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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 |
| 1/16/1948 | Pakistan charges India with systematic campaign to wipe out Muslims. |
| 11/29/1996 | The Indian Journal of Medical Research brought out special issues, as part of the 85th year celebrations of ICMR, on Nutrition Research (November 1995) and Diarrhoeal Diseases (July, 1996). The ICMR Bulletin also brought out special issues on such topics as Nutrition, Tuberculosis, AIDS, Tribal Health, etc. so as to coincide with the theme selected for a particular month as part of the celebrations. As part of the global theme initiative coordinated by JAMA, USA, the January 1996 issue of the ICMR was devoted to 'Emerging and Re-emerging Infections'. |
| 11/23/1933 | Rajan Mehra, cricket test umpire for 2 tests from 1986-87, was born at Delhi. |
| 7/23/1956 | India celebrates the birth centenary of Bal Gangadhar ""Lokmanya"" Tilak. |
| 6/24/1969 | Ted Hecht, actor (Time to Kill, Song of India, Gangster), passed away. |
| 12/3/1984 | 3,000 people died and more than 50,000 people were badly affected when they inhaled poisonous toxic gas emission from the Union Carbide plant. This event is better known as ""the Bhopal Gas Tragedy"", the biggest industrial disaster that occured in India. |
| 1/1/1975 | Shankarrao Vasudev Kirloskar, famous iindustrialist, died. |
| 1/21/1961 | Queen of Britain, Elizabeth II, and her husband Duke of Edinburgh visited New Delhi. |
| 6/17/1887 | Dr. Kailas Nath Katju, freedom fighter, politician, leader and Governor of Orissa and West Bengal, was born. |
| 8/11/2000 | The World Bank signs an agreement for a $713 million aid to India for three infrastructure projects. |
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