TABLE OF

CONTENTS
1. Union territory
2. History
3. Difference between state and union
territory
4. Types of Union Territories in India
5. Current union territories
6. Former union territories
7. Proposed union territories
8. References
 Union territory
A union territory is a type of
administrative division in the
Republic of India. Unlike the
states of India, which have their
own governments, union
territories are federal territories
governed, in part or in whole, by
the Union Government of India.
There are currently eight union
territories of India.
 History
When the Constitution of India was adopted in 1949, the Indian federal structure included:
After the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, Part C and Part D states were combined into a single
category of "Union territory". Due to various other reorganisations, only 6 union territories
remained:
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Laccadive, Minicoy & Amindivi Islands (later renamed Lakshadweep)
Delhi
Manipur
Tripura
Himachal Pradesh
By early 1970s, Manipur, Tripura, and Himachal Pradesh had become full-fledged states, and
Chandigarh became a union territory. Another three (Dadra and Nagar Haveli and
Daman and Diu and Puducherry) were formed from acquired territories that formerly belonged
to non-British colonial powers (Portuguese India and French India, respectively).
In August 2019, the Parliament of India passed Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019. The
act contains provisions to reconstitute the state of Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories,
one to be eponymously called Jammu and Kashmir, and the other Ladakh on 31 October 2019.
In November 2019, the Government of India introduced legislation to merge the union territories
of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu into a single union territory to be known as
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.
difference between state and union
territory
Types of Union Territories in
India
In India, there are two types of union territories namely
union territory with legislature and union territory
without legislature. The two union territories with the
legislature are Delhi and Puducherry. This type of
union territory has an elected legislature and
government. The other union territories are directly
controlled by the central government. The union
territories have no separate representation in the Rajya
Sabha except in cases of Delhi and Puducherry where
the union territories have their own independent
legislature.
 Current union territories
Andaman and Nicobar.
Chandigarh.
Daman and Diu.
Dadar and Nagar Haveli.
Delhi.
Jammu and Kashmir.
Ladakh.
Lakshadweep.
 Andaman and Nicobar
Additional
Union territory ISO
N
3166-2:I Vehiclecode Zone Capital Largest city UT
established Population Area
(km2)
Official
languages official
languages

Andaman and IN-AN AN Southern Port Blair 1 November 380,581 8,249 Hindi English
Nicobar Island 1956
s
 Chandigarh
Union ISO 3166-2: Vehicle Additional
territory IN code Zone Capital Largest city UT
established Population Area
(km2)
Official
languages official
languages

Chandigarh IN-CH CH Northern Chandigarh — 1 November 1,055,450 114 English —

1966
 Daman and Diu and Dadar and
Nagar Haveli
Union territory ISO
N
3166-2:I Vehiclecode Zone Capital Largest city UT
established Population Area
(km2)
Official
languages
Additional official
languages

Dadra and Na 26 January

gar Haveli an IN-DH DD Western Daman 2020 586,956 603 Gujarati, English Hindi, Marathi
d Daman and
Diu
 Delhi
Union territory ISO
N
3166-2:I Vehicle
code Zone Capital Largest city UT
established Population Area
(km2)
Official
languages
Additional official
languages

1 November Hindi,
Delhi IN-DL DL Northern New Delhi — 1956 16,787,941 1,490 English Punjabi, Urdu[13]
 Jammu and Kashmir Additional
Union ISO 3166-2:I Vehicle Largest UT Area Official
territory N code Zone Capital city established Population (km2) languages official
languages
Srinagar Kashmiri,
Jammu and IN-JK JK Northern (Summer) Srinagar 31 October 12,258,433 42,241 Dogri, Urdu,
Kashmir Jammu 2019
(Winter) Hindi, English
 Ladakh
Union territory ISO
N
3166-2:I Vehicle
code Zone Capital Largest city UT
established Population Area
(km2)
Official
languages
Additional official
languages

Ladakh IN-LA LA Northern Leh (Summer) Leh 31 October 290,492 59,146 Hindi, English
Kargil (Winter) 2019
 Lakshadweep
Union ISO 3166-2:I Vehicle UT Area Official Additional
territory N code Zone Capital Largest city established Population (km2) languages official
languages

1 November Malayalam,
Lakshadweep IN-LD LD Southern Kavaratti 1956 64,473 32 English —
 Puducherry
Additional
Union territory ISO
:IN
3166-2 Vehicle Zone Capital Largest city UT Population Area Official official
code established (km2) languages languages

Puducherry IN-PY PY Southern Puducherry 16 August 1,247,953 492 Tamil, English Tamil,French
1962
Former union territories

1. Arunachal Pradesh
2. Dadra and Nagar Haveli
3. Daman and Diu
4. Goa, Daman and Diu
5. Himachal Pradesh
6. Manipur
7. Mizoram
8. Nagaland
9. Tripura
 UT
Map Name Zone Capital Area UT disestablish Now part
established ed of

Arunachal North- 83,743 km2 21 January 20 February As an

Pradesh Eastern Itanagar (32,333 sq  1972 1987 Indian
mi) state

Dadra and 491 km2 11 August 26 January Dadra and

Nagar Ha Western Silvassa Nagar Ha
(190 sq mi) 1961 2020 veli and D
veli aman and
Diu
union
territory

Dadra and
Daman an Western Daman 112 km2 30 May 26 January Nagar Ha
d Diu (43 sq mi) 1987 2020 veli and D
aman and
Diu
union
territory
 UT
Map Name Zone Capital Area UT disestablish Now part
established ed of

Goa state
Goa, Dam 3,814 km2 19 December and
an and Di Western Panaji (1,473 sq  1961 30 May 1987 Dadra and
u mi) Nagar Ha
veli and D
aman and
Diu
union
55,673 k territory
As an
Himachal northern Shimla m 2
1 November 25 January Indian
Pradesh (21,495 sq 1956 1971 state
 mi)

22,327 k As an
Manipur North- Imphal m
2
1 November 21 January Indian
Eastern (8,621 sq  1956 1972 state
mi)
 UT
Map Name Zone Capital Area UT disestablish Now part
established ed of

21,087 k
North- m2 21 January 20 February As an
Mizoram Eastern Aizawl (8,142 sq  1972 1987 Indian
mi) state

16,579 k 29 As an
Nagaland North- Kohima m 2
November 1 December Indian
Eastern (6,401 sq  1957 1963 state
mi)

10,491.65 As an
Tripura North- Agartala  km2 1 November 21 January Indian
Eastern (4,050.85 1956 1972 state
 sq mi)
 Proposed union territories
Mahe
Mahe district is one of the four districts of Puducherry, lying
completely opposite to Puducherry district on Kerala coast. It is
argued by many advocating the adjoining of Mahe with
Lakshadweep or Kerala or make a separate union territory because
of a perceived lack of development compared to the rest of
Puducherry.
Panun Kashmir
Panun Kashmir is a proposed union territory in the Jammu Valley
which is advocated by the Kashmiri Pandit Network as a
homeland for Kashmiri Hindus who have fled the Kashmir valley
as a result of ongoing violence and hope to return.
 References
Union Territories. Know India: National Portal of India
Archived 2012-11-26 at the Wayback Machine
"States and Union Territories". KnowIndia.gov.in. Archived
from the original on 24 October 2013. Retrieved 17 November
2013.
"Union Territories of India". Archived from the original on 22
November 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
 "The Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956". Archived
from the original on 1 May 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2011
"Govt plans to merge 2 UTs -- Daman and Diu, Dadra and Na
gar Haveli"
. Press Trust of India. 22 November 2019. Archived from the
original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2019
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