated for the first time at the ICMR Headquarters and all its Institutes/Centres in February 1987 through exhibitions, lectures, demonstration campaigns etc. (This has now become an annual event). |
| 7/4/1997 | Centre frees from its control nine top public sector undertakings, accounting for over Rs. 10,000 crore profits annually, to become global giants by providing them full financial and operational autonomy. This included newsprint and paper from licensing controls. |
| 6/13/1905 | Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji, cricketer (England 1929-31), was born. |
| 5/15/1993 | K.M. Cariappa, field marshal and Major General, passed away at the age of 93. |
| 11/21/1994 | Dr. Malcom Adiseshiah, 84, noted economist and educationist, died. |
| 8/1/1997 | Lt. Gen. Ved Prakash Malik to be next chief of Army staff. Gen. Shankar Roy Chowdhury retires on September 30. |
| 6/3/1977 | K. Brahmananda Reddi elected President of the Indian National Congress. |
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