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From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :

Prelims level: States reorganization

Mains level: Not Much

The Meghalaya Assembly has given an indigenous touch to the National Anthem ahead of the 50th anniversary of Meghalaya’s Statehood in 2022.

Meghalaya meaning “abode of clouds” was formed by carving out two districts from the state of Assam: the United Khasi Hills and Jaintia Hills, and the Garo Hills on 21 January 1972.
It was previously part of Assam, but on 21 January 1972, the districts of Khasi, Garo and Jaintia hills became the new state of Meghalaya.
It is the wettest region of India, with the wettest areas in the southern Khasi Hills recording an average of 12,000 mm (470 in) of rain a year.
About 70 percent of the state is forested.
The Meghalaya subtropical forests ecoregion encompasses the state; its mountain forests are distinct from the lowland tropical forests to the north and south.

State	Formation Year	Status prior to the formation
Andhra	1953	Part of the state of Madras
Gujarat	1960	Part of the state of Bombay
Maharashtra	1960	Part of the state of Bombay
Kerala	1956	State of Travancore and Cochin
Nagaland	1963	Union territory
Haryana	1966	Part of Punjab
Karnataka	1956	State of Mysore was formed in 1953, enlarged Mysore in 1956 which was renamed in 1973.
Himachal Pradesh	1971	Union Territory
Manipur, Tripura	1972	Union Territories
Meghalaya	1972	Autonomous state within state of Assam
Sikkim	1975	Associate state since 1974 and a protectorate of India before that.
Mizoram	1987	District of Assam till 1972 and Union Territory from 1972 to 1987.
Arunachal Pradesh	1987	Union Territory
Goa	1987	Union Territory
Uttarakhand	2000	Part of Uttar Pradesh
Chhattisgarh	2000	Part of Madhya Pradesh
Jharkhand	2000	Part of Bihar
Telangana	2014	Part of Andhra Pradesh

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