Manipur, Meghalaya, Tripura Foundation Day

24 Jan 2022 Manipur, Meghalaya, Tripura Foundation Day

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On the foundation day of Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura (January 21), the traditions and culture of the three northeastern states were praised by the Prime Minister and other leaders.
On January 21, 1972, under the North Eastern Region (Reorganization) Act, 1971, all the three states were given full statehood.

Before August 15, 1947, through peaceful negotiations, almost all such states, whose borders with the Indian Union, were united for merger.
The rulers of most of the states signed a document called ‘Instrument of Accession’, which meant that their state agreed to be a part of the Union of India.
Shortly before independence, Maharaja Bodhchandra Singh of Manipur had signed the Instrument of Accession to maintain the internal autonomy of Manipur.
Under pressure from public opinion, the Maharaja held elections in Manipur in June 1948 and the state became a constitutional monarchy. Thus Manipur was the first part of India to hold elections.
There were huge differences in the Legislative Assembly of Manipur regarding the merger with India. The Government of India had succeeded in getting a Instrument of Accession signed in September 1949 without consulting the Legislative Assembly of Manipur.

Tripura was a princely state until its merger with the Indian Union on November 15, 1949.
Maharani Kanchanprabha (wife of Maharaja Bir Bikram) assumed the representation of Tripura state after the death of Bir Bikram Singh, the last Maharaja of Tripura, on May 17, 1947.
He played a supporting role in the merger of Tripura State with the Indian Union.

In the year 1947, the rulers of Garo and Khasi region entered the Indian Union.
Meghalaya, a small mountainous state located in the north-eastern region of India, came into existence as an autonomous state within the state of Assam on April 2, 1970.

In the year 1972, there was a major change in the political map of Northeast India.
In this way two union territories of Manipur and Tripura and sub-state Meghalaya got statehood.