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6.3 Union Territories
1 Arndaman and Nicobar
States
1 Andhra Prodesh
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2. Chandigarh
2 A n i a c h a l Pradesh
3. Dadra and Nagar
Haveli and Daman
3 Assam
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9. Himachal Pradesh
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12. Kerala
13. Madhya Pradesh
14. Maharashtra
15. Manipur
16. Meghalaya
17. Mizoram
18. Nagaland
19. Odisha
20. Punjab
21. Rajasthan
22. Sikkim
23. Tamil Nadu
24. Telangana
25. Tripura
26. Uttarakhand
27. Uttar Pradesh
28. West Bengal
Table 6.4 Laws Made by Parliament Under Article 3of the Constitution
SI. No. Acts Provisions
Assam (Alteration of Boundaries) Act. Altered the boundaries of the State of Assam by cediig
1951 strip of territory comprised in that State to Bhutar
Andhra State Act, 1953 Formed the first fingulstie state knowr 8 He Gtate of
Andhra. by taking out the Telugu spesking aresfrom he
State of Madras. KurriGol was the capital of Ardra State
and the state high court was established at Gtur
Himachal Pradesh and Bilaspur (New Formed the new state of Himachal Pradesh by uniting the
State) Act, 1954 existing States of Himachal Pradesh and Bilaspur
Chandernagore (Merger) Act, 1954 Merged the territory of Chandernagore
(a former enclave of French India) into the State of West
Bengal.
5 States Reorganisation Act, 1956 Made the extensive changes in the boundaries of various
states for the purpose of meeting the linguistic, regionai
and local demands. It created 14 states and 6 union ter
ritories. The States were: Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar,
Bombay, Jammu and Kashmir, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh.
Madras, Mysore, Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh
and West Bengal. The Union Territories were. Andaman
and Nicobar Islands, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh. Laccadive.
Minicoy and Amindivi Islands, Manipur and Tripura. It estab
lished the new state of Kerala by merging the Travancore
Cochin State with the Malabar district of Madras State and
the Kasargode of South Canara (Dakshina Kannada)
(Contd.)
By the Madras State (Al teration of Name) Act, 1968, with effect from January 14, 1969.
By the Mysore State (Alteration of Name) Act, 1973.
By the Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands (Alteration of Name) Act, 1973.
By the Uttaranchal (Alteration of Name) Act, 2006.
By the Pondicherry (Alterationof Name) Act, 2006.
Bythe Orissa (Alteration of Name)Act, 2011.
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areas of Hyderabad
Pradesh State
Telugu-speaking
It merged the State to create the
Andhra
with the Andhra Madhya Bharat State,
Vindhv State
Further, It merged the State into the Madhya Pradesh
State and Bhopal
Pradesh Saurashtra State and
State, Similarly, it merged the Kutch
Coorg State into
the Bombay State; the
State into that of East Punjab S
Mysore State; the Patiala and the Aim
of
that
(PEPSU) Into that of Punjab State; and
Union
Rajasthan State. Moreover, it created the
State into that of and Amindivi
of Leccadive, Minicoy
new union territory from the Madras SState
territory detached
Islands from the
transfer of certain
territories from the State
Provided for the Bengal.
6 Bihar andWest Bengal (Transfer of State of West
of Bihar to the
Territories) Act, 1956 transfer of certain territories from the State
Provided for the Madhya Pradesh.
Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh Rajasthan to the State of
(Transfer of Territories) Act, 1959 of
States
Provided for the alteration
of boundaries of the
Andhra Pradesh and Madras (Alteration Andhra Pradesh
and Madras.
of Boundaries) Act, 1959
Gujarat (15th state) by taking
Formed the new State of
Bombay Reorganisation Act, 1960 areas from the state of Bombav
out the Gujarati speaking
part of the Bombay State as
and renamed the other
Maharashtra State. The city of Ahmedabad was made the
capital of Gujarat.
