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class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.7</span> <span>Current proposals</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Current_proposals-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-States_and_Union_territories" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#States_and_Union_territories"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>States and Union territories</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-States_and_Union_territories-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle States and Union territories subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-States_and_Union_territories-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-States" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#States"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>States</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-States-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Union_territories" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Union_territories"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Union territories</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Union_territories-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Former_states_and_union_territories" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Former_states_and_union_territories"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Former states and union territories</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Former_states_and_union_territories-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span 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vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Responsibilities_and_authorities"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Responsibilities and authorities</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Responsibilities_and_authorities-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" 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Available in 96 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-96" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">96 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-af mw-list-item"><a href="https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federale_staatsvorm_van_Indi%C3%AB" title="Federale staatsvorm van Indië – Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="Federale staatsvorm van Indië" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ang mw-list-item"><a href="https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indisc_r%C4%ABce" title="Indisc rīce – Old English" lang="ang" hreflang="ang" data-title="Indisc rīce" data-language-autonym="Ænglisc" data-language-local-name="Old English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ænglisc</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87%D9%86%D8%AF_%D9%88%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%82%D9%87%D8%A7" title="ولايات الهند ومناطقها – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="ولايات الهند ومناطقها" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estaus_y_territorios_d%27a_India" title="Estaus y territorios d'a India – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Estaus y territorios d'a India" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-as mw-list-item"><a href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%B0%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%B0_%E0%A7%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF_%E0%A6%86%E0%A7%B0%E0%A7%81_%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A7%B0%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4_%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%9E%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%82%E0%A6%B9" title="ভাৰতৰ ৰাজ্য আৰু কেন্দ্ৰীয়শাসিত অঞ্চলসমূহ – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="ভাৰতৰ ৰাজ্য আৰু কেন্দ্ৰীয়শাসিত অঞ্চলসমূহ" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estaos_y_territorios_de_la_India" title="Estaos y territorios de la India – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Estaos y territorios de la India" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-awa mw-list-item"><a href="https://awa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4_%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%98_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0" title="भारत कय संघ राज्यक्षेत्र – Awadhi" lang="awa" hreflang="awa" data-title="भारत कय संघ राज्यक्षेत्र" data-language-autonym="अवधी" data-language-local-name="Awadhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>अवधी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%B1%DB%8C" title="هیندوستان ایالتلری – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="هیندوستان ایالتلری" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF_%E0%A6%93_%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4_%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%9E%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%82%E0%A6%B9" title="ভারতের রাজ্য ও কেন্দ্রশাসিত অঞ্চলসমূহ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ভারতের রাজ্য ও কেন্দ্রশাসিত অঞ্চলসমূহ" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8Cn-t%C5%8D%CD%98_%C3%AA_h%C3%AAng-ch%C3%A8ng-khu" title="Ìn-tō͘ ê hêng-chèng-khu – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Ìn-tō͘ ê hêng-chèng-khu" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8B_%D1%96_%D1%82%D1%8D%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%96_%D0%86%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%8B%D1%96" title="Штаты і тэрыторыі Індыі – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Штаты і тэрыторыі Індыі" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%98_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0" title="भारत के राज्य अउरी संघ राज्यक्षेत्र – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="भारत के राज्य अउरी संघ राज्यक्षेत्र" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estado_asin_teritoryo_kan_Indya" title="Estado asin teritoryo kan Indya – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Estado asin teritoryo kan Indya" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundesstootn_und_Unionsterritorien_in_Indien" title="Bundesstootn und Unionsterritorien in Indien – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Bundesstootn und Unionsterritorien in Indien" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savezne_dr%C5%BEave_i_teritorije_Indije" title="Savezne države i teritorije Indije – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Savezne države i teritorije Indije" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stado%C3%B9_ha_tiriado%C3%B9_India" title="Stadoù ha tiriadoù India – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Stadoù ha tiriadoù India" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estats_i_territoris_de_l%27%C3%8Dndia" title="Estats i territoris de l'Índia – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Estats i territoris de l'Índia" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indick%C3%A9_st%C3%A1ty_a_teritoria" title="Indické státy a teritoria – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Indické státy a teritoria" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taleithiau_a_thiriogaethau_India" title="Taleithiau a thiriogaethau India – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Taleithiau a thiriogaethau India" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiens_delstater_og_territorier" title="Indiens delstater og territorier – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Indiens delstater og territorier" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_Bundesstaaten_und_Unionsterritorien_in_Indien" title="Liste der Bundesstaaten und Unionsterritorien in Indien – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Liste der Bundesstaaten und Unionsterritorien in Indien" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dv mw-list-item"><a href="https://dv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DE%87%DE%A8%DE%82%DE%B0%DE%91%DE%A8%DE%94%DE%A7_%DE%84%DE%AC%DE%80%DE%A8%DE%8A%DE%A6%DE%87%DE%A8%DE%88%DE%A7_%DE%84%DE%A6%DE%87%DE%A8%DE%8C%DE%A6%DE%87%DE%B0" title="އިންޑިޔާ ބެހިފައިވާ ބައިތައް – Divehi" lang="dv" hreflang="dv" data-title="އިންޑިޔާ ބެހިފައިވާ ބައިތައް" data-language-autonym="ދިވެހިބަސް" data-language-local-name="Divehi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ދިވެހިބަސް</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%94%CE%B9%CE%BF%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B7%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C_%CF%83%CF%8D%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%B1_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%99%CE%BD%CE%B4%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82" title="Διοικητικό σύστημα της Ινδίας – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Διοικητικό σύστημα της Ινδίας" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estados_y_territorios_de_la_India" title="Estados y territorios de la India – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Estados y territorios de la India" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Ctatoj_de_Barato" title="Ŝtatoj de Barato – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Ŝtatoj de Barato" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7_%D9%88_%D9%82%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D9%87%D9%86%D8%AF" title="ایالت‌ها و قلمروهای هند – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ایالت‌ها و قلمروهای هند" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89tats_et_territoires_de_l%27Inde" title="États et territoires de l'Inde – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="États et territoires de l'Inde" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%AD%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%B0%E0%AA%A4%E0%AA%A8%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%82_%E0%AA%B0%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%9C%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%AF%E0%AB%8B_%E0%AA%85%E0%AA%A8%E0%AB%87_%E0%AA%95%E0%AB%87%E0%AA%A8%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%A6%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%B0%E0%AA%B6%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%B8%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%A4_%E0%AA%AA%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%B0%E0%AA%A6%E0%AB%87%E0%AA%B6%E0%AB%8B" title="ભારતનાં રાજ્યો અને કેન્દ્રશાસિત પ્રદેશો – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="ભારતનાં રાજ્યો અને કેન્દ્રશાસિત પ્રદેશો" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%B8%EB%8F%84%EC%9D%98_%EC%A3%BC" title="인도의 주 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="인도의 주" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jihohi_a_Tarayyar_Indiya" title="Jihohi a Tarayyar Indiya – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Jihohi a Tarayyar Indiya" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%80%D5%B6%D5%A4%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%AB_%D5%BE%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%B9%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%A2%D5%A1%D5%AA%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B4" title="Հնդկաստանի վարչական բաժանում – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Հնդկաստանի վարչական բաժանում" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0-%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6" title="भारत के राज्य तथा केन्द्र-शासित प्रदेश – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="भारत के राज्य तथा केन्द्र-शासित प्रदेश" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr%C5%BEave_i_teritoriji_Indije" title="Države i teritoriji Indije – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Države i teritoriji Indije" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stati_e_teritorii_di_India" title="Stati e teritorii di India – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Stati e teritorii di India" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a href="https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF_%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8B_%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4_%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%9E%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF" title="ভারতর রাজ্য বারো কেন্দ্রশাসিত অঞ্চলহানি – Bishnupriya" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy" data-title="ভারতর রাজ্য বারো কেন্দ্রশাসিত অঞ্চলহানি" data-language-autonym="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-local-name="Bishnupriya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id badge-Q70893996 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negara_bagian_dan_wilayah_di_India" title="Negara bagian dan wilayah di India – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Negara bagian dan wilayah di India" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stati_federati_e_territori_dell%27India" title="Stati federati e territori dell'India – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Stati federati e territori dell'India" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%93%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%95%D7%94%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%98%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%A9%D7%9C_%D7%94%D7%95%D7%93%D7%95" title="המדינות והטריטוריות של הודו – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="המדינות והטריטוריות של הודו" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%AD%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%A4%E0%B2%A6_%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%9C%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AF%E0%B2%97%E0%B2%B3%E0%B3%81_%E0%B2%AE%E0%B2%A4%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%A4%E0%B3%81_%E0%B2%95%E0%B3%87%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%A6%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%A1%E0%B2%B3%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%A4_%E0%B2%AA%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%A6%E0%B3%87%E0%B2%B6%E0%B2%97%E0%B2%B3%E0%B3%81" title="ಭಾರತದ ರಾಜ್ಯಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಕೇಂದ್ರಾಡಳಿತ ಪ್ರದೇಶಗಳು – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಭಾರತದ ರಾಜ್ಯಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಕೇಂದ್ರಾಡಳಿತ ಪ್ರದೇಶಗಳು" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pam mw-list-item"><a href="https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estadu_ampong_teritoriu_ning_India" title="Estadu ampong teritoriu ning India – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam" data-title="Estadu ampong teritoriu ning India" data-language-autonym="Kapampangan" data-language-local-name="Pampanga" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kapampangan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%93%E1%83%9D%E1%83%94%E1%83%97%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%90%E1%83%93%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%AA%E1%83%98%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98_%E1%83%93%E1%83%90%E1%83%A7%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A4%E1%83%90" title="ინდოეთის ადმინისტრაციული დაყოფა – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ინდოეთის ადმინისტრაციული დაყოფა" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ks mw-list-item"><a href="https://ks.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%81%D9%90%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%B2%D9%86%D8%A0_%D8%B1%D9%90%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8E%D8%AA%DA%BE_%D8%AA%DB%81%D9%95_%D9%85%D9%8E%D8%B1%DA%A9%D9%94%D8%B2%DB%8C_%D8%B9%D9%8E%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%82%DB%81%D9%95" title="ہِندوستٲنؠ رِیاسَتھ تہٕ مَرکٔزی عَلاقہٕ – Kashmiri" lang="ks" hreflang="ks" data-title="ہِندوستٲنؠ رِیاسَتھ تہٕ مَرکٔزی عَلاقہٕ" data-language-autonym="कॉशुर / کٲشُر" data-language-local-name="Kashmiri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>कॉशुर / کٲشُر</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majimbo_ya_Uhindi" title="Majimbo ya Uhindi – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Majimbo ya Uhindi" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stac_federei_y_raions_de_l%27union_de_l%27India" title="Stac federei y raions de l'union de l'India – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Stac federei y raions de l'union de l'India" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indijas_%C5%A1tati_un_teritorijas" title="Indijas štati un teritorijas – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Indijas štati un teritorijas" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indijos_valstijos_ir_teritorijos" title="Indijos valstijos ir teritorijos – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Indijos valstijos ir teritorijos" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/India_k%C3%B6zigazgat%C3%A1si_beoszt%C3%A1sa" title="India közigazgatási beosztása – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="India közigazgatási beosztása" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%95_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%86_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%99%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%98%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AD" title="भारतक राज्य आ सङ्घीय राज्य क्षेत्रसभ – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="भारतक राज्य आ सङ्घीय राज्य क्षेत्रसभ" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मैथिली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%98%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8_%D0%B8_%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B8_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%98%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0" title="Сојузни држави и територии на Индија – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Сојузни држави и територии на Индија" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%87%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%86_%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%82%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A5%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%99%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%99%E0%B4%B3%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%82_%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A6%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%AD%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%A3%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%A6%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%B6%E0%B4%99%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%99%E0%B4%B3%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%82" title="ഇന്ത്യയിലെ സംസ്ഥാനങ്ങളും കേന്ദ്രഭരണപ്രദേശങ്ങളും – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ഇന്ത്യയിലെ സംസ്ഥാനങ്ങളും കേന്ദ്രഭരണപ്രദേശങ്ങളും" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%BF_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6" title="भारताची राज्ये आणि केंद्रशासित प्रदेश – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="भारताची राज्ये आणि केंद्रशासित प्रदेश" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%93%E1%83%9D%E1%83%94%E1%83%97%E1%83%98%E1%83%A8_%E1%83%90%E1%83%93%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%AA%E1%83%98%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98_%E1%83%93%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%97%E1%83%A3%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90" title="ინდოეთიშ ადმინისტრაციული დორთუალა – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ინდოეთიშ ადმინისტრაციული დორთუალა" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negeri_dan_wilayah_kesatuan_di_India" title="Negeri dan wilayah kesatuan di India – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Negeri dan wilayah kesatuan di India" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mni mw-list-item"><a href="https://mni.