Meghalaya Formation Day

Meghalaya Formation Day is celebrated annually on January 21st in India.

On April 2, 1970, Meghalaya became an autonomous state within Assam under the Assam Reorganisation (Meghalaya) Act, 1969.

On January 21, 1972, Meghalaya, Tripura, and Manipur became full-fledged states under the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971.

Tripura and Manipur had merged with India earlier, in October 1949.
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