Provided for the merger into the
States of Assam, Puniab
Acquired Territories (Merger)
Act, 1960 territories acquired from
10 and West Bengal of Certain into between the
entered
Pakistan under the agreements
Pakistan, in 1958 and 1959.
Governments of India and
by taking out
Formed the new State of Nagaland (16th state) of Assam.
1962 from the State
11. State of Nagaland Act, the Naga Hills - Tuensang Area
The Naga Hills - Tuensang Area was a tribal area of Assam
Constitution.
specified in the Sixth Schedule of the
Formed the new State of Haryana (17th state) by taking out
Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966 State of Punjab. It also
12. the Hindi speaking areas from the a com
Territory as well as
made Chandigarh a new Union
mon capital for both Punjab and Haryana.
States of
Provided for the alteration of boundaries of the
13. Bihar and Uttar Pradesh (Alteration of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
Boundaries) Act, 1968
Provided for the transfer of certain territory from
the State
14 Andhra Pradesh and Mysore (Transfer of Andhra Pradesh.
Territory) Act, 1968 of Mysore to the State of
Changed the name of the State of Madras to that of
State
15. Madras State (Alteration of Name) Act,
of Tamil Nadu.
1968
Assam Reorganisation (Meghalaya) Act, Formed an autonomous state (sub-state) known as
16.
Meghalaya, within the State of Assam.
1969
17. State of Himachal Pradesh Act, 1970 Elevated the Union Territory of Himachal Pradesh to the
status of a state (18th state)
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Provisions
18 North-Eastern Areas (Reorgansatlon) Elevatedthe two Union Territories of Manipur and Tripura to
Act, 1971
the status of states (19th state and 20th state respectively) It
olso conferred ful statehoodon Meghalays (21st state),which
was previously a sub-state within the State of Assam Further.
Itformed the two Union Territorles of Mizoram and Arunachal
Pradesh out of the territories of Assam
19 Mysore State (Alteration of Name) ACt, Changed the name of the state of Mysore to that of the
1973
State of Karnataka.
20 Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands Changed the name of the Unlon Territory of the Laccadive,
(Alteration of Name) Act, 1973 Minicoy and Amindivi Islands to that of the Union Territory
of Lakshadweep.
21 Haryana and Uttar Pradesh Provided for the alteration of boundaries of the States of
(Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1979 Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.
22 State of Mizoram Act, 1986 Elevated the Union Territory of Mizoram to the status of a
state (23rd state).
23 State of Arunachal Pradesh Elevated the Union Territory of Arunachal Pradesh to the
Act, 1986 status ofa State (24th state).
24 Goa, Daman and Diu Formed the new State of Goa (25th State) by separating
Reorganisation Act, 1987 the territory of Goa from the Union Territory of Goa, Daman
and Diu.
25 Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Formed the new state of Chhattisgarh (26th state) out of
Act, 2000 the territories of the State of Madhya Pradesh.
26 Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Created the new State of Uttaranchal (27th state) by
Act, 2000 carving out its territory from that of the teritories
of the state of Uttar Pradesh.
27. Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000 Established the new State of Jharkhand (28th state)
by separating its territory from the territories of the
State of Bihar.
28. Uttaranchal (Alteration of Name) Act, Changed the name of the State of Uttaranchal to that
2006 of the State of Uttarakhand.
29. Pondicherry (Alteration of Name) Act, Renamed the Union Territory of Pondicherry as the
2006 Union Territory of Puducherry.
30. Orissa (Alteration of Name) Act, 2011 Changed the name of the State of Orissa to that of the
State of Odisha.
31. Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, Formed the new state of Telangana (29th state) by
2014 carving out its territory from the territories of the state
of Andhra Pradesh.
32 Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, Bifurcated the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir into
2019 two separate Union territories, namely, the Union territory
of Jammu and Kashmir and the Union territory of Ladakh.
33. Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman Merged the erstwhile two separate union territories (the
and Diu (Merger of Union Territories) union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and the union
Act, 2019 territory of Daman and Diu) in order to form a new union
territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveliand Daman and Diu.
