In 1998, the Delhi was awarded full sovereignty and statehood, and the government also created three new states, Uttaranchal, Vananchal, and Chattisgarh.
On the same day, other events occurred in India like the demise of Chaitanya Maha Prabhu in 1553, the crowning of Mir Zafar as the Nawab of Bengal, Bihar, and Orrisa of Murshidabad in 1757, and the death of Micheal Madhusudan Dutta in 1873, who is known to be the first modern Bengali poet.
