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Tripura, Manipur and Meghalaya celebrated their 50th statehood day upholding the values of the indestructible Indian Union of destructible states.

About the Celebration:

• The 50th foundation day of the three North Eastern states was celebrated with the announcement of several welfare programmes that intend to improve the livelihood opportunities for the people of North East and head towards the overall development of the region.
• Over a period of time, there have been several connectivity and infrastructure projects in the North-East region which will experience further progress in the upcoming years.

Scenario after Independence

• Post Independent India witnessed the existence of more than 560 princely states.
• These princely states were provided with choices of either to join the territory of India or Pakistan or retain their sovereignty as per the provisions of the Indian Independence Act of 1947.
• Tripura and Manipur were erstwhile princely states that merged with the Indian Union in October 1949.
• Tripura and Manipur became full-fledged states on the 21st of January, 1972. On the same day Meghalaya was accorded statehood which was a part of Assam.
• All the three states were accorded statehood under the provisions of the North Eastern Region (Reorganization) Act, 1971.