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Mizoram was one of the districts of
Assam till 1972 when it became a union territory. After being Annexed by
the British in 1891,for the first few year's Lushai Hill's in the north
remained under Assam while the southern half remained under Bengal. Both
these part's were amalgamated in 1898 in to one district called
Lushai Hills District under the chief commissioner of Assam. With the
implementation of the north-eastern reorganization act in 1972. Mizoram
became union territory and as a sequel to the signing of the historic
memorandum of settlements between the government of India and the Mizoram
national front in 1986,it was granted statehood on February 20,1987.
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