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Indian States with Date of Formation and Capital:

Capital Date of
State Additional Facts
Formation

1953 – State of Andhra separated from the State of

Madras by Andhra State Act, 1953.
Andhra
Amaravati 1 November 1953
Pradesh 1956 – Merged with State of Hyderabad to form the
State of Andhra Pradesh by States Reorganisation Act,
1956
1972 – Created as a union territory from Assam
by North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971.
Arunachal
Itanagar 20 February 1987
Pradesh
1987 – Converted to a state by State of Arunachal
Pradesh Act, 1986.
1228- Establishment of Ahom kingdom.

1874 – Divided from Bengal Presidency to form North-

East Frontier Province.
Assam 1950
Dispur 1905 – Merged into Eastern Bengal and Assam.

1912 – Re-established as Province of Assam

1950 – Achieved statehood as State of Assam.

1912 – Founded as Province of Bihar and Orissa.

1936 – Divided to form Province of

Bihar 1950
Patna Bihar by Government of India Act 1935.

1950 – Achieved statehood as State of Bihar.

2000 – Divided from Madhya Pradesh by Madhya
Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000.
Chhattisgarh 1 November 2000
Raipur
State Day- Chhattisgarh Rajyotsava.

1961 – Annexed to India after Portuguese-Indian

War as a part of Union Territory of Goa, Daman and
Goa 30 May 1987 Diu
Panaji
1987 – Made a State by State of Goa Act, 1986.
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Capital Date of
State Additional Facts
Formation

Gandhinagar 1924 – Organised as States of Western India Agency.

1944 – Reorganised as Baroda, Western India and

Gujarat States Agency.

1948 – Organized as State of Saurashtra and United

Gujarat 1 May 1960 State of Kathiawar.

1956 – Merged with State of Bombay per States

Reorganisation Act, 1956.

1960 – State of Bombay bifurcated to form State of

Gujarat.
1966 – Carved out from the State of Punjab by Punjab
Haryana 1 November 1966
Chandigarh Reorganisation Act, 1966.
1948 – Organized as Chief Commissioner's Province of
Himachal Pradesh
Himachal
Shimla 25 January 1971
Pradesh
1971 – Achieved statehood by State of Himachal
Pradesh Act, 1970
2000 – Divided from Bihar, by Bihar Reorganisation
Jharkhand 15 November 2000
Ranchi Act, 2000.
Originally the Kingdom of Mysore in the Indian
Empire.

1948 – Admitted as State of Mysore in the Indian

Union.

Karnataka Bengaluru 1 November 1956 1956 – Southern Kannada-speaking parts of Bombay

State added to Mysore State per States
Reorganisation Act, 1956.

1973 – Renamed as State of Karnataka.

State Dat- Karnataka Rajyotsava.

1956 – Organized as Travancore-Cochin State from

Kerala 1 November 1956 former Kingdom of Cochin and Kingdom of
Thiruvananth
Travancore in the Indian Empire.
apuram
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Capital Date of
State Additional Facts
Formation

1956 – Merged with parts of Madras State to form

State of Kerala by States Reorganisation Act, 1956.

State day- Kerala Piravi.

Madhya
1 November 1950 State Day- Madhya Pradesh Foundation Day.
Pradesh Bhopal
1960 – Bifurcation of State of Bombay to form State of
Maharashtra 1 May 1960
Mumbai Maharashtra by Bombay Reorganisation Act, 1960.
1972 – Achieved statehood by State of Manipur Act,
1971.
Manipur 21 January 1972
Imphal
State Day- Manipur Statehood Day.
1970 – Established as an autonomous state in Assam
by, Assam Reorganisation (Meghalaya) Act, 1969.

Meghalaya Shillong 21 January 1972 1972 – Achieved statehood by North-Eastern Areas

(Reorganisation) Act, 1971.

State Day- Meghalaya Statehood Day

1971 – Founded as a union territory by North-Eastern
Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971.

Mizoram Aizawl 20 February 1987 1987 – Established as Mizoram state by State of

Mizoram Act, 1986.

State Day- Mizoram Statehood Day.

