TNPSC Thervupettagam

Nagaland Statehood Day

December 4 , 2021 961 days 779 0
  • Nagaland is celebrating its 59th Statehood Day on 1 December 2021.
  • Nagaland was granted statehood on December 1, 1963, with Kohima being declared its capital.
  • Prior to this, Naga leaders and the central government reached an agreement to create a separate region of the Naga Hills in 1957.
  • The State of Nagaland Act of 1962, was thus enacted by the Parliament to give Nagaland statehood.
  • Nagaland is the first state in the northeast to be bifurcated from Assam as the 16th State of the Indian Union.

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