Indian States and Capitals
India has a total of 28 states and 8 union territories.
States | Capital | Founded on |
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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 |
Union Territory of India
Union Territory | Capital |
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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.