Question: when did Manipur , Meghalaya and Tripura achieved statehood?
a) 21st January, 1972
b) 23rd January , 1972
c) 1st August, 1973
d) none of the above
Answer: a
Context
- Prime Minister and other leaders praised the traditions and culture of the three northeast states on the statehood day of Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura (21st January).
Related Facts
- On 21st January, 1972, all the three states became full-fledged states under the North Eastern Region (Reorganisation) Act, 1971.
Manipur
- A few days before Independence, the Maharaja of Manipur, Bodhachandra Singh, signed the Instrument of Accession with the Indian government on the assurance that the internal autonomy of Manipur would be maintained.
- On 21 September 1949, the Maharaja was coerced to sign a Merger Agreement with the Union of India, to take effect on 15 October the same year. As a result of the agreement, the Manipur State merged into the Indian Union as a Part C State.
- it was given a substantial measure of local self-government under the Territorial Councils Act of 1956, a legislative body and council of ministers in 1963, and full statehood in 1972.
Meghalaya
- In 1947 the rulers of the Garo and Khasi region acceded to the newly independent country of India.
- Meghalaya came into existence as an autonomous state within the state of Assam on 2 April 1970 comprising the United Khasi and Jaintia Hills and the Garo Hills districts.
- It got its full sate hood status in 1972.
Tripura
- Tripura was princely state till the merger with Indian union on 15th November, 1949.
- King Bir Bikram Kishore Debbarman had died in 1947, after which a Council of Regency was formed to run the administration under the presidency of Queen Kanchan Prava Devi, mother of Kirit Bikram Kishore Deb Barman who was the minor son of the dead king.
- In 1972, the two Union Territories of Manipur and Tripura and the Sub-State of Meghalaya got statehood.
By – Kameshwar Shukla