List of Indian state

foundation days

India is a country in Southern Asia. It is a

federation made up of 28 states and 8
union territories. The foundation day is
celebrated to mark the formation of a
state/union territory. Some of these states
and union territories observe their
foundation day as the official state
holiday.
State functions, parades, cultural events
and also state award ceremonies are held
in various states and union territories on
their respective foundation day. A state's
foundation day usually, but not always,
falls on their statehood day.
States
Foundation Before
State Date Year Note
day foundation

Part of Andhra Founded by t he St at es

Andhra Andhra 1
1956 St at e and Reorganisat ion Act ,
Pradesh Pradesh Day[1] November
Hyderabad St at e 1956.

Creat ed as a Union
Territ ory by t he Nort h-
East ern Areas
Arunachal 20 Arunachal Pradesh (Reorganisat ion) Act ,
Arunachal 1987
Pradesh Day[2] February Union Territ ory 1971. Convert ed t o a
Pradesh
st at e by t he St at e of
Arunachal Pradesh Act ,
1986

Founded as Ahom
Kingdom, reorganised as
Nort h-East Front ier
Province in 1874,
2 Part of Kamarupa
Assam Assam Day[3] 1928 East ern Bengal and
December Kingdom
Assam in 1905, Assam
Province in 1912,
achieved st at ehood in
1950.

Founded as Bihar and

Orissa Province,
Part of Bengal reorganised as Bihar
Bihar Bihar Day[4] 22 March 1912
Province Province in 1936,
achieved st at ehood in
1950.

Chhat t isgarh 1 2000 Part of Madhya Founded by t he Madhya

Chhat t isgarh Day[5] November Pradesh Pradesh Reorganisat ion
 Foundation Before
State Date Year Note
day foundation

Act , 2000.

Part of Goa, Founded by t he St at e

Goa Goa Day[6] 30 May 1987
Daman and Diu of Goa Act , 1986.

Founded by t he Bombay
Part of Bombay
Gujarat Gujarat Day[7] 1 May 1960 Reorganisat ion Act ,
St at e
1960.

Founded by t he Punjab
1 Part of East
Haryana Haryana Day[8] 1966 Reorganisat ion Act ,
November Punjab
1966.

Founded by t he
Himachal Pradesh
(Administ rat ion) Order,
1948 as Himachal
Part of t he
Pradesh Province,
Himachal Himachal princely st at es of
15 April 1948 reorganised as Himachal
Pradesh Pradesh Day[9] former Punjab
Pradesh (Part C St at e)
St at es Agency
in 1950, Himachal
Pradesh Union Territ ory
in 1956, achieved
st at ehood in 1971.

Founded by t he Bihar
Jharkhand 15
2000 Part of Bihar Reorganisat ion Act ,
Jharkhand Day[10] November
2000.

1 Part of Bombay Founded by t he St at es

November St at e, Coorg Reorganisat ion Act ,
Karnat aka
St at e, Hyderabad 1956 as Mysore St at e,
Karnat aka Rajyot sava[11]
St at e and Mysore renamed Karnat aka in
1956
St at e 1973.

Part of Madras Founded by t he St at es

Kerala
Kerala St at e and Reorganisat ion Act ,
Piravi[12]
Travancore-Cochin 1956.
 Foundation Before
State Date Year Note
day foundation

Part of t he
Cent ral Provinces
and Berar, Princely
Madhya
Madhya St at e of Makrai Achieved st at ehood in
Pradesh 1956
Pradesh and t he princely 1950.
Day[13]
st at es of former
East ern St at es
Agency.

Founded by t he Bombay
Maharasht ra Part of Bombay
1 May 1960 Reorganizat ion Act ,
Maharasht ra Day[14] St at e
1960.

Founded by t he Nort h-
Manipur Manipur Union East ern Areas
Manipur
Day[15] Territ ory (Reorganisat ion) Act ,
1971.
21 January 1972
Founded by t he Nort h-
Meghalaya East ern Areas
[16]
Part of Assam
Meghalaya Day (Reorganisat ion) Act ,
1971.

Creat ed as a Union
Territ ory by t he Nort h-
East ern Areas
20 Mizoram Union
Mizoram Mizoram Day 1987 (Reorganisat ion) Act ,
February[17] Territ ory
1971. Convert ed t o a
st at e by t he St at e of
Mizoram Act , 1986.[18]

Nagaland 1 Nagaland Union Founded by t he St at e

Nagaland 1963
Day[19] December Territ ory of Nagaland Act , 1962.

