GK
INDIAN POLITICS
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Himachal Pradesh
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Sikkim
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Tripura
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Manipur
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Detailed explanation-1: -Notes: Five current states viz. Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Tripura and Mizoram were union territories before becoming full-fledged states. Goa became state in 1987, Himachal Pradesh in 1971, Manipur and Tripura in 1972 and Mizoram became state in 1987.
Detailed explanation-2: -Himachal Pradesh became Union Territory on 1st November, 1956. Kangra and most of the other hill areas of Punjab were merged with H.P. on 1st November, 1966 though its status remained that of a Union Territory.
Detailed explanation-3: -Andaman and Nicobar island was the first union territory of India, Chandigarh is the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana state of India. Recently the Jammu and Kashmir state is bifurcated into Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh Union Territories while the Dadar and Nagar Haweli is merged with Daman and Diu.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1972, the political map of Northeast India underwent a major change. The two Union Territories of Manipur and Tripura and the Sub-State of Meghalaya got statehood.