Published: 24th Feb, 2020
- Prime Minister greeted the people of Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram on their statehood day (20th Feb 2020).
Context
- Prime Minister greeted the people of Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram on their statehood day (20th Feb 2020).
- Mizoram was previously part of Assam until 1972 when it was carved out as a Union Territory.
- It became the 23rd state of India, a step above Union Territory, on February 20, 1987, with the Fifty-Third Amendment of the Indian Constitution.
- Arunachal Pradesh which literally means ‘land of dawn-lit mountains’ is the Northeastern-most state of the country on the edge of the Himalayas.
- It is the largest of the Seven Sister States of Northeast. Statehood day was conferred on Arunachal Pradesh on Feb 20, 1987.
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