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{{Infobox legislation
| imagesize = 100
| enacted_by = [[Parliament of India]]
| date_enacted = 30 December 1971
| status = in force
|long_title=An Act to provide for the establishment of the States of Manipur and Tripura and to provide for the formation of the State of Meghalaya and of the Union territories of Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh by reorganisation of the existing State of Assam and for matters connected therewith.
|short_title=North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971
|citation=<ref name="lii-nearAct1971">{{cite web |url=http://www.liiofindia.org/cgi-bin/disp.pl/in/legis/cen/num_act/naa1971356/naa1971356.html |title=North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971 |website=www.liiofindia.org |date= 30 December 1971 |access-date= 24 December 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{History of India}}

The '''North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971''' was a major reform of the boundaries of India's [[Northeast India|North-East]] region into [[States and union territories of India|States and union territories]].

==Effect of the changes==
Source: <ref name="indiacode.nic.in">{{cite web |url=https://www.indiacode.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/1534/1/197181.pdf |title=The North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971 |website=www.indiacode.nic.in |date= 30 December 1971 |access-date= 24 December 2020}}</ref>
* Establishment of the states of [[Manipur]] and [[Tripura]]. They were Union Territories before.
* Establishment of the state of [[Meghalaya]]. It was an autonomous part of [[Assam]] before.
* Establishment of the Union Territories of [[Mizoram]] and [[Arunachal Pradesh]].
* Reduction of the area of the state of [[Assam]] due to the above changes.
* Allocation of [[Lok Sabha]] and [[Rajya Sabha]] seats for the newly created territories.
* Allocation of seats to the [[Legislative Assemblies]] of the newly created territories.
* Creation of separate [[High Court]]s for Meghalya, Manipur and Tripura.
* Creation of a new, common High Court for the rest of the modified territories

==Later Territorial changes==
* Following the [[Mizoram Peace Accord]] in 1986, [[Mizoram]] was given full-statehood in 1987.<ref name="hazarika">{{cite news |last1=Hazarika |first1=S. |title='There is Peace in Mizoram Because of Its Brutal Past' |url=https://thewire.in/uncategorised/there-is-peace-in-mizoram-because-of-the-brutal-past-people-have-suffered |access-date=24 December 2020 |work=The Wire |date=30 September 2016}}</ref>
* [[Arunachal Pradesh]] was given full statehood in by the ''State of Arunachal Pradesh Act, 1986''.<ref name="lii">{{cite web |url=http://www.liiofindia.org/in/legis/cen/num_act/soapa1986234/ |title=State of Arunachal Pradesh Act, 1986 |website=liiofindia.org |date= 24 December 1986|access-date= 24 December 2020}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[States Reorganisation Act, 1956]]
*[[Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966]]
*[[Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000]]
*[[Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000]]
*[[Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000]]
*[[Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014]]
*[[Administrative divisions of India]]
*[[States and union territories of India]]
*[[Indian Constitution]]
*[[Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.liiofindia.org/cgi-bin/disp.pl/in/legis/cen/num_act/naa1971356/naa1971356.html Text of the Act]

{{Indian legislations}}

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