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%AF%8F%EA%AF%9F%EA%AF%97%EA%AF%A4%EA%AF%8C%EA%AF%A5%EA%AF%92%EA%AF%A4_%EA%AF%81%EA%AF%AD%EA%AF%AD%EA%AF%AD%EA%AF%87%EA%AF%A6%EA%AF%A0%EA%AF%81%EA%AF%A4%EA%AF%A1_%EA%AF%91%EA%AF%83%EA%AF%81%EA%AF%A8%EA%AF%A1_%EA%AF%8C%EA%AF%A8%EA%AF%85%EA%AF%A4%EA%AF%91%EA%AF%A3%EA%AF%9F_%EA%AF%87%EA%AF%A6%EA%AF%94%EA%AF%A4%EA%AF%87%EA%AF%A3%EA%AF%94%EA%AF%A4%EA%AF%81%EA%AF%A4%EA%AF%A1" title="ꯏꯟꯗꯤꯌꯥꯒꯤ ꯁ꯭꯭꯭ꯇꯦꯠꯁꯤꯡ ꯑꯃꯁꯨꯡ ꯌꯨꯅꯤꯑꯣꯟ ꯇꯦꯔꯤꯇꯣꯔꯤꯁꯤꯡ – Manipuri" lang="mni" hreflang="mni" data-title="ꯏꯟꯗꯤꯌꯥꯒꯤ ꯁ꯭꯭꯭ꯇꯦꯠꯁꯤꯡ ꯑꯃꯁꯨꯡ ꯌꯨꯅꯤꯑꯣꯟ ꯇꯦꯔꯤꯇꯣꯔꯤꯁꯤꯡ" data-language-autonym="ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ" data-language-local-name="Manipuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lijst_van_staten_en_territoria_van_India" title="Lijst van staten en territoria van India – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Lijst van staten en territoria van India" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%82" title="भारतका राज्य तथा केन्द्र शासित प्रदेशहरू – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="भारतका राज्य तथा केन्द्र शासित प्रदेशहरू" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-new mw-list-item"><a href="https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%81_%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%83" title="भारतया राज्यतेगु धलः – Newari" lang="new" hreflang="new" data-title="भारतया राज्यतेगु धलः" data-language-autonym="नेपाल भाषा" data-language-local-name="Newari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाल भाषा</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%81%AE%E5%9C%B0%E6%96%B9%E8%A1%8C%E6%94%BF%E5%8C%BA%E7%94%BB" title="インドの地方行政区画 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="インドの地方行政区画" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indias_delstater_og_territorier" title="Indias delstater og territorier – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Indias delstater og territorier" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delstatar_og_territorium_i_India" title="Delstatar og territorium i India – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Delstatar og territorium i India" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lista_dels_Estats_e_territ%C3%B2ris_d%27%C3%8Dndia" title="Lista dels Estats e territòris d'Índia – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Lista dels Estats e territòris d'Índia" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-or mw-list-item"><a href="https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AC%AD%E0%AC%BE%E0%AC%B0%E0%AC%A4%E0%AC%B0_%E0%AC%B0%E0%AC%BE%E0%AC%9C%E0%AD%8D%E0%AD%9F_%E0%AC%93_%E0%AC%95%E0%AD%87%E0%AC%A8%E0%AD%8D%E0%AC%A6%E0%AD%8D%E0%AC%B0%E0%AC%B6%E0%AC%BE%E0%AC%B8%E0%AC%BF%E0%AC%A4_%E0%AC%85%E0%AC%9E%E0%AD%8D%E0%AC%9A%E0%AC%B3" title="ଭାରତର ରାଜ୍ୟ ଓ କେନ୍ଦ୍ରଶାସିତ ଅଞ୍ଚଳ – Odia" lang="or" hreflang="or" data-title="ଭାରତର ରାଜ୍ୟ ଓ କେନ୍ଦ୍ରଶାସିତ ଅଞ୍ଚଳ" data-language-autonym="ଓଡ଼ିଆ" data-language-local-name="Odia" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ଓଡ଼ିଆ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindiston_shtatlari" title="Hindiston shtatlari – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Hindiston shtatlari" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AD%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%A4_%E0%A8%A6%E0%A9%87_%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%9C_%E0%A8%85%E0%A8%A4%E0%A9%87_%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%82%E0%A8%A6%E0%A8%B0_%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%BC%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%A4_%E0%A8%AA%E0%A9%8D%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%A6%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%BC" title="ਭਾਰਤ ਦੇ ਰਾਜ ਅਤੇ ਕੇਂਦਰ ਸ਼ਾਸਿਤ ਪ੍ਰਦੇਸ਼ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਭਾਰਤ ਦੇ ਰਾਜ ਅਤੇ ਕੇਂਦਰ ਸ਼ਾਸਿਤ ਪ੍ਰਦੇਸ਼" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DA%BE%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7%DA%BA_%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%DA%BA_%D8%AA%DB%92_%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A6%D9%86_%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%82%DB%92" title="بھارت دیاں ریاستاں تے یونیئن علاقے – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="بھارت دیاں ریاستاں تے یونیئن علاقے" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF_%D9%87%D9%86%D8%AF_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D9%87" title="د هند رياستونه – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="د هند رياستونه" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl badge-Q70894304 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_(Indie)" title="Stan (Indie) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Stan (Indie)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt badge-Q70893996 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estados_e_territ%C3%B3rios_da_%C3%8Dndia" title="Estados e territórios da Índia – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Estados e territórios da Índia" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_%C8%99i_teritorii_ale_Indiei" title="State și teritorii ale Indiei – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="State și teritorii ale Indiei" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rmy mw-list-item"><a href="https://rmy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staturya_thai_teritorurya_la_Indiyake" title="Staturya thai teritorurya la Indiyake – Vlax Romani" lang="rmy" hreflang="rmy" data-title="Staturya thai teritorurya la Indiyake" data-language-autonym="Romani čhib" data-language-local-name="Vlax Romani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Romani čhib</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8B_%D0%B8_%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B8_%D0%98%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B8" title="Штаты и территории Индии – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Штаты и территории Индии" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sa mw-list-item"><a href="https://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF" title="भारतस्य राज्यानि – Sanskrit" lang="sa" hreflang="sa" data-title="भारतस्य राज्यानि" data-language-autonym="संस्कृतम्" data-language-local-name="Sanskrit" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>संस्कृतम्</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sat mw-list-item"><a href="https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%A5%E1%B1%A4%E1%B1%A7%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%9B_%E1%B1%A8%E1%B1%AE%E1%B1%B1%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%9C_%E1%B1%AF%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%B1%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%9B_%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%A8_%E1%B1%9B%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%9E%E1%B1%A2%E1%B1%9F_%E1%B1%A5%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%A5%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%B1%E1%B1%AE%E1%B1%AB_%E1%B1%AE%E1%B1%9E%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%A0%E1%B1%9F" title="ᱥᱤᱧᱚᱛ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱯᱚᱱᱚᱛ ᱟᱨ ᱛᱟᱞᱢᱟ ᱥᱟᱥᱚᱱᱮᱫ ᱮᱞᱟᱠᱟ – Santali" lang="sat" hreflang="sat" data-title="ᱥᱤᱧᱚᱛ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱯᱚᱱᱚᱛ ᱟᱨ ᱛᱟᱞᱢᱟ ᱥᱟᱥᱚᱱᱮᱫ ᱮᱞᱟᱠᱟ" data-language-autonym="ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ" data-language-local-name="Santali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_an_union_territories_o_Indie" title="States an union territories o Indie – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="States an union territories o Indie" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%89%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%9A_%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%AD_%E0%B7%84%E0%B7%8F_%E0%B6%B8%E0%B6%B0%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BA%E0%B6%B8_%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%A2%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BA_%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%BD%E0%B6%B1_%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BB%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%9A%E0%B7%81" title="ඉන්දියාවේ ප්‍රාන්ත හා මධ්‍යම රාජ්‍ය පාලන ප්‍රදේශ – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="ඉන්දියාවේ ප්‍රාන්ත හා මධ්‍යම රාජ්‍ය පාලන ප්‍රදේශ" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_and_union_territories_of_India" title="States and union territories of India – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="States and union territories of India" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%80%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_%DB%BD_%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%82%D8%A7" title="ڀارت جون رياستون ۽ اتحادي علائقا – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="ڀارت جون رياستون ۽ اتحادي علائقا" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr%C5%BEave_in_zvezna_ozemlja_Indije" title="Države in zvezna ozemlja Indije – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Države in zvezna ozemlja Indije" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%95%D8%AA%DB%95%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%88_%D8%AF%DB%95%DA%A4%DB%95%D8%B1%DB%95_%DB%8C%DB%95%DA%A9%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%88%DB%95%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C_%DA%BE%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86" title="ویلایەتەکان و دەڤەرە یەکگرتووەکانی ھیندستان – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="ویلایەتەکان و دەڤەرە یەکگرتووەکانی ھیندستان" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%80%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B5_%D0%B8_%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B5_%D0%98%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B5" title="Државе и територије Индије – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Државе и територије Индије" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intian_osavaltiot_ja_territoriot" title="Intian osavaltiot ja territoriot – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Intian osavaltiot ja territoriot" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mga_estado_at_teritoryo_ng_unyon_ng_India" title="Mga estado at teritoryo ng unyon ng India – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Mga estado at teritoryo ng unyon ng India" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%87%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B3%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%86%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B3%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D" title="இந்தியாவின் மாநிலங்களும் ஆட்சிப்பகுதிகளும் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="இந்தியாவின் மாநிலங்களும் ஆட்சிப்பகுதிகளும்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%AD%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%A4%E0%B0%A6%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%B6_%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B7%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9F%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%81,_%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%A6%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%AA%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B2%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%A4_%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%A4%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%81" title="భారతదేశ రాష్ట్రాలు, కేంద్రపాలిత ప్రాంతాలు – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="భారతదేశ రాష్ట్రాలు, కేంద్రపాలిత ప్రాంతాలు" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%90%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A0%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%82%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%A8%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A2" title="รัฐและดินแดนสหภาพของประเทศอินเดีย – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="รัฐและดินแดนสหภาพของประเทศอินเดีย" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D1%91%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%82%D2%B3%D0%BE%D0%B8_%D2%B2%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%83%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Иёлатҳои Ҳиндустон – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Иёлатҳои Ҳиндустон" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tcy mw-list-item"><a href="https://tcy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%AD%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%A4%E0%B3%8A%E0%B2%A6_%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%9C%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AF%E0%B3%8A%E0%B2%B2%E0%B3%81_%E0%B2%AC%E0%B3%8A%E0%B2%95%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%95_%E0%B2%95%E0%B3%87%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%A6%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%A1%E0%B2%B3%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%A4_%E0%B2%AA%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%A6%E0%B3%87%E0%B2%B6%E0%B3%8A%E0%B2%B2%E0%B3%81" title="ಭಾರತೊದ ರಾಜ್ಯೊಲು ಬೊಕ್ಕ ಕೇಂದ್ರಾಡಳಿತ ಪ್ರದೇಶೊಲು – Tulu" lang="tcy" hreflang="tcy" data-title="ಭಾರತೊದ ರಾಜ್ಯೊಲು ಬೊಕ್ಕ ಕೇಂದ್ರಾಡಳಿತ ಪ್ರದೇಶೊಲು" data-language-autonym="ತುಳು" data-language-local-name="Tulu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ತುಳು</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindistan%27%C4%B1n_eyaletleri_ve_birlik_topraklar%C4%B1" title="Hindistan'ın eyaletleri ve birlik toprakları – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Hindistan'ın eyaletleri ve birlik toprakları" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8_%D1%82%D0%B0_%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%8E%D0%B7%D0%BD%D1%96_%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%96%D1%97_%D0%86%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%96%D1%97" title="Штати та союзні території Індії – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Штати та союзні території Індії" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DA%BE%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA_%DA%A9%DB%8C_%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C%DA%BA_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1_%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%82%DB%92" title="بھارت کی ریاستیں اور یونین علاقے – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="بھارت کی ریاستیں اور یونین علاقے" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vep mw-list-item"><a href="https://vep.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indijan_%C5%A1tatad_da_territorijad" title="Indijan štatad da territorijad – Veps" lang="vep" hreflang="vep" data-title="Indijan štatad da territorijad" data-language-autonym="Vepsän kel’" data-language-local-name="Veps" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vepsän kel’</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bang_v%C3%A0_l%C3%A3nh_th%E1%BB%95_li%C3%AAn_bang_c%E1%BB%A7a_%E1%BA%A4n_%C4%90%E1%BB%99" title="Bang và lãnh thổ liên bang của Ấn Độ – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Bang và lãnh thổ liên bang của Ấn Độ" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8D%B0%E5%BA%A6%E4%B8%AA%E9%82%A6%E6%90%AD%E4%B8%AD%E5%A4%AE%E7%9B%B4%E8%BE%96%E5%8C%BA" title="印度个邦搭中央直辖区 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="印度个邦搭中央直辖区" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-yo mw-list-item"><a href="https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%80w%E1%BB%8Dn_%C3%ACp%C3%ADnl%E1%BA%B9%CC%80_%C3%A0ti_agb%C3%A8gb%C3%A8_il%E1%BA%B9%CC%80_%C3%8Dnd%C3%AD%C3%A0" title="Àwọn ìpínlẹ̀ àti agbègbè ilẹ̀ Índíà – Yoruba" lang="yo" hreflang="yo" data-title="Àwọn ìpínlẹ̀ àti agbègbè ilẹ̀ Índíà" data-language-autonym="Yorùbá" data-language-local-name="Yoruba" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Yorùbá</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a 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style="position:absolute; left:195px; top:251px"><a href="/wiki/Chhattisgarh" title="Chhattisgarh">Chhattisgarh</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:114px; top:150px"><i><a href="/wiki/Delhi" title="Delhi">National<br />Capital Territory</a></i></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:66px; top:346px"><a href="/wiki/Goa" title="Goa">Goa</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:50px; top:230px"><a href="/wiki/Gujarat" title="Gujarat">Gujarat</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:108px; top:134px"><a href="/wiki/Haryana" title="Haryana">Haryana</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:126px; top:94px"><a href="/wiki/Himachal_Pradesh" title="Himachal Pradesh">Himachal Pradesh</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:90px; top:60px"><i><a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_(union_territory)" title="Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)">Jammu<br />and<br />Kashmir</a></i></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:134px; top:56.8px"><i><a href="/wiki/Ladakh" title="Ladakh">Ladakh</a></i></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:230px; top:217px"><a href="/wiki/Jharkhand" title="Jharkhand">Jharkhand</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:104px; top:376px"><a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:108px; top:424px"><a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:116px; top:230px"><a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:84px; top:291.2px"><a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:354px; top:196px"><a href="/wiki/Manipur" title="Manipur">Manipur</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:306px; top:186px"><a href="/wiki/Meghalaya" title="Meghalaya">Meghalaya</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:341px; top:224px"><a href="/wiki/Mizoram" title="Mizoram">Mizoram</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:356px; top:167px"><a href="/wiki/Nagaland" title="Nagaland">Nagaland</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:230px; top:268px"><a href="/wiki/Odisha" title="Odisha">Odisha</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:104px; top:118px"><a href="/wiki/Punjab,_India" title="Punjab, India">Punjab</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:74px; top:172px"><a href="/wiki/Rajasthan" title="Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:270px; top:162px"><a href="/wiki/Sikkim" title="Sikkim">Sikkim</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:131px; top:408px"><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:147px; top:310px"><a href="/wiki/Telangana" title="Telangana">Telangana</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:318px; top:209px"><a href="/wiki/Tripura" title="Tripura">Tripura</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:152px; top:124px"><a href="/wiki/Uttarakhand" title="Uttarakhand">Uttarakhand</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:164px; top:182px"><a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:269px; top:228px"><a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West<br />Bengal</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:298px; top:376px"><i><a href="/wiki/Andaman_and_Nicobar_Islands" title="Andaman and Nicobar Islands">Andaman<br />and<br />Nicobar Islands</a></i></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:114px; top:108px"><i><a href="/wiki/Chandigarh" title="Chandigarh">Chandigarh</a></i></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:16.8px; top:268px"><i><a href="/wiki/Dadra_and_Nagar_Haveli_and_Daman_and_Diu" title="Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu">Dadra and Nagar Haveli and<br />Daman and Diu</a></i></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:38px; top:410px"><i><a href="/wiki/Lakshadweep" title="Lakshadweep">Lakshadweep</a></i></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:174px; top:390px"><i><a href="/wiki/Puducherry_(union_territory)" title="Puducherry (union territory)">Puducherry</a></i></div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Category</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Federated_state" title="Federated state">Federated states</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Location</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India">Republic of India</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Number</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">28 States<br />8 Union territories</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Populations</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><b>States</b>: <a href="/wiki/Sikkim" title="Sikkim">Sikkim</a> – 610,577 (lowest)<br /><a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a> – 199,812,341 (highest)<br /> <b>Union Territories</b>: <a href="/wiki/Lakshadweep" title="Lakshadweep">Lakshadweep</a> – 64,473 (lowest)<br /><a href="/wiki/Delhi" title="Delhi">Delhi</a> – 16,787,941 (highest)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Areas</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><b>States</b>: <a href="/wiki/Goa" title="Goa">Goa</a> – 3,702 km<sup>2</sup> (1,429 sq mi) (smallest)<br /><a href="/wiki/Rajasthan" title="Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a> – 342,269 km<sup>2</sup> (132,151 sq mi) (largest)<br /> <b>Union territories</b>: <a href="/wiki/Lakshadweep" title="Lakshadweep">Lakshadweep</a> – 32 km<sup>2</sup> (12 sq mi) (smallest)<br /><a href="/wiki/Ladakh" title="Ladakh">Ladakh</a> – 59,146 km<sup>2</sup> 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href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_India" title="Administrative divisions of India">administrative divisions</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1246091330"><table class="sidebar nomobile nowraplinks"><tbody><tr><th class="sidebar-title"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">States and union <br /> territories of India</a> <br /> ordered by</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-image"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_India.