Odisha Odisha Day[20] 1 April 1936 Part of Bihar and Founded as Orissa
Orissa Province Province in 1936,
achieved st at ehood in
 Foundation Before
State Date Year Note
day foundation

1950, renamed Odisha

on 1 November 2011.

Founded by t he Punjab
[21]
1 Part of East
Punjab Punjab Day 1966 Reorganisat ion Act ,
November Punjab
1966.

Part of t he
Rajast han princely st at es of Achieved St at ehood in
30 March 1949
Rajast han Day[22] former Rajput ana 1950.
Agency

Founded by t he Thirt y-
sixt h Amendment of t he
Sikkim Sikkim Day[23] 16 May 1975 Kingdom of Sikkim
Const it ut ion of India in
1975.

Founded by t he St at es
Part of Madras Reorganisat ion Act ,
Tamil Tamil Nadu 1
1956 St at e and 1956 as Madras St at e,
Nadu Day[24] November
Travancore-Cochin renamed Tamil Nadu in
1969.

Founded by t he Andhra
Telangana Part of Andhra
Telangana 2 June 2014 Pradesh Reorganisat ion
Day[25] Pradesh
Act , 2014.

Founded by t he Nort h-
Tripura Union East ern Areas
Tripura Tripura Day[26] 21 January 1972
Territ ory (Reorganisat ion) Act ,
1971.

Ut t ar Ut t ar Pradesh Achieved st at ehood in

24 January 1950 Unit ed Provinces
Pradesh Day[27] 1950.

Ut t arakhand Ut t arakhand 9 2000 Part of Ut t ar Founded by t he Ut t ar

Day[28] November Pradesh Pradesh Reorganisat ion
Act , 2000 as
 Foundation Before
State Date Year Note
day foundation

Ut t aranchal, renamed
Ut t arakhand in 2007.

West West Bengal Part of Bengal Achieved st at ehood in

[29]
20 June 1947
Bengal Day Province 1950.
Union territories
Union Foundation Before
Date Year Note
territory day foundation

Andaman Andaman and Founded by t he St at es

Andaman and
and Nicobar 1956 Nicobar Islands Reorganisat ion Act ,
Nicobar Day[30]
Islands 1 (Part D St at e) 1956.
November Founded by t he Punjab
Chandigarh Part of East
Chandigarh 1966 Reorganisat ion Act ,
Day[31] Punjab
1966.

Founded by t he Dadra
Dadra and Dadra and Nagar Dadra and
and Nagar Haveli and
Nagar Haveli Haveli and 26 Nagar Haveli
2020 Daman and Diu (Merger
and Daman and Daman and Diu January and Daman and
of Union Territ ories)
Diu Day[32] Diu
Act , 2019.

Founded by t he St at es
[33]
1 Delhi (Part C
Delhi Delhi Day 1956 Reorganisat ion Act ,
November St at e)
1956.

Jammu and Jammu and Founded by t he Jammu

Part of Jammu
Kashmir Kashmir Day[34] 31 and Kashmir
2019 and Kashmir
Oct ober Reorganisat ion Act ,
[34] St at e
Ladakh Ladakh Day 2019.

Founded by t he St at es
Lakshadweep Part of Madras
Lakshadweep 1956 Reorganisat ion Act ,
Day[35] St at e
1956.

Puducherry 1 Pondichéry, De fact o cession of

November French India French est ablishment s
Jour de la
1954 of India. Got organized
libérat ion[36]
as St at e of Pondicherry
in 1955.
 Union Foundation Before
Date Year Note
territory day foundation

Legally merged int o

India aft er t he 1956
Cession t reat y was
De jure t ransfer rat ified in French
16 August 1962
day parliament . Achieved
union t errit ory st at us in
1963; renamed
Puducherry in 2007.

Autonomous administrative
divisions
Autonomous area Foundation day Date Year State/Union territory

Bodoland Territ orial Region Bodoland Day[37] 9 February 2003 Assam

See also
Independence Day of India
Republic Day of India
List of Indian state symbols
List of Indian state flags
 List of Indian state emblems
List of Indian state mottos
List of Indian state songs
List of Indian state animals
List of Indian state birds
List of Indian state flowers
List of Indian state trees

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