Arrange the following states according to the year of its creation in chronological order.

(A) Arunachal Pradesh
(B) Nagaland
(C) Manipur
(D) Andhra

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(D), (B), (C), (A)

The correct answer is Option (4) → (D), (B), (C), (A)

(D) Andhra : Created in 1953, as the first linguistic state (separated from Madras).
(B) Nagaland : Nagaland was separated from Assam and was formally inaugurated as the 16th state of the Indian Union on December 1, 1963.
(C) Manipur:Became a state in 1972 (along with Tripura and Meghalaya).
(A) Arunachal Pradesh: Became a state in 1987 (along with Mizoram).