Today! Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, and Haryana are created as Indian states in 1956.

On November 1, 1956, the states of Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Punjab, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu observed formation day, while Delhi, Chandigarh, Puducherry, Lakshadweep, and Andaman and Nicobar were granted union territory status.
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Mustafa Kemal Ataturk seizes Constantinople from Mehmed VI in 1922, establishing the Republic of Turkey and bringing the Ottoman Empire to an end.