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/70px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="47" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/105px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/140px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_states_and_union_territories_of_India_by_area" title="List of states and union territories of India by area">Area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_states_and_union_territories_of_India_by_population" title="List of states and union territories of India by population">Population</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_states_and_union_territories_by_GDP" title="List of Indian states and union territories by GDP">GDP</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_states_and_union_territories_by_GDP_per_capita" title="List of Indian states and union territories by GDP per capita">per capita</a>)</li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166-2:IN" title="ISO 3166-2:IN">Abbreviations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_states_and_union_territories_by_access_to_safe_drinking_water" title="List of Indian states and union territories by access to safe drinking water">Access to safe drinking water</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_states_ranking_by_availability_of_toilets" title="Indian states ranking by availability of toilets">Availability of toilets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_state_and_union_territory_capitals_in_India" title="List of state and union territory capitals in India">Capitals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_states_by_child_nutrition" title="List of Indian states by child nutrition">Child nutrition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_states_and_union_territories_of_India_by_crime_rate" title="List of states and union territories of India by crime rate">Crime rate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_states_ranking_by_ease_of_doing_business" title="Indian states ranking by ease of doing business">Ease of doing business</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_states_and_union_territories_of_India_by_households_having_electricity" title="List of states and union territories of India by households having electricity">Electricity penetration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_states_and_union_territories_by_exports" title="List of Indian states and union territories by exports">Exports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_states_and_union_territories_of_India_by_fertility_rate" title="List of states and union territories of India by fertility rate">Fertility rate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forest_cover_by_state_in_India" title="Forest cover by state in India">Forest cover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_states_and_union_territories_by_highest_point" title="List of Indian states and union territories by highest point">Highest point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_states_and_union_territories_by_Human_Development_Index" title="List of Indian states and union territories by Human Development Index">HDI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_states_by_rate_of_home_ownership" title="List of Indian states by rate of home ownership">Home ownership</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_states_ranking_by_household_size" title="Indian states ranking by household size">Household size</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_states_ranking_by_incidents_of_human_trafficking" title="Indian states ranking by incidents of human trafficking">Human trafficking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_states_by_infant_mortality_rate" title="List of Indian states by infant mortality rate">Infant mortality rate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_states_ranking_by_institutional_delivery" title="Indian states ranking by institutional delivery">Institutional delivery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_states_by_life_expectancy_at_birth" title="List of Indian states by life expectancy at birth">Life expectancy at birth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_states_and_union_territories_by_literacy_rate" title="List of Indian states and union territories by literacy rate">Literacy rate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_states_ranking_by_media_exposure" title="Indian states ranking by media exposure">Media exposure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_states_ranking_by_number_of_vehicles" title="Indian states ranking by number of vehicles">Number of vehicles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_states_and_union_territories_of_India_by_voters" title="List of states and union territories of India by voters">Number of voters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_states_ranking_by_prevalence_of_open_defecation" title="Indian states ranking by prevalence of open defecation">Open defecation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_state_and_union_territory_name_etymologies" title="List of Indian state and union territory name etymologies">Origin of name</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_states_in_India_by_past_population" title="List of states in India by past population">Past population</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_states_and_union_territories_of_India_by_number_of_places_of_worship" title="List of states and union territories of India by number of places of worship">Places of worship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_states_and_union_territories_by_poverty_rate" title="List of Indian states and union territories by poverty rate">Poverty rate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/States_of_India_by_installed_power_capacity" title="States of India by installed power capacity">Power capacity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_states_ranking_by_safety_of_women" title="Indian states ranking by safety of women">Safety of women</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_states_ranking_by_school_enrollment_rate" title="Indian states ranking by school enrollment rate">School enrollment rate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_states_and_union_territories_of_India_by_sex_ratio" title="List of states and union territories of India by sex ratio">Sex ratio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_states_and_union_territories_of_India_by_suicide_rate" title="List of states and union territories of India by suicide rate">Suicide rate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_states_and_union_territories_of_India_by_tax_revenues" title="List of states and union territories of India by tax revenues">Tax revenues</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_states_and_union_territories_of_India_by_television_ownership" title="List of states and union territories of India by television ownership">TV ownership</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_states_and_union_territories_of_India_by_transport_network" title="List of states and union territories of India by transport network">Transport network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_states_ranking_by_underweight_people" title="Indian states ranking by underweight people">Underweight people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_states_and_union_territories_of_India_by_unemployment_rate" title="List of states and union territories of India by unemployment rate">Unemployment rate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_states_and_union_territories_of_India_by_vaccination_coverage" title="List of states and union territories of India by vaccination coverage">Vaccination coverage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_states_by_wildlife_population" title="List of Indian states by wildlife population">Wildlife population</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Lists_of_states_and_territories_of_India" title="Template:Lists of states and territories of India"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Lists_of_states_and_territories_of_India" title="Template talk:Lists of states and territories of India"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Lists_of_states_and_territories_of_India" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Lists of states and territories of India"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The states of India are self-governing administrative divisions, each having a <a href="/wiki/State_governments_of_India" title="State governments of India">state government</a>. The governing powers of the states are shared between the state government and the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">union government</a>. On the other hand, the union territories are directly governed by the union government.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=States_and_union_territories_of_India&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1876–1919"><span id="1876.E2.80.931919"></span>1876–1919</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=States_and_union_territories_of_India&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 1876–1919"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Political_Divisions_of_the_Indian_Empire,_1909.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Political_Divisions_of_the_Indian_Empire%2C_1909.jpg/310px-Political_Divisions_of_the_Indian_Empire%2C_1909.jpg" decoding="async" width="310" height="253" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Political_Divisions_of_the_Indian_Empire%2C_1909.jpg/465px-Political_Divisions_of_the_Indian_Empire%2C_1909.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Political_Divisions_of_the_Indian_Empire%2C_1909.jpg/620px-Political_Divisions_of_the_Indian_Empire%2C_1909.jpg 2x" data-file-width="734" data-file-height="599" /></a><figcaption>The administrative divisions of the Indian Empire in 1909</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">Indian Empire</a> was a very complex political entity consisting of various imperial divisions and states and territories of varying autonomy. At the time of its establishment in 1876, it was made up of 584 <a href="/wiki/Princely_state" title="Princely state">constituent states</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Provinces of India">directly ruled territories of the Crown</a>. The entire empire was divided into provinces and agencies. </p><p>A <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Provinces of India">province</a> consisted of territory under the direct rule of the <a href="/wiki/Emperor_of_India" title="Emperor of India">Emperor of India</a> (who was also the <a href="/wiki/King_of_the_United_Kingdom_and_the_Dominions" class="mw-redirect" title="King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions">King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions</a>) and a few minor states, ruled by Indian princes under the suzerainty of the Emperor. A <a href="/wiki/Governor" title="Governor">Governor</a> or <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant-Governor" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant-Governor">Lieutenant-Governor</a> acted as the representative of the <a href="/wiki/Emperor_of_India" title="Emperor of India">Emperor</a> to that province and <a href="/wiki/Head_of_government" title="Head of government">head of government</a> of the directly ruled territories in the province. </p><p>The governor or lieutenant-governor also served as the Emperor's representative to the <a href="/wiki/Princely_state" title="Princely state">constituent states</a> of the province. The first three of the lieutenant-governorships were territories annexed to India from other powers and temporarily governed by the erstwhile Bengal Presidency, before being made into their own separate provinces. <a href="/wiki/Agra_Province" title="Agra Province">Agra</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bengal_Presidency" title="Bengal Presidency">Bengal</a> were still considered <i>de jure</i> parts of the defunct Bengal Presidency for judicial and legal purposes. Agra was separated in 1878 and merged with <a href="/wiki/Oudh_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Oudh Province">Oudh</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Bengal_Presidency" title="Bengal Presidency">Bengal Presidency</a> was re-established in 1912 as a governorship. All these provinces had their own legislatures established by the Indian Councils Acts, and high courts established by Indian High Courts Acts. Laws passed by these legislatures needed the dual assent of the governor or lieutenant-governor of the province and the <a href="/wiki/Governor-general_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor-general of India">governor-general of India</a>, who functioned as the representative of the <a href="/wiki/Emperor_of_India" title="Emperor of India">Emperor</a>. </p> <ul><li>There were three governor's provinces in 1912, styled "Presidencies" as a historical memento that they had been once governed by presidents. These were: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bombay_Presidency" title="Bombay Presidency">Bombay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madras_Presidency" title="Madras Presidency">Madras</a> (officially Presidency of Fort St. George)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengal_Presidency" title="Bengal Presidency">Bengal</a> (from 1912)</li></ul></li> <li>There were six lieutenant-governor's provinces in 1905. These were: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_rule_in_Burma" title="British rule in Burma">Burma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Punjab_Province_(1849%E2%80%931947)" class="mw-redirect" title="Punjab Province (1849–1947)">Punjab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Provinces" title="Central Provinces">Central Provinces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengal_Presidency" title="Bengal Presidency">Bengal</a> (till 1912)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Bengal_and_Assam" title="Eastern Bengal and Assam">Eastern Bengal and Assam</a> (1905–1912)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agra_Province" title="Agra Province">Agra and Oudh</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North-Western_Provinces_and_Oudh" class="mw-redirect" title="North-Western Provinces and Oudh">North-Western Provinces and Oudh</a> (1878–1902)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Provinces_of_Agra_and_Oudh" title="United Provinces of Agra and Oudh">United Provinces of Agra and Oudh</a> (1902–1935)</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <p>In addition to these, there were certain territories ruled directly by the Government of India through nominated chief commissioners. These were former independent states annexed to India and since ruled directly by the Supreme Government. </p> <ul><li>There were the three chief commissioner's provinces. These did not have a legislature or a high court. These were: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ajmer-Merwara" title="Ajmer-Merwara">Ajmer-Merwara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coorg_Province" title="Coorg Province">Coorg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_chief_commissioners_of_Oudh" title="List of chief commissioners of Oudh">Oudh</a> (till 1878)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delhi" title="Delhi">Delhi</a> (from 1911, capital of India)</li></ul></li></ul> <p>A vast majority of the Indian states in the late nineteenth century were, in terms of imperial divisions, organised within the provinces. However a good number of states were organised into imperial structures called agencies, or residencies. An Agent to the Governor-General (AGG) functioned as the Emperor's representative to all the states in the agency. </p> <ul><li>At the time of establishment of the empire, there were only two agencies: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rajputana_Agency" title="Rajputana Agency">Rajputana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_India_Agency" title="Central India Agency">Central India</a></li></ul></li> <li>In addition, these kingdoms were neither part of a province or an agency and had direct relations with the Emperor: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_(union_territory)" title="Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)">Kashmir and Jammu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nizamate_of_Hyderabad" class="mw-redirect" title="Nizamate of Hyderabad">Nizamate of Hyderabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Mysore" title="Kingdom of Mysore">Kingdom of Mysore</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1919–1935"><span