INDIA- UNION OF STATES

India derived its name from the Indus River and the Aryan worshippers referred to the Indus River as
Sindhu. The invaders of Persia converted it into Hindu. Therefore, the name ‘Hindustan’ combines with
Sindhu and Hindu.
The Indian Constitution in Article 1 describes the country as ‘Union of States’ although its Constitution
is federal in nature, i.e., there are different levels of government at Central, State, District and Village
levels.
When British rule collapsed in India, it led to the formation of two countries, namely, India and
Pakistan. Pre-independence India consisted of many state units, provinces and more than 550 scattered
princely states(the states that were ruled by the king and the queen are called princely states). Nearly 114
of these had already joined India before August 15, 1947. The rest had the choice of joining either India
or Pakistan, with most deciding to join with India.
From then to now, as India completes 76 years of independence and has 28 States and 8 Union
Territories, the internal boundaries of the country have undergone several changes with States being
reorganized in multiple phases, with different factors behind the redrawing of the map.
Map given below show us when the new states were added to our country India by redrawing the
internal boundaries:
 DIVISION OF STATES AND UNION TERRITORIES IN INDIA

The basic difference between a State and a Union Territory is that union territories are directly ruled by
the union government, while states have a separate government for administrative purposes.

Presently, India is divided into 28 states and 8 union territories, each with its own capital city. The states
and union territories are further divided into districts and subdivisions. The capital city of India is New
Delhi, which is located in the National Capital Territory of Delhi. It is the administrative, political, and
cultural center of the country.

Here is the complete list of 28 States and Capitals of India

S.NO State Capital CM Governor

1 Andhra Amaravati YS Jagan Mohan Biswa Bhusan

Pradesh Reddy Harichandan

2 Arunachal Itanagar Pema Khandu B. D. Mishra

Pradesh

3 Assam Dispur Himanta Biswa Jagdish Mukhi

Sarma

4 Bihar Patna Nitish Kumar Phagu Chauhan

5 Chhattisgarh Raipur Bhupesh Baghel Sushri Anusuiya

Uikey

6 Goa Panaji Pramod Sawant P.S. Sreedharan

Pillai

7 Gujarat Gandhinagar Bhupendra Patel Acharya Dev Vrat

8 Haryana Chandigarh Manohar Lal Bandaru Dattatraya

9 Himachal Shimla Sukhvinder Singh Rajendra

Pradesh Sukhu Vishwanath
Arlekar

10 Jharkhand Ranchi Hemant Soren Ramesh Bais

11 Karnataka Bengaluru Siddaramaiah Thaawarchand

Gehlot
12 Kerala Thiruvananthapuram Pinarayi Vijayan Arif Mohammed
Khan

13 Madhya Bhopal Shivraj Singh Mangubhai

Pradesh Chouhan Chhaganbhai Patel

14 Maharashtra Mumbai Eknath Shinde Ramesh Bais

15 Manipur Imphal N. Biren Singh La. Ganesan

16 Meghalaya Shillong Conrad Kongkal Brig. (Dr.) B. D.

Sangma Mishra

17 Mizoram Aizawl Pu Zoramthanga Kambhampati

Haribabu

18 Nagaland Kohima Neiphiu Rio Jagdish Mukhi

19 Odisha Bhubaneswar Naveen Patnaik Ganeshi Lal

20 Punjab Chandigarh Bhagwant Singh Banwarilal Purohit

Mann

21 Rajasthan Jaipur Ashok Gehlot Kalraj Mishra

22 Sikkim Gangtok PS Golay Ganga Prasad

23 Tamil Nadu Chennai M. K. Stalin R. N. Ravi

24 Telangana Hyderabad K Chandrasekhar Tamilisai

Rao Soundararajan

25 Tripura Agartala Dr. Manik Saha Satyadeo Narain

Arya

26 Uttar Pradesh Lucknow Yogi Aditya Nath Anandiben Patel

27 Uttarakhand Dehradun Pushkar Singh Lt. Gen. Gurmit

Dhami Singh

28 West Bengal Kolkata Mamata Banerjee Dr. C.V. Ananda

Bose
 Complete list of 8 Union Territories

S.N Union Territories Capital CM Lt. Governor

O

1 Andaman and Nicobar Port Blair NA D K Joshi

Island

2 Chandigarh Chandigarh NA Banwarilal Purohit

3 Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman NA Praful Patel

Daman and Diu

4 Delhi Delhi Arvind Vinai Kumar Saxena

Kejriwal

5 Ladakh NA NA Radha Krishna Mathur

6 Lakshadweep Kavaratti NA Praful Patel

7 Jammu and Kashmir NA NA Manoj Sinha

8 Puducherry Pondicherry N. Dr. Tamilisai

Rangaswamy Soundararajan