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When did Lakshadweep become a union territory of India?
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Lakshadweep
Beach on Bangaram Island, Lakshadweep.
Lakshadweep was constituted as a union territory of India in 1956. This occurred during the reorganization of Indian states carried out through the States Reorganisation Act of that year. At the time of its creation, the territory was known as the Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands, a name it retained until 1973.12