id="1919.E2.80.931935"></span>1919–1935</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=States_and_union_territories_of_India&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1919–1935"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1919, the fourth <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India_Act_1919" title="Government of India Act 1919">Government of India</a> was enacted by the Crown. This saw many major changes. The legislatures of the provinces were made elected ones rather than nominated ones. Some provinces were given <a href="/wiki/Bicameral_legislature" class="mw-redirect" title="Bicameral legislature">bicameral legislatures</a>. All provinces were elevated to governorships and all lieutenant governors were made governors. Burma was given a special status and made an autonomous province. </p> <ul><li>There were ten governor's provinces now. These were: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bombay_Presidency" title="Bombay Presidency">Bombay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madras_Presidency" title="Madras Presidency">Madras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengal_Presidency" title="Bengal Presidency">Bengal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_rule_in_Burma" title="British rule in Burma">Burma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Punjab_Province_(1849%E2%80%931947)" class="mw-redirect" title="Punjab Province (1849–1947)">Punjab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Provinces_and_Berar" title="Central Provinces and Berar">Central Provinces and Berar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Provinces_of_British_India" class="mw-redirect" title="United Provinces of British India">United Provinces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North-West_Frontier_Province" title="North-West Frontier Province">North-West Frontier Province</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assam_Province" title="Assam Province">Assam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bihar_and_Orissa" class="mw-redirect" title="Bihar and Orissa">Bihar and Orissa</a></li></ul></li> <li>There were four chief commissioner's provinces. Their status mostly remained unchanged. These were: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ajmer-Merwara" title="Ajmer-Merwara">Ajmer-Merwara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coorg_Province" title="Coorg Province">Coorg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Commissioner%27s_Province_of_Balochistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Commissioner's Province of Balochistan">Balochistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delhi" title="Delhi">Delhi</a></li></ul></li></ul> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Chamber_of_Princes" title="Chamber of Princes">Chamber of Princes</a> was established by <a href="/wiki/Emperor_George_V" class="mw-redirect" title="Emperor George V">Emperor George V</a> in 1920. One of the major consequences of this was the creation of many more agencies from the states of the provinces, thus granting them direct relations with the Emperor instead of with the Governors. </p> <ul><li>There were now 8 imperial agencies and residencies. These were: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Punjab_States_Agency" title="Punjab States Agency">Punjab States</a> (formerly part of Punjab Province)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madras_States_Agency" title="Madras States Agency">Madras States</a> (formerly part of Madras Presidency)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deccan_States_Agency_and_Kolhapur_Residency" class="mw-redirect" title="Deccan States Agency and Kolhapur Residency">Deccan States Agency and Kolhapur Residency</a> (formerly part of Bombay Presidency)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_India_and_Gujarat_States_Agency_and_Baroda_Residency" class="mw-redirect" title="Western India and Gujarat States Agency and Baroda Residency">Western India and Gujarat States Agency and Baroda Residency</a> (formerly part of Bombay Presidency)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_States_Agency" title="Eastern States Agency">Eastern States</a> (formerly part of Bengal Presidency, Bihar and Orissa Province and Central Provinces)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwalior_Residency" title="Gwalior Residency">Gwalior Residency</a> (formerly part of <a href="/wiki/Central_India_Agency" title="Central India Agency">Central India Agency</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajputana_Agency" title="Rajputana Agency">Rajputana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_India_Agency" title="Central India Agency">Central India</a></li></ul></li></ul> <p>This saw the separation of all the states from the provinces and addition to before-mentioned agencies. This left all the provinces with only territories under direct Crown rule. </p> <ul><li>Some states were with direct relations with the Emperor. These were: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_(princely_state)" title="Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)">Kashmir and Jammu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nizamate_of_Hyderabad" class="mw-redirect" title="Nizamate of Hyderabad">Nizamate of Hyderabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Mysore" title="Kingdom of Mysore">Kingdom of Mysore</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1935–1947"><span id="1935.E2.80.931947"></span>1935–1947</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=States_and_union_territories_of_India&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1935–1947"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The latter years of the <a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">Indian Empire</a> saw the enactment of the last <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India_Act_1935" title="Government of India Act 1935">Government of India Act</a> by the Crown. This act granted full autonomy to Indian provinces. Provincial laws no longer needed the assent of the governor-general. This act created the office of a <a href="/wiki/Premier" title="Premier">Premier</a> in each province, who functioned as the new head of government and was responsible to the provincial legislature. </p><p>Bengal, Madras and Bombay which had been till now styled Presidencies, were now officially styled as provinces. The provinces of <a href="/wiki/Orissa_province" class="mw-redirect" title="Orissa province">Orissa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sind_province" class="mw-redirect" title="Sind province">Sind</a> were created from Bihar and Bombay respectively. The <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Burma" class="mw-redirect" title="Province of Burma">Province of Burma</a> which had previously functioned as an autonomous province of India was now separated from the Indian Empire, and established as the <a href="/wiki/Crown_Colony_of_Burma" class="mw-redirect" title="Crown Colony of Burma">Crown Colony of Burma</a>. </p> <ul><li>The new set of 12 governor's provinces were: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bombay_Presidency" title="Bombay Presidency">Bombay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sind_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Sind Province">Sind</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madras_Presidency" title="Madras Presidency">Madras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengal_Presidency" title="Bengal Presidency">Bengal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_rule_in_Burma" title="British rule in Burma">Burma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Punjab_Province_(1849%E2%80%931947)" class="mw-redirect" title="Punjab Province (1849–1947)">Punjab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Provinces_and_Berar" title="Central Provinces and Berar">Central Provinces and Berar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Provinces_(1937%E2%80%931950)" title="United Provinces (1937–1950)">United Provinces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North-West_Frontier_Province" title="North-West Frontier Province">North-West Frontier Province</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assam_Province" title="Assam Province">Assam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bihar_Province" title="Bihar Province">Bihar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orissa_Province" title="Orissa Province">Orissa</a></li></ul></li> <li>There were 3 chief commissioner's provinces: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ajmer-Merwara" title="Ajmer-Merwara">Ajmer-Merwara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coorg_Province" title="Coorg Province">Coorg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Commissioner%27s_Province_of_Balochistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Commissioner's Province of Balochistan">Balochistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delhi" title="Delhi">Delhi</a></li></ul></li> <li>There were 8 imperial agencies and residencies: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Punjab_States_Agency" title="Punjab States Agency">Punjab States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madras_States_Agency" title="Madras States Agency">Madras States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deccan_States_Agency_and_Kolhapur_Residency" class="mw-redirect" title="Deccan States Agency and Kolhapur Residency">Deccan States Agency and Kolhapur Residency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_India_and_Gujarat_States_Agency_and_Baroda_Residency" class="mw-redirect" title="Western India and Gujarat States Agency and Baroda Residency">Western India and Gujarat States Agency and Baroda Residency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_States_Agency" title="Eastern States Agency">Eastern States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwalior_Residency" title="Gwalior Residency">Gwalior Residency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajputana_Agency" title="Rajputana Agency">Rajputana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_India_Agency" title="Central India Agency">Central India</a></li></ul></li> <li>Three kingdoms were in direct relations with the Emperor.</li></ul> <p>In 1947, the last Act of the Crown was passed. The act dissolved the Indian Empire, the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Legislative_Council" title="Imperial Legislative Council">Imperial Legislative Council</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Chamber_of_Princes" title="Chamber of Princes">Chamber of Princes</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_India" title="Dominion of India">Union of India</a> was consequently established from 9 former Indian provinces (<a href="/wiki/East_Punjab" title="East Punjab">East Punjab</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_Provinces_(1937%E2%80%931950)" title="United Provinces (1937–1950)">United Provinces</a>, <a href="/wiki/Central_Provinces" title="Central Provinces">Central Provinces</a>, <a href="/wiki/Madras_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Madras Province">Madras</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bombay_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Bombay Province">Bombay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Orissa" class="mw-redirect" title="Orissa">Orissa</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Assam" title="Assam">Assam</a>) and 562 former Indian states. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1947–1950"><span id="1947.E2.80.931950"></span>1947–1950</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=States_and_union_territories_of_India&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1947–1950"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:India_Administrative_Divisions_1949-Kashmir.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/India_Administrative_Divisions_1949-Kashmir.jpg/220px-India_Administrative_Divisions_1949-Kashmir.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="307" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/India_Administrative_Divisions_1949-Kashmir.jpg/330px-India_Administrative_Divisions_1949-Kashmir.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/India_Administrative_Divisions_1949-Kashmir.jpg/440px-India_Administrative_Divisions_1949-Kashmir.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="1788" /></a><figcaption>The administrative divisions of the Union of India in 1949</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Political_integration_of_India" title="Political integration of India">Political integration of India</a>, <a href="/wiki/Instrument_of_Accession" title="Instrument of Accession">Instrument of Accession</a>, <a href="/wiki/Annexation_of_Junagadh" title="Annexation of Junagadh">Annexation of Junagadh</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Annexation_of_Hyderabad" title="Annexation of Hyderabad">Annexation of Hyderabad</a></div> <p>Between 1947 and 1950, the territories of the princely states were politically integrated into the new <a href="/wiki/Political_integration_of_India" title="Political integration of India">Indian Union</a>. Most were merged into existing provinces. Others were organised into new provinces and <a href="/wiki/Rajpramukh" title="Rajpramukh">states</a>, such as <a href="/wiki/Rajasthan" title="Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Himachal_Pradesh" title="Himachal Pradesh">Himachal Pradesh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malwa_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Malwa Union">Malwa Union</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vindhya_Pradesh" title="Vindhya Pradesh">Baghelkhand and Bundelkhand States Union</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Patiala_and_East_Punjab_States_Union" title="Patiala and East Punjab States Union">Patiala and East Punjab States Union</a>, made up of multiple princely states. A few, including <a href="/wiki/Mysore_State" title="Mysore State">Mysore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hyderabad_State_(1948%E2%80%9356)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hyderabad State (1948–56)">Hyderabad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bhopal_State_(1949%E2%80%9356)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhopal State (1949–56)">Bhopal</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bilaspur_State_(1950%E2%80%9354)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bilaspur State (1950–54)">Bilaspur</a>, became separate states.<sup id="cite_ref-Consti_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Consti-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The new <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_India" title="Constitution of India">Constitution of India</a>, which came into force on 26 January 1950, made India a sovereign democratic republic. The new republic was also declared to be a "Union of States". The constitution of 1950 distinguished between three main types of states:<sup id="cite_ref-Consti_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Consti-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Part A states, which were the former governors' provinces of India, were ruled by an elected governor and state legislature. The nine Part A states were: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Assam" title="Assam">Assam</a> (formerly <a href="/wiki/Assam_Province" title="Assam Province">Assam Province</a>),</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a> (formerly <a href="/wiki/Bihar_Province" title="Bihar Province">Bihar Province</a>),</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombay_State" title="Bombay State">Bombay</a> (formerly <a href="/wiki/Bombay_Presidency" title="Bombay Presidency">Bombay Province</a>),</li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Punjab" title="East Punjab">East Punjab</a> (formerly <a href="/wiki/Punjab_Province_(British_India)" title="Punjab Province (British India)">Punjab Province</a>),</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a> (formerly the <a href="/wiki/Central_Provinces_and_Berar" title="Central Provinces and Berar">Central Provinces and Berar</a>),</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madras_State" title="Madras State">Madras</a> (formerly <a href="/wiki/Madras_Presidency" title="Madras Presidency">Madras Province</a>),</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Odisha" title="Odisha">Orissa</a> (formerly <a href="/wiki/Orissa_Province" title="Orissa Province">Orissa Province</a>),</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a> (formerly the <a href="/wiki/United_Provinces_(1937%E2%80%931950)" title="United Provinces (1937–1950)">United Provinces</a>), and</li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a> (formerly <a href="/wiki/Bengal_Presidency" title="Bengal Presidency">Bengal Province</a>).</li></ul></li> <li>The eight Part B states were former princely states or groups of princely states, governed by a <a href="/wiki/Rajpramukh" title="Rajpramukh">rajpramukh</a>, who was usually the ruler of a constituent state, and an elected legislature. The rajpramukh was appointed by the <a href="/wiki/President_of_India" title="President of India">President of India</a>. The Part B states were: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hyderabad_State_(1948%E2%80%9356)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hyderabad State (1948–56)">Hyderabad</a> (formerly <a href="/wiki/Hyderabad_State" title="Hyderabad State">Hyderabad Princely State</a>),</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_(state)" title="Jammu and Kashmir (state)">Jammu and Kashmir</a> (formerly <a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_(princely_state)" title="Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)">Jammu and Kashmir Princely State</a>),</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madhya_Bharat" title="Madhya Bharat">Madhya Bharat</a> (formerly <a href="/wiki/Central_India_Agency" title="Central India Agency">Central India Agency</a>),</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mysore_State" title="Mysore State">Mysore</a> (formerly <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Mysore" title="Kingdom of Mysore">Mysore Princely State</a>),</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patiala_and_East_Punjab_States_Union" title="Patiala and East Punjab States Union">Patiala and East Punjab States Union</a> (PEPSU),</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajasthan" title="Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a> (formerly <a href="/wiki/Rajputana_Agency" title="Rajputana Agency">Rajputana Agency</a>),</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saurashtra_(state)" title="Saurashtra (state)">Saurashtra</a> (formerly <a href="/wiki/Baroda,_Western_India_and_Gujarat_States_Agency" title="Baroda, Western India and Gujarat States Agency">Baroda, Western India and Gujarat States Agency</a>), and</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Travancore%E2%80%93Cochin" title="Travancore–Cochin">Travancore–Cochin</a> (formerly <a href="/wiki/Travancore" title="Travancore">Travancore Princely State</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Cochin" title="Kingdom of Cochin">Cochin Princely State</a>).