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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
2/8/1971Indira Congress wins the mid-term elections for Lok Sabha. Indira Gandhi becomes PM.
1/10/1912Prodosh Kusum Das Gupta, great artist and professor, was born at Dacca, Bangladesh.
8/20/1909Urmila Devi Shastri, freedom fighter, was born at Srinagar.
3/23/1968Atul Satish Wassan, cricketer (Indian pace bowler 1989-90), was born in Delhi.
11/1/1954French handed over their territories of Pondicherry, Mahe, Karikal and Yanon to the Government of India.
8/12/1973Dayanand Balkrishna Bandodkar, first Chief Minister of Goa, Daman and Diu, died.
12/5/1990With the induction of 60 ministers, the Bihar Cabinet becomes the largest ever cabinet in India with a total of 71 ministers.
4/12/1912Kirpal Singh Narang, social reformer and educationist, was born at Amritsar (Punjab).
11/8/1932Sankhla Badluram, great industrialist, was born in Delhi.
11/8/1932Pieter de Carpentier, flemish Governor General of Dutch East-Indies, was born.