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. "Understanding the First Schedule: States and Union Territories of India"

First Schedule,Part 1,PART 1: States,PART 2: Union Territories,



The First Schedule of the Indian Constitution is connected in some way with Article 1 and Article 4. It is divided into two parts: the first part lists all the States, and the second part lists all the Union Territories.


PART 1: States

  1. Andhra Pradesh – Amaravati
    Formed under the Andhra State Act 1953, reorganized under the States Reorganization Act 1956, and again reorganized under the States Reorganization Act 2014. It is a southern state of India.

  2. Arunachal Pradesh – Itanagar
    Defined and granted statehood under the North Eastern Areas Reorganization Act 1971.

  3. Assam – Dispur
    Reorganized under the Acts of 1951, 1962, and finally the North Eastern Areas Reorganization Act 1971.

  4. Bihar – Patna
    Reorganized under the Bihar Reorganization Act in the year 2000.

  5. Chhattisgarh – Raipur
    Formed under the Madhya Pradesh Reorganization Act 2000, separating it from Madhya Pradesh.

  6. Goa – Panaji
    Constituted under the Goa, Daman and Diu Reorganization Act 1987.

  7. Gujarat – Gandhinagar
    Separated from Bombay State under the 1960 Reorganization Act.

  8. Haryana – Chandigarh
    Created by separating it from Punjab under the Punjab Reorganization Act 1966.

  9. Himachal Pradesh – Shimla
    Integrated under the Hill States Merger (1948) and included in the 1956 Reorganization.

  10. Jharkhand – Ranchi
    Formed by separating it from Bihar under the Bihar Reorganization Act 2000.

  11. Karnataka – Bengaluru
    Formed from the Mysore State under the States Reorganization Act 1956.

  12. Kerala – Thiruvananthapuram
    Created in 1956, its boundaries were defined under the States Reorganization Act 1956.

  13. Madhya Pradesh – Bhopal
    Formed in the year 1956.

  14. Maharashtra – Mumbai
    Separated from Bombay State under the States Reorganization Act 1960.

  15. Manipur – Imphal
    On 21 January 1972, it was made a State from a Union Territory.

  16. Meghalaya – Shillong
    Separated from Assam and created in 1972.

  17. Mizoram – Aizawl
    Territory defined under the North Eastern Areas Act; made a state in 1987.

  18. Nagaland – Kohima
    Under the North Eastern Areas Reorganization Act 1971.

  19. Odisha – Bhubaneswar
    Under the States Reorganization Act 1956.

  20. Punjab – Chandigarh
    In 1966, separated from Haryana.

  21. Rajasthan – Jaipur
    By the 1956 Act.

  22. Sikkim – Gangtok
    Integrated as a full state in 1975 under constitutional amendment.

  23. Tamil Nadu – Chennai
    Reorganized in 1956; in 1969, its name was changed from Madras to Tamil Nadu.

  24. Telangana – Hyderabad
    In 2014, separated from Andhra Pradesh under the States Reorganization Act 2014.

  25. Tripura – Agartala
    Became a state in 1972; previously a Union Territory.

  26. Uttar Pradesh – Lucknow
    Formed as United Provinces; boundaries fixed in 1956.

  27. Uttarakhand – Dehradun
    Separated from Uttar Pradesh under the Uttar Pradesh Reorganization Act 2000.

  28. West Bengal – Kolkata
    Reorganized in 1956; includes former provinces of Bengal.


PART 2: Union Territories

  1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands – Port Blair
    Specified in the First Schedule; directly governed by the President (Art. 240).

  2. Chandigarh – Chandigarh
    Created under the Punjab Reorganization Act, 1966.

  3. Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu – Daman
    Combined Union Territory specified in the Reorganization Acts (1961, 2020).

  4. Delhi (National Capital Territory) – New Delhi
    Given a legislature under the 69th Amendment, 1991; with special powers/constraints.

  5. Jammu and Kashmir – Srinagar
    Reconstituted in the year 2019 under the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act 2019.

  6. Ladakh – Leh
    Also created under the Reorganization Act 2019.

  7. Lakshadweep – Kavaratti
    Under the States Reorganization Act 1956.

  8. Puducherry – Puducherry
    Former French territory, specified in the First Schedule; has a legislative assembly.


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