</li></ul></li> <li>The ten Part C states included both the former chief commissioners' provinces and some princely states, and each was governed by a chief commissioner appointed by the President of India. The Part C states were: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ajmer_State" title="Ajmer State">Ajmer</a> (formerly <a href="/wiki/Ajmer-Merwara" title="Ajmer-Merwara">Ajmer-Merwara Province</a>),</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhopal_State_(1949%E2%80%9356)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhopal State (1949–56)">Bhopal</a> (formerly <a href="/wiki/Bhopal_State" title="Bhopal State">Bhopal Princely State</a>),</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bilaspur_State_(1950%E2%80%9354)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bilaspur State (1950–54)">Bilaspur</a> (formerly <a href="/wiki/Bilaspur_State_(princely_state)" title="Bilaspur State (princely state)">Bilaspur Princely State</a>),</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coorg_State" title="Coorg State">Coorg State</a> (formerly <a href="/wiki/Coorg_Province" title="Coorg Province">Coorg Province</a>),</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delhi" title="Delhi">Delhi</a>,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Himachal_Pradesh" title="Himachal Pradesh">Himachal Pradesh</a>,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kutch_State" title="Kutch State">Kutch</a> (formerly <a href="/wiki/Cutch_State" title="Cutch State">Cutch Princely State</a>),</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manipur" title="Manipur">Manipur</a> (formerly <a href="/wiki/Manipur_(princely_state)" title="Manipur (princely state)">Manipur Princely State</a>),</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tripura" title="Tripura">Tripura</a> (formerly <a href="/wiki/Tripura_(princely_state)" title="Tripura (princely state)">Tripura Princely State</a>), and</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vindhya_Pradesh" title="Vindhya Pradesh">Vindhya Pradesh</a> (formerly <a href="/wiki/Central_India_Agency" title="Central India Agency">Central India Agency</a>).</li></ul></li> <li>The only Part D state was the <a href="/wiki/Andaman_and_Nicobar_Islands" title="Andaman and Nicobar Islands">Andaman and Nicobar Islands</a>, which were administered by a lieutenant governor appointed by the union government.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="States_reorganisation_(1951–1956)"><span id="States_reorganisation_.281951.E2.80.931956.29"></span>States reorganisation (1951–1956)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=States_and_union_territories_of_India&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: States reorganisation (1951–1956)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Goa_liberation_movement" title="Goa liberation movement">Goa liberation movement</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andhra_movement" title="Andhra movement">Andhra movement</a>, <a href="/wiki/Annexation_of_Dadra_and_Nagar_Haveli" title="Annexation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli">Annexation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli</a>, and <a href="/wiki/States_Reorganisation_Commission" title="States Reorganisation Commission">States Reorganisation Commission</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Andhra_State" title="Andhra State">Andhra State</a> was created on 1 October 1953 from the <a href="/wiki/Telugu_language" title="Telugu language">Telugu</a>-speaking northern <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Districts of India">districts</a> of <a href="/wiki/Madras_State" title="Madras State">Madras State</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/French_India" title="French India">French enclave</a> of <a href="/wiki/Chandannagar" title="Chandannagar">Chandernagore</a> was transferred to <a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a> in 1954. In the same year <a href="/wiki/Pondicherry" title="Pondicherry">Pondicherry</a>, comprising the former French enclaves of <a href="/wiki/Pondicherry_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Pondicherry district">Pondichéry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Karaikal_district" title="Karaikal district">Karikal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yanam_district" title="Yanam district">Yanaon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mah%C3%A9_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahé district">Mahé</a>, was transferred to India. This became a union territory in 1962.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Also in 1954, pro-India forces liberated the <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_India" title="Portuguese India">Portuguese-held enclaves</a> of <a href="/wiki/Dadra,_Dadra_and_Nagar_Haveli_and_Daman_and_Diu" class="mw-redirect" title="Dadra, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu">Dadrá</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nagar_Haveli" title="Nagar Haveli">Nagar Aveli</a>, declaring the short-lived <i><a href="/wiki/De_facto" title="De facto">de facto</a></i> state of <a href="/wiki/Free_Dadra_and_Nagar_Haveli" title="Free Dadra and Nagar Haveli">Free Dadra and Nagar Haveli</a>. In 1961, India annexed it as the Union Territory of <a href="/wiki/Dadra_and_Nagar_Haveli" class="mw-redirect" title="Dadra and Nagar Haveli">Dadra and Nagar Haveli</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/States_Reorganisation_Act,_1956" title="States Reorganisation Act, 1956">States Reorganisation Act, 1956</a> reorganised the states based on linguistic lines resulting in the creation of the new states.<sup id="cite_ref-Consti_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Consti-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As a result of this act: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Madras_State" title="Madras State">Madras State</a> retained its name, with <a href="/wiki/Kanyakumari_district" title="Kanyakumari district">Kanyakumari district</a> added to form <a href="/wiki/Travancore%E2%80%93Cochin" title="Travancore–Cochin">Travancore–Cochin</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh" title="Andhra Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</a> was created with the merger of <a href="/wiki/Andhra_State" title="Andhra State">Andhra State</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Telugu_language" title="Telugu language">Telugu</a>-speaking districts of <a href="/wiki/Hyderabad_State" title="Hyderabad State">Hyderabad State</a> in 1956.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a> was created by merging <a href="/wiki/Malabar_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Malabar district">Malabar district</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Kasaragod_taluk" title="Kasaragod taluk">Kasaragod taluk</a> of <a href="/wiki/South_Canara" title="South Canara">South Canara</a> districts of <a href="/wiki/Madras_State" title="Madras State">Madras State</a> with <a href="/wiki/Travancore%E2%80%93Cochin" title="Travancore–Cochin">Travancore–Cochin</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mysore_State" title="Mysore State">Mysore State</a> was re-organised with the addition of the districts of <a href="/wiki/Bellary_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Bellary district">Bellary</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_Canara" title="South Canara">South Canara</a> (excluding <a href="/wiki/Kasaragod_taluk" title="Kasaragod taluk">Kasaragod taluk</a>) and the <a href="/wiki/Kollegal" title="Kollegal">Kollegal taluk</a> of <a href="/wiki/Coimbatore_district" title="Coimbatore district">Coimbatore district</a> from the Madras State, the districts of <a href="/wiki/Belgaum_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Belgaum district">Belgaum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bijapur_district,_Karnataka" title="Bijapur district, Karnataka">Bijapur</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Canara" class="mw-redirect" title="North Canara">North Canara</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dharwad_district" title="Dharwad district">Dharwad</a> from <a href="/wiki/Bombay_State" title="Bombay State">Bombay State</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Kannada" title="Kannada">Kannada</a>-majority districts of <a href="/wiki/Bidar_district" title="Bidar district">Bidar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Raichur_district" title="Raichur district">Raichur</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kalaburagi_district" title="Kalaburagi district">Kalaburagi</a> from <a href="/wiki/Hyderabad_State_(1948%E2%80%9356)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hyderabad State (1948–56)">Hyderabad State</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Coorg_State" title="Coorg State">Coorg State</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Laccadive_Islands" title="Laccadive Islands">Laccadive Islands</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aminidivi" title="Aminidivi">Aminidivi Islands</a> and <a href="/wiki/Minicoy" title="Minicoy">Minicoy Island</a>, which had been divided between the South Canara and Malabar districts of Madras State, were united and organised into the union territory of <a href="/wiki/Lakshadweep" title="Lakshadweep">Lakshadweep</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombay_State" title="Bombay State">Bombay State</a> was enlarged by the addition of <a href="/wiki/Saurashtra_(state)" title="Saurashtra (state)">Saurashtra State</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kutch_State" title="Kutch State">Kutch State</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Marathi_language" title="Marathi language">Marathi</a>-speaking districts of <a href="/wiki/Nagpur_division" title="Nagpur division">Nagpur division</a> of <a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Marathwada" title="Marathwada">Marathwada</a> region of <a href="/wiki/Hyderabad_State_(1948%E2%80%9356)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hyderabad State (1948–56)">Hyderabad State</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajasthan" title="Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Punjab,_India" title="Punjab, India">Punjab</a> gained territories from <a href="/wiki/Ajmer_State" title="Ajmer State">Ajmer State</a> and <a href="/wiki/Patiala_and_East_Punjab_States_Union" title="Patiala and East Punjab States Union">Patiala and East Punjab States Union</a> respectively and certain territories of <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a> were transferred to <a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-1956">Post-1956</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=States_and_union_territories_of_India&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Post-1956"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Mahagujarat_movement" title="Mahagujarat movement">Mahagujarat movement</a>, <a href="/wiki/Punjabi_Suba_movement" title="Punjabi Suba movement">Punjabi Suba movement</a>, <a href="/wiki/Annexation_of_Goa" title="Annexation of Goa">Annexation of Goa</a>, <a href="/wiki/1967_Goa_status_referendum" title="1967 Goa status referendum">1967 Goa status referendum</a>, <a href="/wiki/1975_Sikkimese_monarchy_referendum" title="1975 Sikkimese monarchy referendum">1975 Sikkimese monarchy referendum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uttarakhand_movement" title="Uttarakhand movement">Uttarakhand movement</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Telangana_movement" title="Telangana movement">Telangana movement</a></div> <p>Bombay State was split into the linguistic states of <a href="/wiki/Gujarat" title="Gujarat">Gujarat</a> and <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a> on 1 May 1960 by the Bombay Reorganisation Act.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The former Union Territory of <a href="/wiki/Nagaland" title="Nagaland">Nagaland</a> achieved statehood on 1 December 1963.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Punjab_Reorganisation_Act,_1966" title="Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966">Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966</a> resulted in the creation of <a href="/wiki/Haryana" title="Haryana">Haryana</a> on 1 November and the transfer of the northern districts of Punjab to <a href="/wiki/Himachal_Pradesh" title="Himachal Pradesh">Himachal Pradesh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The act designated <a href="/wiki/Chandigarh" title="Chandigarh">Chandigarh</a> as a union territory and the shared capital of Punjab and Haryana.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Madras State was renamed <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a> in 1969. The north-eastern states of <a href="/wiki/Manipur" title="Manipur">Manipur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Meghalaya" title="Meghalaya">Meghalaya</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tripura" title="Tripura">Tripura</a> were formed on 21 January 1972.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mysore State was renamed <a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a> in 1973. On 16 May 1975, <a href="/wiki/Sikkim" title="Sikkim">Sikkim</a> became the 22nd state of the Indian Union and the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Sikkim" title="Kingdom of Sikkim">state's monarchy</a> was abolished.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1987, <a href="/wiki/Arunachal_Pradesh" title="Arunachal Pradesh">Arunachal Pradesh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mizoram" title="Mizoram">Mizoram</a> became states on 20 February, followed by <a href="/wiki/Goa" title="Goa">Goa</a> on 30 May, while erstwhile union territory of <a href="/wiki/Goa,_Daman_and_Diu" title="Goa, Daman and Diu">Goa, Daman and Diu</a>'s northern <a href="/wiki/Exclave" class="mw-redirect" title="Exclave">exclaves</a> <a href="/wiki/Daman_district,_India" title="Daman district, India">Damão</a> and <a href="/wiki/Diu_district" title="Diu district">Diu</a> became a separate union territory as <a href="/wiki/Daman_and_Diu" title="Daman and Diu">Daman and Diu</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2000, three new states were created, namely: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chhattisgarh" title="Chhattisgarh">Chhattisgarh</a>, from eastern <a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a>,</li> <li>Uttaranchal, from northwest <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a> (renamed <a href="/wiki/Uttarakhand" title="Uttarakhand">Uttarakhand</a> in 2007), and</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jharkhand" title="Jharkhand">Jharkhand</a>, from southern districts of Bihar with the enforcement of <a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh_Reorganisation_Act,_2000" title="Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000">Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh_Reorganisation_Act,_2000" title="Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000">Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bihar_Reorganisation_Act,_2000" title="Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000">Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000</a> respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Pondicherry was renamed <a href="/wiki/Puducherry_(union_territory)" title="Puducherry (union territory)">Puducherry</a> in 2007 and Orissa was renamed <a href="/wiki/Odisha" title="Odisha">Odisha</a> in 2011. <a href="/wiki/Telangana" title="Telangana">Telangana</a> was created on 2 June 2014 from ten former districts of north-western <a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh" title="Andhra Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-APT_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-APT-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2019, the Parliament of India passed the <a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_Reorganisation_Act,_2019" title="Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019">Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019</a>, which contains provisions to reorganise the state of <a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_(state)" title="Jammu and Kashmir (state)">Jammu and Kashmir</a> into two union territories; <a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_(union_territory)" title="Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)">Jammu and Kashmir</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ladakh" title="Ladakh">Ladakh</a>, effective from 31 October 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later that year in November, the Government of India introduced legislation to merge the union territories of <a href="/wiki/Daman_and_Diu" title="Daman and Diu">Daman and Diu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dadra_and_Nagar_Haveli" class="mw-redirect" title="Dadra and Nagar Haveli">Dadra and Nagar Haveli</a> into a single union territory to be known as <a href="/wiki/Dadra_and_Nagar_Haveli_and_Daman_and_Diu" title="Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu">Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu</a>, effective from 26 January 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current_proposals">Current proposals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=States_and_union_territories_of_India&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Current proposals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Proposed_states_and_union_territories_of_India" title="Proposed states and union territories of India">Proposed states and union territories of India</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="States_and_Union_territories">States and Union territories</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=States_and_union_territories_of_India&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: States and Union territories"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_state_and_union_territory_capitals_in_India" title="List of state and union territory capitals in India">List of state and union territory capitals in India</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="States">States</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=States_and_union_territories_of_India&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">State </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166-2:IN" title="ISO 3166-2:IN">ISO</a> </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_India" title="Vehicle registration plates of India">Vehicle<br />code</a> </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Zonal_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Zonal Council">Zone</a> </th> <th scope="col">Capital </th> <th scope="col">Largest city </th> <th scope="col">Statehood </th> <th scope="col">Population<br />(2011)<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/List_of_states_and_union_territories_of_India_by_area" title="List of states and union territories of India by area">Area</a><br />(km<sup>2</sup>) </th> <th scope="col">Official<br />languages<sup id="cite_ref-lang_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lang-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col">Additional official<br />languages<sup id="cite_ref-lang_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lang-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh" title="Andhra Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</a> </th> <td>IN-AP </td> <td>AP </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southern_Zonal_Council" title="Southern Zonal Council">Southern</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Amaravati" title="Amaravati">Amaravati</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Visakhapatnam" title="Visakhapatnam">Visakhapatnam</a> </td> <td>1 November 1956 </td> <td align="right">49,506,799 </td> <td align="right">162,975 