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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
7/17/1893Lokmanya Tilak was arrested for 18 months.
6/3/1995Mayavati (BSP) becomes the new CM of UP with the outside support of BJP.
6/13/1940Revolutionary leader Udham Singh was hanged for charges of assassinating Micheal Odair, who was the Governor General of Punjab at the time of Jalianwala Baug massacre.
2/23/1997Justice J. S. Verma appointed Chief Justice of India.
7/3/1751Pilaji Jadhav died.
11/30/1998Sonia Gandhi names Ashok Ghelot and Sheila Dixit as Chief Ministers of Rajasthan and Delhi respectively.
8/16/1901Shripad Ramchandra Tikekar, journalist and critic, was born.
4/26/1926Karachi Autonomous Region established in RSFSR (until 1943).
4/26/1926Qutubu'd-din Aibak (1206-1210) was crowned at Lahore after the death of Muhammad of Ghuri. He was originally a slave of Turkestan. As he started his career as a slave, the dynasty founded by him in India is known as ""Slave Dynasty"". The construction of Qutabminar was started during his regime. Since he was very generous, the people called him ""Lakh Baksh"".
5/12/1999Arunachal Pradesh Governor refuses to quit.