Which state was carved out of Assam from the following:
1. Tripura
2. Sikkim
3. Meghalaya
4. Manipur

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Another major reorganisation of states took place in the north-east in 1972. Meghalaya was carved out of Assam in 1972. Manipur and Tripura too emerged as separate states in the same year. The states of Mizoram and Arunachal pradesh came into being in 1987. Nagaland had become a state much earlier in 1963.