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Telugu_language" title="Telugu language">Telugu</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Urdu" title="Urdu">Urdu</a><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Arunachal_Pradesh" title="Arunachal Pradesh">Arunachal Pradesh</a> </th> <td>IN-AR </td> <td>AR </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Eastern_Council" title="North Eastern Council">North-Eastern</a> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Itanagar" title="Itanagar">Itanagar</a> </td> <td>20 February 1987 </td> <td align="right">1,383,727 </td> <td align="right">83,743 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Assam" title="Assam">Assam</a> </th> <td>IN-AS </td> <td>AS </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Eastern_Council" title="North Eastern Council">North-Eastern</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dispur" title="Dispur">Dispur</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Guwahati" title="Guwahati">Guwahati</a> </td> <td>26 January 1950 </td> <td align="right">31,205,576 </td> <td align="right">78,438 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Assamese_language" title="Assamese language">Assamese</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boro_language_(India)" title="Boro language (India)">Boro</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a>, <a href="/wiki/Meitei_language" title="Meitei language">Meitei</a><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a> </th> <td>IN-BR </td> <td>BR </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Zonal_Council" title="Eastern Zonal Council">Eastern</a> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Patna" title="Patna">Patna</a> </td> <td>26 January 1950 </td> <td align="right">104,099,452 </td> <td align="right">94,163 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Urdu" title="Urdu">Urdu</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Chhattisgarh" title="Chhattisgarh">Chhattisgarh</a> </th> <td>IN-CG </td> <td>CG </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Central_Zonal_Council" title="Central Zonal Council">Central</a> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Raipur" title="Raipur">Raipur</a><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1 November 2000 </td> <td align="right">25,545,198 </td> <td align="right">135,194 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chhattisgarhi_language" title="Chhattisgarhi language">Chhattisgarhi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Goa" title="Goa">Goa</a> </th> <td>IN-GA </td> <td>GA </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Zonal_Council" title="Western Zonal Council">Western</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Panaji" title="Panaji">Panaji</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vasco_da_Gama,_Goa" title="Vasco da Gama, Goa">Vasco da Gama</a> </td> <td>30 May 1987 </td> <td align="right">1,458,545 </td> <td align="right">3,702 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Konkani_language" title="Konkani language">Konkani</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marathi_language" title="Marathi language">Marathi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Gujarat" title="Gujarat">Gujarat</a> </th> <td>IN-GJ </td> <td>GJ </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Zonal_Council" title="Western Zonal Council">Western</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gandhinagar" title="Gandhinagar">Gandhinagar</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ahmedabad" title="Ahmedabad">Ahmedabad</a> </td> <td>1 May 1960 </td> <td align="right">60,439,692 </td> <td align="right">196,024 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gujarati_language" title="Gujarati language">Gujarati</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a> </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Haryana" title="Haryana">Haryana</a> </th> <td>IN-HR </td> <td>HR </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northern_Zonal_Council" title="Northern Zonal Council">Northern</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chandigarh" title="Chandigarh">Chandigarh</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Faridabad" title="Faridabad">Faridabad</a> </td> <td>1 November 1966 </td> <td align="right">25,351,462 </td> <td align="right">44,212 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Punjabi_language" title="Punjabi language">Punjabi</a><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Himachal_Pradesh" title="Himachal Pradesh">Himachal Pradesh</a> </th> <td>IN-HP </td> <td>HP </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northern_Zonal_Council" title="Northern Zonal Council">Northern</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shimla" title="Shimla">Shimla</a> <small>(Summer)</small><br /><a href="/wiki/Dharamshala" title="Dharamshala">Dharamshala</a> <small>(Winter)</small><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shimla" title="Shimla">Shimla</a> </td> <td>25 January 1971 </td> <td align="right">6,864,602 </td> <td align="right">55,673 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Jharkhand" title="Jharkhand">Jharkhand</a> </th> <td>IN-JH </td> <td>JH </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Zonal_Council" title="Eastern Zonal Council">Eastern</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ranchi" title="Ranchi">Ranchi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jamshedpur" title="Jamshedpur">Jamshedpur</a> </td> <td>15 November 2000 </td> <td align="right">32,988,134 </td> <td align="right">79,714 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Angika" title="Angika">Angika</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bhojpuri_language" title="Bhojpuri language">Bhojpuri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bhumij_language" title="Bhumij language">Bhumij</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ho_language" title="Ho language">Ho</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kharia_language" title="Kharia language">Kharia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Khortha_language" title="Khortha language">Khortha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kurmali_language" title="Kurmali language">Kurmali</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kurukh_language" title="Kurukh language">Kurukh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Magahi_language" title="Magahi language">Magahi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maithili_language" title="Maithili language">Maithili</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mundari_language" title="Mundari language">Mundari</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sadri_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Sadri language">Nagpuri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Odia_language" title="Odia language">Odia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Santali_language" title="Santali language">Santali</a>, <a href="/wiki/Urdu" title="Urdu">Urdu</a><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a> </th> <td>IN-KA </td> <td>KA </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southern_Zonal_Council" title="Southern Zonal Council">Southern</a> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bangalore" title="Bangalore">Bangalore</a> </td> <td>1 November 1956 </td> <td align="right">61,095,297 </td> <td align="right">191,791 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kannada" title="Kannada">Kannada</a> </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a> </th> <td>IN-KL </td> <td>KL </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southern_Zonal_Council" title="Southern Zonal Council">Southern</a> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Thiruvananthapuram" title="Thiruvananthapuram">Thiruvananthapuram</a> </td> <td>1 November 1956 </td> <td align="right">33,406,061 </td> <td align="right">38,863 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Malayalam" title="Malayalam">Malayalam</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a> </th> <td>IN-MP </td> <td>MP </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Central_Zonal_Council" title="Central Zonal Council">Central</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bhopal" title="Bhopal">Bhopal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indore" title="Indore">Indore</a> </td> <td>1 November 1956 </td> <td align="right">72,626,809 </td> <td align="right">308,252 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a> </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a> </th> <td>IN-MH </td> <td>MH </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Zonal_Council" title="Western Zonal Council">Western</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mumbai" title="Mumbai">Mumbai</a> <small>(Summer)</small><br /><a href="/wiki/Nagpur" title="Nagpur">Nagpur</a> <small>(Winter)</small><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mumbai" title="Mumbai">Mumbai</a> </td> <td>1 May 1960 </td> <td align="right">112,374,333 </td> <td align="right">307,713 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marathi_language" title="Marathi language">Marathi</a> </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Manipur" title="Manipur">Manipur</a> </th> <td>IN-MN </td> <td>MN </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Eastern_Council" title="North Eastern Council">North-Eastern</a> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Imphal" title="Imphal">Imphal</a> </td> <td>21 January 1972 </td> <td align="right">2,855,794 </td> <td align="right">22,327 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Meitei_language" title="Meitei language">Meitei</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Meghalaya" title="Meghalaya">Meghalaya</a> </th> <td>IN-ML </td> <td>ML </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Eastern_Council" title="North Eastern Council">North-Eastern</a> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Shillong" title="Shillong">Shillong</a> </td> <td>21 January 1972 </td> <td align="right">2,966,889 </td> <td align="right">22,429 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Mizoram" title="Mizoram">Mizoram</a> </th> <td>IN-MZ </td> <td>MZ </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Eastern_Council" title="North Eastern Council">North-Eastern</a> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Aizawl" title="Aizawl">Aizawl</a> </td> <td>20 February 1987 </td> <td align="right">1,097,206 </td> <td align="right">21,081 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mizo_language" title="Mizo language">Mizo</a>, <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Nagaland" title="Nagaland">Nagaland</a> </th> <td>IN-NL </td> <td>NL </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Eastern_Council" title="North Eastern Council">North-Eastern</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kohima" title="Kohima">Kohima</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dimapur" title="Dimapur">Dimapur</a> </td> <td>1 December 1963 </td> <td align="right">1,978,502 </td> <td align="right">16,579 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Odisha" title="Odisha">Odisha</a> </th> <td>IN-OD </td> <td>OD </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Zonal_Council" title="Eastern Zonal Council">Eastern</a> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bhubaneswar" title="Bhubaneswar">Bhubaneswar</a> </td> <td>26 January 1950 </td> <td align="right">41,974,218 </td> <td align="right">155,707 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Odia_language" title="Odia language">Odia</a> </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Punjab,_India" title="Punjab, India">Punjab</a> </th> <td>IN-PB </td> <td>PB </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northern_Zonal_Council" title="Northern Zonal Council">Northern</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chandigarh" title="Chandigarh">Chandigarh</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ludhiana" title="Ludhiana">Ludhiana</a> </td> <td>1 November 1966 </td> <td align="right">27,743,338 </td> <td align="right">50,362 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Punjabi_language" title="Punjabi language">Punjabi</a> </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Rajasthan" title="Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a> </th> <td>IN-RJ </td> <td>RJ </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northern_Zonal_Council" title="Northern Zonal Council">Northern</a> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Jaipur" title="Jaipur">Jaipur</a> </td> <td>26 January 1950 </td> <td align="right">68,548,437 </td> <td align="right">342,239 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Sikkim" title="Sikkim">Sikkim</a> </th> <td>IN-SK </td> <td>SK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Eastern_Council" title="North Eastern Council">North-Eastern</a> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Gangtok" title="Gangtok">Gangtok</a> </td> <td>16 May 1975 </td> <td align="right">610,577 </td> <td align="right">7,096 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nepali_language" title="Nepali language">Nepali</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sikkimese_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Sikkimese language">Sikkimese</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lepcha_language" title="Lepcha language">Lepcha</a>, <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gurung_language" title="Gurung language">Gurung</a>, <a href="/wiki/Limbu_language" title="Limbu language">Limbu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Magar_language" title="Magar language">Magar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sunwar_language" title="Sunwar language">Mukhia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Newari_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Newari language">Newari</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rai_languages" class="mw-redirect" title="Rai languages">Rai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sherpa_language" title="Sherpa language">Sherpa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tamang_language" title="Tamang language">Tamang</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a> </th> <td>IN-TN </td> <td>TN </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southern_Zonal_Council" title="Southern Zonal Council">Southern</a> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Chennai" title="Chennai">Chennai</a> </td> <td>1 November 1956 </td> <td align="right">72,147,030 </td> <td align="right">130,058 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Telangana" title="Telangana">Telangana</a> </th> <td>IN-TS </td> <td>TG<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southern_Zonal_Council" title="Southern Zonal Council">Southern</a> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Hyderabad" title="Hyderabad">Hyderabad</a><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>2 June 2014 </td> <td align="right">35,193,978<sup id="cite_ref-telangana_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telangana-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="right">112,077<sup id="cite_ref-telangana_48-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telangana-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Telugu_language" title="Telugu language">Telugu</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Urdu" title="Urdu">Urdu</a><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Tripura" title="Tripura">Tripura</a> </th> <td>IN-TR </td> <td>TR </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Eastern_Council" title="North Eastern Council">North-Eastern</a> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Agartala" title="Agartala">Agartala</a> </td> <td>21 January 1972 </td> <td align="right">3,673,917 </td> <td align="right">10,491 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a>, <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kokborok" title="Kokborok">Kokborok</a> </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a> </th> <td>IN-UP </td> <td>UP </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Central_Zonal_Council" title="Central Zonal Council">Central</a> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Lucknow" title="Lucknow">Lucknow</a> </td> <td>26 January 1950 </td> <td align="right">199,812,341 </td> <td align="right">240,928 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Urdu" title="Urdu">Urdu</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Uttarakhand" title="Uttarakhand">Uttarakhand</a> </th> <td>IN-UK </td> <td>UK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Central_Zonal_Council" title="Central Zonal Council">Central</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bhararisain" title="Bhararisain">Bhararisain</a> <small>(Summer)</small><br /><a href="/wiki/Dehradun" title="Dehradun">Dehradun</a> <small>(Winter)</small><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dehradun" title="Dehradun">Dehradun</a> </td> <td>9 November 2000 </td> <td align="right">10,086,292 </td> <td align="right">53,483 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a> </th> <td>IN-WB </td> <td>WB </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Zonal_Council" title="Eastern Zonal Council">Eastern</a> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Kolkata" title="Kolkata">Kolkata</a> </td> <td>26 January 1950 </td> <td align="right">91,276,115 </td> <td align="right">88,752 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a>, <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nepali_language" title="Nepali language">Nepali</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Odia_language" title="Odia language">Odia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Punjabi_language" title="Punjabi language">Punjabi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Santali_language" title="Santali language">Santali</a>, <a href="/wiki/Telugu_language" title="Telugu language">Telugu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Urdu" title="Urdu">Urdu</a>, <a href="/wiki/KRNB_lects" class="mw-redirect" title="KRNB lects">Kamatapuri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rangpuri_language" title="Rangpuri language">Rajbanshi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kurmali_language" title="Kurmali language">Kurmali</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kurukh_language" title="Kurukh language">Kurukh</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">A few union territories have their own representative territorial governments.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Nava_Raipur" title="Nava Raipur">Nava Raipur</a> is planned to replace <a href="/wiki/Raipur" title="Raipur">Raipur</a> as the capital city of <a href="/wiki/Chhattisgarh" title="Chhattisgarh">Chhattisgarh</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-47">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Andhra Pradesh was divided into two states, <a href="/wiki/Telangana" title="Telangana">Telangana</a> and a residual <a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh" title="Andhra Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</a> on 2 June 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Times_of_India_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Times_of_India-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-APT_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-APT-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Hyderabad,_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Hyderabad, India">Hyderabad</a>, located entirely within the borders of Telangana, is to serve as the capital for both states for a period of time not exceeding ten years.