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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 |
| 10/4/1977 | Indira Gandhi, former Prime Minister, was released off the charges of corruption. |
| 10/31/1966 | Mihir Sen swam Panama Canal in 34 hours 15 minutes. |
| 4/23/1987 | Supreme Court in a judgement confers Hindu widows absolute ownership of property under Hindu Succession Act 1956. |
| 11/20/1969 | Gundappa Viswanath scores 137 on Test Cricket debut vs Australia in Kanpur. |
| 9/16/1931 | Political prisoners Tarkeshwar Dutta and Santosh Mitra were shot by an officer at Hijli detention camp near Kharagpur. They were arrested for attending the Hijli meeting. |
| 10/15/1902 | Bhaurao Krishnarao Gaekwad, great leader, was born. He was a colleagu of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar. |
| 10/14/1884 | Lala Har Dayal, revolutionary, nationalist and freedom fighter, was born at Delhi. |
| 2/4/1993 | D. C. Kothari, famous scientist and educationalist, passed away. |
| 12/20/1993 | Bangarappa expelled from Congress for 6 years. |
| 7/29/1904 | Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata, president of Tata industrial group, was born in Paris, France. He was the first pilot of India to be conferred with the Bharat Ratna. |
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