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Historical Event on 2/20/1987
Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh becomes the 23rd and 24th states of Indian Union.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/13/1998 | India carries out two more nuclear tests at Pokharan in Rajasthan. |
| 2/19/1670 | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, the great Maratha, was born. |
| 6/13/1998 | India rejects G-8 prescriptions saying they are ''coercive and intrusive'' and intend to freeze the nuclear weapon capabilities of New Delhi and Islamabad. |
| 1/1/1981 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year for the Disabled"". |
| 1/11/1995 | Kumari Anandan replaces Vazhapadi K. Ramamurthy as TNCC (I) chief. |
| 7/15/1992 | Lucknow High Court stays any construction activity near the disputed temple in Ayodhya. |
| 6/16/1998 | Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh Prime Minister, meets her Indian couterpart A B Vajpayee in New Delhi. |
| 1/28/1846 | British forcibly separate Kashmir from the Sikhs and sell it to the Maharaja of Jammu for 1,000,000 pounds after the Battle of Allwal. |
| 7/4/1989 | Capt. W. A. Sangma appointed Governor of Mizoram and A. A. Rahim Governor of Meghalaya. |
| 2/27/1912 | Vishnu Waman Shirwadkar 'Kusumagraj', great Marathi poet, play-wright, novelist and Bhartiya Gyanpeeth Awardee, was born. |
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