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Government of Andhra Pradesh and the Andhra Pradesh Legislature completed the process of relocating to temporary facilities in the envisaged new capital city <a href="/wiki/Amaravati" title="Amaravati">Amaravati</a> in early 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-52"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-52">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Bengali and Nepali are the official languages in the Darjeeling and Kurseong sub-divisions of the Darjeeling district.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Union_territories">Union territories</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=States_and_union_territories_of_India&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Union territories"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="excerpt-block"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066933788">.mw-parser-output .excerpt-hat .mw-editsection-like{font-style:normal}</style><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable dablink excerpt-hat selfref">This section is an excerpt from <a href="/wiki/Union_territory#Current_union_territories" title="Union territory">Union territory § Current union territories</a>.<span class="mw-editsection-like plainlinks"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Union_territory&action=edit#Current_union_territories">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><div class="excerpt"> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">State<sup id="cite_ref-Union_territory_SUT_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Union_territory_SUT-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166-2:IN" title="ISO 3166-2:IN">ISO</a><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_India" title="Vehicle registration plates of India">Vehicle <br /> code</a><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Zonal_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Zonal Council">Zone</a><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col">Capital<sup id="cite_ref-Union_territory_SUT_53-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Union_territory_SUT-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col">Largest city<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Date of establishment as a state">Established</span><sup id="cite_ref-Union_territory_State_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Union_territory_State-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/List_of_states_and_union_territories_of_India_by_population" title="List of states and union territories of India by population">Population</a> <br /> (<a href="/wiki/2011_Census_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 Census of India">2011</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/List_of_states_and_union_territories_of_India_by_area" title="List of states and union territories of India by area">Area</a> <br /> (km<sup>2</sup>)<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col">Official <br /> languages<sup id="cite_ref-Union_territory_Lang_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Union_territory_Lang-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col">Additional official <br /> languages<sup id="cite_ref-Union_territory_Lang_61-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Union_territory_Lang-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Andaman_and_Nicobar_Islands" title="Andaman and Nicobar Islands">Andaman and Nicobar Islands</a> </th> <td>IN-AN </td> <td>AN </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Zonal_Council" title="Eastern Zonal Council">Eastern</a> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Vijaya_Puram" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Vijaya Puram">Sri Vijaya Puram</a> </td> <td>1 November 1956 </td> <td>380,581 </td> <td>8,249 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a>, <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Chandigarh" title="Chandigarh">Chandigarh</a> </th> <td>IN-CH </td> <td>CH </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northern_Zonal_Council" title="Northern Zonal Council">Northern</a> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Chandigarh" title="Chandigarh">Chandigarh</a> </td> <td>1 November 1966 </td> <td>1,055,450 </td> <td>114 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Dadra_and_Nagar_Haveli_and_Daman_and_Diu" title="Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu">Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu</a> </th> <td>IN-DH </td> <td>DD </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Zonal_Council" title="Western Zonal Council">Western</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Daman,_India" title="Daman, India">Daman</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Silvassa" title="Silvassa">Silvassa</a> </td> <td>26 January 2020 </td> <td>587,106 </td> <td>603 </td> <td>Hindi, English </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gujarati_language" title="Gujarati language">Gujarati</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Delhi" title="Delhi">Delhi</a> </th> <td>IN-DL </td> <td>DL </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northern_Zonal_Council" title="Northern Zonal Council">Northern</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Delhi" title="New Delhi">New Delhi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delhi" title="Delhi">Delhi</a> </td> <td>1 November 1956 </td> <td>16,787,941 </td> <td>1,484 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a>, <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Urdu" title="Urdu">Urdu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Punjabi_language" title="Punjabi language">Punjabi</a><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_(union_territory)" title="Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)">Jammu and Kashmir</a> </th> <td>IN-JK </td> <td>JK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northern_Zonal_Council" title="Northern Zonal Council">Northern</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Srinagar" title="Srinagar">Srinagar</a> <small>(Summer)</small><br /><a href="/wiki/Jammu" title="Jammu">Jammu</a> <small>(Winter)</small><sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Srinagar" title="Srinagar">Srinagar</a> </td> <td>31 October 2019 </td> <td>12,258,433 </td> <td>42,241 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dogri_language" title="Dogri language">Dogri</a>, English, Hindi, <a href="/wiki/Kashmiri_language" title="Kashmiri language">Kashmiri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Urdu_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Urdu language">Urdu</a> </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Ladakh" title="Ladakh">Ladakh</a> </th> <td>IN-LA </td> <td>LA </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northern_Zonal_Council" title="Northern Zonal Council">Northern</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leh" title="Leh">Leh</a> <small>(Summer)</small><br /><a href="/wiki/Kargil" title="Kargil">Kargil</a> <small>(Winter)</small><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leh" title="Leh">Leh</a> </td> <td>31 October 2019 </td> <td>290,492 </td> <td>59,146 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a>, <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Lakshadweep" title="Lakshadweep">Lakshadweep</a> </th> <td>IN-LD </td> <td>LD </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southern_Zonal_Council" title="Southern Zonal Council">Southern</a> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Kavaratti" title="Kavaratti">Kavaratti</a> </td> <td>1 November 1956 </td> <td>64,473 </td> <td>32 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a>, <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Malayalam_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Malayalam language">Malayalam</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Puducherry_(union_territory)" title="Puducherry (union territory)">Puducherry</a> </th> <td>IN-PY </td> <td>PY </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southern_Zonal_Council" title="Southern Zonal Council">Southern</a> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Pondicherry" title="Pondicherry">Pondicherry</a> </td> <td>16 August 1962 </td> <td>1,247,953 </td> <td>479 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil</a>, <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>, <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Telugu_language" title="Telugu language">Telugu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malayalam_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Malayalam language">Malayalam</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Former_states_and_union_territories">Former states and union territories</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=States_and_union_territories_of_India&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Former states and union territories"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Former_states">Former states</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=States_and_union_territories_of_India&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Former states"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Map </th> <th>State </th> <th>Capital </th> <th>Years </th> <th>Present-day state(s) </th></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ajmer_in_India_(1951).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Ajmer_in_India_%281951%29.svg/200px-Ajmer_in_India_%281951%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="241" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Ajmer_in_India_%281951%29.svg/300px-Ajmer_in_India_%281951%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Ajmer_in_India_%281951%29.svg/400px-Ajmer_in_India_%281951%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="1182" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ajmer_State" title="Ajmer State">Ajmer State</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ajmer" title="Ajmer">Ajmer</a> </td> <td>1950–1956 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rajasthan" title="Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Andhra-India_1953.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Andhra-India_1953.svg/200px-Andhra-India_1953.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="241" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Andhra-India_1953.svg/300px-Andhra-India_1953.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Andhra-India_1953.svg/400px-Andhra-India_1953.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="979" data-file-height="1182" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andhra_State" title="Andhra State">Andhra State</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kurnool" title="Kurnool">Kurnool</a> </td> <td>1953–1956 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh" title="Andhra Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bhopal_in_India_(1951).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Bhopal_in_India_%281951%29.svg/200px-Bhopal_in_India_%281951%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="241" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Bhopal_in_India_%281951%29.svg/300px-Bhopal_in_India_%281951%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Bhopal_in_India_%281951%29.svg/400px-Bhopal_in_India_%281951%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="1182" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bhopal_State_(1949%E2%80%9356)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhopal State (1949–56)">Bhopal State</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bhopal" title="Bhopal">Bhopal</a> </td> <td>1949–1956 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bilaspur_in_India_(1951).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Bilaspur_in_India_%281951%29.svg/200px-Bilaspur_in_India_%281951%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="241" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Bilaspur_in_India_%281951%29.svg/300px-Bilaspur_in_India_%281951%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Bilaspur_in_India_%281951%29.svg/400px-Bilaspur_in_India_%281951%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="1182" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bilaspur_State_(1950%E2%80%9354)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bilaspur State (1950–54)">Bilaspur State</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bilaspur,_Himachal_Pradesh" title="Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh">Bilaspur</a> </td> <td>1950–1954 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Himachal_Pradesh" title="Himachal Pradesh">Himachal Pradesh</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bombay_in_India_(1951).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Bombay_in_India_%281951%29.svg/200px-Bombay_in_India_%281951%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="241" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Bombay_in_India_%281951%29.svg/300px-Bombay_in_India_%281951%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Bombay_in_India_%281951%29.svg/400px-Bombay_in_India_%281951%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="1182" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bombay_State" title="Bombay State">Bombay State</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bombay" class="mw-redirect" title="Bombay">Bombay</a> </td> <td>1950–1960 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gujarat" title="Gujarat">Gujarat</a>, and partially <a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coorg_in_India_(1951).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Coorg_in_India_%281951%29.svg/200px-Coorg_in_India_%281951%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="241" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Coorg_in_India_%281951%29.svg/300px-Coorg_in_India_%281951%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Coorg_in_India_%281951%29.svg/400px-Coorg_in_India_%281951%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="1182" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Coorg_State" title="Coorg State">Coorg State</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Madikeri" title="Madikeri">Madikeri</a> </td> <td>1950–1956 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Punjab,_India_(1956-1966).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Punjab%2C_India_%281956-1966%29.png/200px-Punjab%2C_India_%281956-1966%29.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="241" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Punjab%2C_India_%281956-1966%29.png/300px-Punjab%2C_India_%281956-1966%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Punjab%2C_India_%281956-1966%29.png/400px-Punjab%2C_India_%281956-1966%29.png 2x" data-file-width="2720" data-file-height="3284" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Punjab" title="East Punjab">East Punjab</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shimla" title="Shimla">Shimla</a> <small>(1947–1953)</small><br /><a href="/wiki/Chandigarh" title="Chandigarh">Chandigarh</a> <small>(1953–1966)</small> </td> <td>1947–1966 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Punjab,_India" title="Punjab, India">Punjab</a>, <a href="/wiki/Haryana" title="Haryana">Haryana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Himachal_Pradesh" title="Himachal Pradesh">Himachal Pradesh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chandigarh" title="Chandigarh">Chandigarh</a> UT </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hyderabad_in_India_(1951).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Hyderabad_in_India_%281951%29.svg/200px-Hyderabad_in_India_%281951%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="241" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Hyderabad_in_India_%281951%29.svg/300px-Hyderabad_in_India_%281951%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Hyderabad_in_India_%281951%29.svg/400px-Hyderabad_in_India_%281951%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="1182" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hyderabad_State_(1948%E2%80%9356)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hyderabad State (1948–56)">Hyderabad State</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hyderabad" title="Hyderabad">Hyderabad</a> </td> <td>1948–1956 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Telangana" title="Telangana">Telangana</a>, and partially <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a> and <a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jammu_and_Kashmir_in_India_(de-facto)_(claims_hatched).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Jammu_and_Kashmir_in_India_%28de-facto%29_%28claims_hatched%29.svg/209px-Jammu_and_Kashmir_in_India_%28de-facto%29_%28claims_hatched%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="209" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Jammu_and_Kashmir_in_India_%28de-facto%29_%28claims_hatched%29.svg/314px-Jammu_and_Kashmir_in_India_%28de-facto%29_%28claims_hatched%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Jammu_and_Kashmir_in_India_%28de-facto%29_%28claims_hatched%29.svg/418px-Jammu_and_Kashmir_in_India_%28de-facto%29_%28claims_hatched%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1615" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_(state)" title="Jammu and Kashmir (state)">Jammu and Kashmir</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Srinagar" title="Srinagar">Srinagar</a> <small>(Summer)</small><br /><a href="/wiki/Jammu" title="Jammu">Jammu</a> <small>(Winter)</small> </td> <td>1952–2019 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_(union_territory)" title="Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)">Jammu and Kashmir</a> UT and <p><a href="/wiki/Ladakh" title="Ladakh">Ladakh</a> UT </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kutch_in_India_(1951).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Kutch_in_India_%281951%29.svg/200px-Kutch_in_India_%281951%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="241" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Kutch_in_India_%281951%29.svg/300px-Kutch_in_India_%281951%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Kutch_in_India_%281951%29.svg/400px-Kutch_in_India_%281951%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="1182" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kutch_State" title="Kutch State">Kutch State</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bhuj" title="Bhuj">Bhuj</a> </td> <td>1947–1956 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gujarat" title="Gujarat">Gujarat</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Madhya_Bharat_in_India_(1951).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Madhya_Bharat_in_India_%281951%29.svg/200px-Madhya_Bharat_in_India_%281951%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="241" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Madhya_Bharat_in_India_%281951%29.svg/300px-Madhya_Bharat_in_India_%281951%29.svg.png 1.5x, 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1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Madras_in_India_%281951%29.svg/400px-Madras_in_India_%281951%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="1182" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Madras_State" title="Madras State">Madras State</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Madras" class="mw-redirect" title="Madras">Madras</a> </td> <td>1950–1969 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh" title="Andhra Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a>, and partially <a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mysore_in_India_(1951).