1963 – Founded by State of Nagaland Act, 1962.
Nagaland Kohima 1 December 1963
State Day- Nagaland Statehood Day.
1912 – Founded as Province of Bihar and Orissa

1936 – Divided to form Province of Orissa by

Odisha Bhubaneswar 1950 Government of India Act 1935

2011 – Renamed as Odisha by Orissa (Alteration of

Name) Act, 2011
1947 – Founded as East Punjab Province from
Punjab 1947
Chandigarh Undivided Punjab Province.
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Capital Date of
State Additional Facts
Formation

1950 – Renamed as Punjab State.

1966 – Reorganised by Punjab Reorganisation Act,

1966.
1949 – Founded as United State of Rajasthan from
erstwhile Matsya and Rajasthan.

Rajasthan Jaipur 30 March 1949 1950 – Renamed as Rajasthan.

1956 – Reorganized by States Reorganisation Act,

1956.
Originally the Kingdom of Sikkim in the Indian Empire.
Sikkim 16 May 1975
Gangtok 1975 – Accession and establishment by the 35th
amendment to the Constitution of India.
1950 – Province of Madras renamed as State of
Madras.

1952 – Divided by Andhra State Act, 1953.

Chennai
Tamil Nadu 1 November 1956
1956 – Reorganized by States Reorganisation Act,
1956.

1969 – Renamed as Tamil Nadu by Madras State

(Alteration of name) Act, 1968.
2014 – Divided from Andhra Pradesh by Andhra
Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014.
Telangana 2 June 2014
Hyderabad
State Day- Telangana Formation Day.
1949 – Tripura acceded to the Indian Union by Tripura
Merger Agreement.

1950 – Became a part C state by Constitution of India.

Tripura 21 January 1972
Agartala 1956 – Organized as a union territory by States
Reorganisation Act, 1956.

1972 – Achieved statehood by North-Eastern Areas

(Reorganisation) Act, 1971.
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Capital Date of
State Additional Facts
Formation

State Day- Tripura Statehood Day.

1902 – Founded as United Provinces of Agra and
Oudh from North-Western Provinces.

Lucknow 1936 – Renamed as United Province by Government

Uttar Pradesh 1950
of India Act 1935.

1950 – Reorganized as state of Uttar Pradesh with

addition of parts of Delhi Territory.
Dehradun
(Winter) 2000 – Divided from Uttar Pradesh by Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand 9 November 2000
Gairsain Reorganisation Act, 2000.
(Summer)
1947 – Province of Bengal divided to form Province of
West Bengal.
West Bengal 1950
Kolkata
1950 – Gained statehood as State of West Bengal.

Union Territories:

Union Capital
Date Additional Facts
Territory

1950 – A Part D state.

Andaman and 1 November
Nicobar Islands 1956 1956 – Established as union territory by
Port Blair
the States Reorganisation Act, 1956

1953 – Established as capital of East Punjab.

1 November
Chandigarh
Chandigarh 1966 1966 – Reorganized as union territory Punjab
Reorganisation Act, 1966.
Dadra and Nagar 1961 – Annexed to India after Indo-Portuguese
Haveli and Daman 26 January 2020 War as a part of Union Territory of Goa, Daman
and Diu Daman and Diu.
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Union Capital
Date Additional Facts
Territory

1987 – Reorganized as union territories

of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and
Diu by State of Goa Act, 1986.

2020 – Reorganized by merging by Dadra and

Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (Merger of
Union Territories) Act, 2019.
1911 – Established as the Chief Commissioner's
Province of Delhi and Capital of India.

New Delhi 1956 – Reorganized as union territory by States

1 November
Delhi Reorganisation Act, 1956.
1956
By 69th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1991,
Delhi was given the status of National Capital
Territory of India.
Jammu and Srinagar (Summer) 1947 – Accession to India and formation
Kashmir Jammu (Winter) of Jammu and Kashmir.
31 October 2019
2019 – Reorganized as union territories
Ladakh Leh
by Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act,
2019.
1 November 1956 – Split from Madras state to create union
Lakshadweep
Kavaratti 1956 territory by States Reorganisation Act, 1956.
1954 – De facto cession of French
1 November establishments of India.
Pondicherry 1954
Puducherry
1962 – De jure transfer to India.

1963 – Organized as union territory.