<P> Like several other northeastern states of India , Mizoram was previously part of Assam until 1972 , when it was carved out as a Union Territory . It became the 23rd state of India , a step above Union Territory , on 20 February 1987 , with Fifty - Third Amendment of Indian Constitution , 1986 . </P>
<P> Like several other northeastern states of India , Mizoram was previously part of Assam until 1972 , when it was carved out as a Union Territory . It became the 23rd state of India , a step above Union Territory , on 20 February 1987 , with Fifty - Third Amendment of Indian Constitution , 1986 . </P>
constitutional development leading to the state of mizoram
constitutional development leading to the state of mizoram
Fifty - Third Amendment of Indian Constitution
Fifty - Third Amendment of Indian Constitution