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Mysore_in_India_%281951%29.svg/200px-Mysore_in_India_%281951%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="241" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Mysore_in_India_%281951%29.svg/300px-Mysore_in_India_%281951%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Mysore_in_India_%281951%29.svg/400px-Mysore_in_India_%281951%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="1182" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mysore_State" title="Mysore State">Mysore State</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bangalore" title="Bangalore">Bangalore</a> </td> <td>1947–1973 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:PEPSU_in_India_(1951).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/PEPSU_in_India_%281951%29.svg/200px-PEPSU_in_India_%281951%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="241" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/PEPSU_in_India_%281951%29.svg/300px-PEPSU_in_India_%281951%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/PEPSU_in_India_%281951%29.svg/400px-PEPSU_in_India_%281951%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="1182" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Patiala_and_East_Punjab_States_Union" title="Patiala and East Punjab States Union">Patiala and East Punjab States Union</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Patiala" title="Patiala">Patiala</a> </td> <td>1948–1956 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Punjab,_India" title="Punjab, India">Punjab</a> and <a href="/wiki/Haryana" title="Haryana">Haryana</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Saurashtra_in_India_(1951).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Saurashtra_in_India_%281951%29.svg/200px-Saurashtra_in_India_%281951%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="241" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Saurashtra_in_India_%281951%29.svg/300px-Saurashtra_in_India_%281951%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Saurashtra_in_India_%281951%29.svg/400px-Saurashtra_in_India_%281951%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="1182" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Saurashtra_(state)" title="Saurashtra (state)">Saurashtra</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rajkot" title="Rajkot">Rajkot</a> </td> <td>1948–1956 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gujarat" title="Gujarat">Gujarat</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Travancore-Cochin_in_India_(1951).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Travancore-Cochin_in_India_%281951%29.svg/200px-Travancore-Cochin_in_India_%281951%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="241" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Travancore-Cochin_in_India_%281951%29.svg/300px-Travancore-Cochin_in_India_%281951%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Travancore-Cochin_in_India_%281951%29.svg/400px-Travancore-Cochin_in_India_%281951%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="1182" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Travancore%E2%80%93Cochin" title="Travancore–Cochin">Travancore–Cochin</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Trivandrum" class="mw-redirect" title="Trivandrum">Trivandrum</a> </td> <td>1949–1956 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a> and partially <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vindhya_Pradesh_in_India_(1951).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Vindhya_Pradesh_in_India_%281951%29.svg/200px-Vindhya_Pradesh_in_India_%281951%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="241" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Vindhya_Pradesh_in_India_%281951%29.svg/300px-Vindhya_Pradesh_in_India_%281951%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Vindhya_Pradesh_in_India_%281951%29.svg/400px-Vindhya_Pradesh_in_India_%281951%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="1182" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vindhya_Pradesh" title="Vindhya Pradesh">Vindhya Pradesh</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rewa,_Madhya_Pradesh" title="Rewa, Madhya Pradesh">Rewa</a> </td> <td>1948–1956 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Former_union_territories">Former union territories</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=States_and_union_territories_of_India&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Former union territories"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="excerpt-block"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1066933788"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable dablink excerpt-hat selfref">This section is an excerpt from <a href="/wiki/Union_territory#Former_union_territories" title="Union territory">Union territory § Former union territories</a>.<span class="mw-editsection-like plainlinks"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Union_territory&action=edit">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><div class="excerpt"> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 90%;"> <caption>Former union territories of India<sup id="cite_ref-Union_territory_State_58-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Union_territory_State-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Union_territory_Consti_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Union_territory_Consti-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Name </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Zonal_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Zonal Council">Zone</a> </th> <th>Capital </th> <th>Area </th> <th>Begin </th> <th>End </th> <th>Successor(s) </th> <th>Map </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Arunachal_Pradesh" title="Arunachal Pradesh">Arunachal Pradesh</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North-Eastern_Zonal_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="North-Eastern Zonal Council">North-Eastern</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Itanagar" title="Itanagar">Itanagar</a> </td> <td>83,743 km<sup>2</sup> (32,333 sq mi) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001972-01-21-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">21 January 1972</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001987-02-20-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">20 February 1987</span> </td> <td>As an Indian state </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IN-AR.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/IN-AR.svg/50px-IN-AR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="57" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/IN-AR.svg/75px-IN-AR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/IN-AR.svg/100px-IN-AR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="583" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dadra_and_Nagar_Haveli" class="mw-redirect" title="Dadra and Nagar Haveli">Dadra and Nagar Haveli</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Zonal_Council" title="Western Zonal Council">Western</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Silvassa" title="Silvassa">Silvassa</a> </td> <td>491 km<sup>2</sup> (190 sq mi) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001961-08-11-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">11 August 1961</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002020-01-26-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">26 January 2020</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dadra_and_Nagar_Haveli_and_Daman_and_Diu" title="Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu">Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu</a> (UT) </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IN-DN.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/IN-DN.svg/50px-IN-DN.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="57" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/IN-DN.svg/75px-IN-DN.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/IN-DN.svg/100px-IN-DN.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="583" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Daman_and_Diu" title="Daman and Diu">Daman and Diu</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Zonal_Council" title="Western Zonal Council">Western</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Daman,_India" title="Daman, India">Daman</a> </td> <td>112 km<sup>2</sup> (43 sq mi) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001987-05-30-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">30 May 1987</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002020-01-26-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">26 January 2020</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dadra_and_Nagar_Haveli_and_Daman_and_Diu" title="Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu">Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu</a> (UT) </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IN-DD.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/IN-DD.svg/50px-IN-DD.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="57" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/IN-DD.svg/75px-IN-DD.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/IN-DD.svg/100px-IN-DD.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="583" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Goa,_Daman_and_Diu" title="Goa, Daman and Diu">Goa, Daman and Diu</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Zonal_Council" title="Western Zonal Council">Western</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Panaji" title="Panaji">Panaji</a> </td> <td>3,814 km<sup>2</sup> (1,473 sq mi) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001961-12-19-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">19 December 1961</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001987-05-30-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">30 May 1987</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Goa" title="Goa">Goa</a> (state), <a href="/wiki/Dadra_and_Nagar_Haveli_and_Daman_and_Diu" title="Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu">Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu</a> (UT) </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IN-GDD.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/IN-GDD.svg/50px-IN-GDD.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="57" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/IN-GDD.svg/75px-IN-GDD.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/IN-GDD.svg/100px-IN-GDD.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="583" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Himachal_Pradesh" title="Himachal Pradesh">Himachal Pradesh</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northern_Zonal_Council" title="Northern Zonal Council">Northern</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shimla" title="Shimla">Shimla</a> </td> <td>55,673 km<sup>2</sup> (21,495 sq mi) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001956-11-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">1 November 1956</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001971-01-25-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">25 January 1971</span> </td> <td>As an Indian state </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IN-HP.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/IN-HP.svg/50px-IN-HP.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="57" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/IN-HP.svg/75px-IN-HP.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/IN-HP.svg/100px-IN-HP.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="583" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Manipur" title="Manipur">Manipur</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North-Eastern_Zonal_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="North-Eastern Zonal Council">North-Eastern</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Imphal" title="Imphal">Imphal</a> </td> <td>22,327 km<sup>2</sup> (8,621 sq mi) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001956-11-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">1 November 1956</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001972-01-21-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">21 January 1972</span> </td> <td>As an Indian state </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IN-MN.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/IN-MN.svg/50px-IN-MN.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="57" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/IN-MN.svg/75px-IN-MN.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/IN-MN.svg/100px-IN-MN.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="583" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Union_Territory_of_Mizoram" title="Union Territory of Mizoram">Mizoram</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North-Eastern_Zonal_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="North-Eastern Zonal Council">North-Eastern</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aizawl" title="Aizawl">Aizawl</a> </td> <td>21,081 km<sup>2</sup> (8,139 sq mi) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001972-01-21-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">21 January 1972</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001987-02-20-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">20 February 1987</span> </td> <td>As an Indian state </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IN-MZ.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/IN-MZ.svg/50px-IN-MZ.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="57" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/IN-MZ.svg/75px-IN-MZ.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/IN-MZ.svg/100px-IN-MZ.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="583" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nagaland" title="Nagaland">Nagaland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North-Eastern_Zonal_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="North-Eastern Zonal Council">North-Eastern</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kohima" title="Kohima">Kohima</a> </td> <td>16,579 km<sup>2</sup> (6,401 sq mi) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001957-11-29-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">29 November 1957</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001963-12-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">1 December 1963</span> </td> <td>As an Indian state </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IN-NL.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/IN-NL.svg/50px-IN-NL.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="57" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/IN-NL.svg/75px-IN-NL.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/IN-NL.svg/100px-IN-NL.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="583" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tripura" title="Tripura">Tripura</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North-Eastern_Zonal_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="North-Eastern Zonal Council">North-Eastern</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Agartala" title="Agartala">Agartala</a> </td> <td>10,491 km<sup>2</sup> (4,051 sq mi) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001956-11-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">1 November 1956</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001972-01-21-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">21 January 1972</span> </td> <td>As an Indian state </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IN-TR.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/IN-TR.svg/50px-IN-TR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="57" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/IN-TR.svg/75px-IN-TR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/IN-TR.svg/100px-IN-TR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="583" /></a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Responsibilities_and_authorities">Responsibilities and authorities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=States_and_union_territories_of_India&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Responsibilities and authorities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Federalism_in_India" title="Federalism in India">Federalism in India</a>, <a href="/wiki/Union_List" title="Union List">Union List</a>, <a href="/wiki/State_List" title="State List">State List</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Concurrent_List" title="Concurrent List">Concurrent List</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_India" title="Constitution of India">Constitution of India</a> distributes the sovereign executive and legislative powers exercisable with respect to the territory of any state between the Union and that state.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=States_and_union_territories_of_India&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_India" title="Administrative divisions of India">Administrative divisions of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Autonomous_administrative_divisions_of_India" title="Autonomous administrative divisions of India">Autonomous administrative divisions of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_adjectives_and_demonyms_for_states_and_territories_of_India" title="List of adjectives and demonyms for states and territories of India">List of adjectives and demonyms for states and territories of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_state_and_union_territory_name_etymologies" title="List of Indian state and union territory name etymologies">List of Indian state and union territory name etymologies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_princely_states_of_British_India_(alphabetical)" title="List of princely states of British India (alphabetical)">List of princely states of British India (alphabetical)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_states_and_union_territories_of_India_by_area" title="List of states and union territories of India by area">List of states and union territories of India by area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_states_and_union_territories_of_India_by_population" title="List of states and union territories of India by population">List of states and union territories of India by population</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_states_in_India_by_past_population" title="List of states in India by past population">List of states in India by past population</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_states_by_wildlife_population" title="List of Indian states by wildlife population">List of states of India by wildlife population</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Proposed_states_and_union_territories_of_India" title="Proposed states and union territories of India">Proposed states and union territories of India</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=States_and_union_territories_of_India&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=States_and_union_territories_of_India&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> 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