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Historical Event on 12/1/1966

Nagaland becomes a state of the Indian Union.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/14/1969Jawaharlal Nehru University inaugurated in New Delhi.
12/5/1992Monisha, actress and winner of the 1987 'Urvasi' award for the Malayalam film 'Nakhakshathangal' died at a young age of 21 years.
9/10/1887Govind Ballabh Pant was born in village Khunt, Almora District, U.P. He served eight years as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He was as outstanding parliamentary figure of his days. He was awarded with Bharat Ratna in 1959.
1/30/1959Uranium Metal Project started producing Uranium at Trombay, Mumbai.
7/17/1987V. P. Singh announces resignation from Congress; R. Venkataraman elected President of India.
11/14/1964Nehru Commemorative coin is released.
6/23/1984An Air-India jumbo jet plunged into the Atlantic Ocean near Ireland today, killing all 329 people on board. Indian officials said the crash apparently was caused by a bomb placed aboard the jetliner by a Sikh extremist group as retaliation for an army raid.
1/20/1999Renowned playwright Girish Karnad is selected for the 1998 Jnanpith Award.
9/11/1913Waman Ganesh Talwalkar, Marathi journalist and story writer, was born.
5/23/1947The U.K. Cabinet today took the historic step of agreeing to Lord Mountbatten's proposal for the partition of India into two states, one Muslim and the other Hindu. The Viceroy is to have a series of talks with Lord Listowel, the Secretary for India.