Meghalaya, a mountainous belt in eastern India, was originally a part of ________.

The correct answer is Assam. Key Points Meghalaya, a mountainous belt in eastern India, was originally a part of Assam. Meghalaya was given special protection in the Indian constitution in 1947, along with other tribal areas, and it preserved a large measure of autonomy while being part of the state of Assam. When Assamese was made the official language of the state in 1960 , demand for autonomy and self-rule grew. Unlike many other hill regions in northeastern India, this was a mostly peaceful and constitutional movement. In 1970 , Meghalaya was established as an autonomous state inside Assam. Meghalaya achieved full statehood on January 21, 1972. Meghalaya is bounded by: Assam to the north and northeast. Bangladesh to the south and southwest. Additional Information Manipur became a part of India in October 1949. In 1956, it was designated as a Union Territory. The North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act of 1971 made Manipur a full-fledged state in 1972. Bengal was partitioned along religious lines after India attained independence in 1947. The western section of the country was given to the Dominion of India and given the name West Bengal. The eastern section became part of Pakistan's Dominion as the province of East Bengal (later renamed East Pakistan in 1956), In 1975, the Prime Minister of Sikkim petitioned the Indian Parliament to make Sikkim a state. Sikkim became the 22nd state of the Indian Union on May 16, 1975, and the monarchy was abolished.