INDIA'S CAPITAL OF STATES & UNION TERRITORY: INDIA'S CAPITAL & STATES

Abhishek Ranavat

Indian States and Capitals

India has a total of 28 states and 8 union territories. 

States Capital Founded on
Andhra Pradesh Amaravati 1 November 1956
Arunachal Pradesh Itanagar 20 February 1987
Assam Dispur 26 January 1950
Bihar Patna 22 March 1912
Chhattisgarh Raipur 1 November 2000
Goa Panaji 30 May 1987
Gujarat Gandhinagar 1 May 1960
Haryana Chandigarh 1 November 1966
Himachal Pradesh Shimla 25 January 1971
Jharkhand Ranchi 15 November 2000
Karnataka Bengaluru 1 November 1956
Kerala Thiruvananthapuram 1 November 1956
Madhya Pradesh Bhopal 1 November 1956
Maharashtra Mumbai 1 May 1960
Manipur Imphal 21 January 1972
Meghalaya Shillong 21 January 1972
Mizoram Aizawl 20 February 1987
Nagaland Kohima 1 December 1963
Odisha Bhubaneswar 26 January 1950
Punjab Chandigarh 1 November 1966
Rajasthan Jaipur 1 November 1956
Sikkim Gangtok 16 May 1975
Tamil Nadu Chennai 26 January 1950
Telangana Hyderabad 2 January 2014
Tripura Agartala 21 January 1972
Uttar Pradesh Lucknow 26 January 1950
Uttarakhand Dehradun 9 November 2000
West Bengal Kolkata 1 November 1956


list of india's capital of states

Union Territory of India 

Union Territory Capital
Andaman and Nicobar Islands Port Blair
Chandigarh Chandigarh
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
(Merger of Union Territories) Act 2019” on 26th January 2020.
Daman
Lakshadweep Kavaratti
Delhi New Delhi
Puducherry Pondicherry
Jammu and Kashmir Summer – Srinagar

Winter – Jammu

 (bifurcated on October 31, 2019)
Ladakh Leh (bifurcated on October 31, 2019)


  • India is the second-most populous country in the world, with 28 states and 8 Union territories.
  • The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 is an act of the parliament of India containing provisions to reconstitute the Indian-administered state of Jammu and Kashmir into two Indian-administered union territories (UTs) called Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh, and becoming effective on 31 October 2019. 
  • The U.T Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli have become a single union territory.
  • And the seventh-largest country by land area.
  • the most populous democracy in the world.