Changes to states and union territories: Summary

On November 1, 1956, India was divided into the following states and union territories:

States

  • · Andhra Pradesh: Andhra was renamed Andhra Pradesh, and enlarged by the addition of the Telangana region of erstwhile Hyderabad State.
  • · Assam
  • · Bihar
  • · Bombay State: The state was enlarged by the addition of Saurashtra and Kutch, the Marathi-speaking districts of Nagpur Division of Madhya Pradesh, and the Marathwada region of Hyderabad. The southernmost districts of Bombay were transferred to Mysore State. (In 1960, the state was split into the modern states of Maharashtra and Gujarat.)
  • · Jammu and Kashmir
  • · Kerala: formed by the merger of Travancore-Cochin state with the Malabar District of Madras State.
  • · Madhya Pradesh: Madhya Bharat, Vindhya Pradesh, and Bhopal were merged into Madhya Pradesh, and the Marathi-speaking districts of Nagpur Division were transferred to Bombay State.
  • · Madras State: the state was reduced to its present boundaries by the transfer of Malabar District to the new state of Kerala. (The state was renamed Tamil Nadu in 1969.)
  • · Mysore State: Enlarged by the addition of Coorg state and the Kannada speaking districts from southern Bombay state and western Hyderabad state. (The state was renamed Karnataka in 1973.)
  • · Orissa
  • · Punjab: the Patiala and East Punjab States Union (PEPSU) was merged into Punjab.
  • · Rajasthan: Rajputana was renamed Rajasthan, and enlarged by the addition of Ajmer-Merwara state.
  • · Uttar Pradesh
  • · West Bengal

Union territories

  • · Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  • · Delhi
  • · Himachal Pradesh
  • · Lakshadweep
  • · Pondicherry
  • · Tripura
  • · Manipur

Administrative divisions of India, including 28 states and 7 union territories.JPEG Image

States:

  1. 1. Andhra Pradesh
  1. 2. Arunachal Pradesh
  1. 3. Assam
  1. 4. Bihar
  1. 5. Chhattisgarh
  1. 6. Goa
  1. 7. Gujarat
  1. 8. Haryana
  1. 9. Himachal Pradesh
  1. 10.Jammu and Kashmir
  1. 11.Jharkhand
  1. 12.Karnataka
  1. 13.Kerala
  1. 14.Madhya Pradesh
  1. 15.Maharashtra
  1. 16.Manipur
  1. 17.Meghalaya
  1. 18.Mizoram
  1. 19.Nagaland
  1. 20.Orissa
  1. 21.Punjab
  1. 22.Rajasthan
  1. 23.Sikkim
  1. 24.Tamil Nadu
  1. 25.Tripura
  1. 26.Uttar Pradesh
  1. 27.Uttarakhand
  1. 28.West Bengal

Union Territories:

  1. A. Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  1. B. Chandigarh
  1. C. Dadra and Nagar Haveli
  1. D. Daman and Diu
  1. E. Lakshadweep
  1. F. National Capital Territory of Delhi
  1. G. Puducherry
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