List of state and union territory capitals in

India
India is divided into twenty-eight states and seven union territories (UTs). States have their own
government, whereas union territories are administered by the Central government. As per the
Constitution of India, the central government can also empower a union territory with a
legislature. As of 2008, two union territories, the National Capital Territory of Delhi and
Pondicherry have their own legislatures.

The state and union territory capitals are sorted according to the administrative, legislative and
judicial capitals. The administrative capital is where executive government offices are located,
the legislative capital is where the state assembly convenes, and the judicial capital is the
location of the territorial High Courts of India.

[edit] States and territories

The 28 states and 7 union territories of India

States:

1. Andhra Pradesh 8. Haryana 15. Maharashtra 22. Rajasthan

2. Arunachal Pradesh 9. Himachal Pradesh 16. Manipur 23. Sikkim
3. Assam 10. Jammu and Kashmir 17. Meghalaya 24. Tamil Nadu
4. Bihar 11. Jharkhand 18. Mizoram 25. Tripura
5. Chhattisgarh 12. Karnataka 19. Nagaland 26. Uttar Pradesh
6. Goa 13. Kerala 20. Orissa 27. Uttarakhand
7. Gujarat 14. Madhya Pradesh 21. Punjab 28. West Bengal
Union Territories:

A. Andaman and Nicobar Islands

B. Chandigarh
C. Dadra and Nagar Haveli
D. Daman and Diu
E. Lakshadweep
F. National Capital Territory of Delhi
G. Puducherry

Year of
Administrative Legislative Judiciary Former capital
State or UT establishment
capital capital capital
Andaman and
Port Blair — Kolkata 1956 —
Nicobar Islands
Hyderabad
(Hyderabad
Andhra Pradesh Hyderabad Hyderabad Hyderabad 1956
State), Kurnool
(Andhra State)[1]
Arunachal Pradesh Itanagar Itanagar Guwahati 1972 —
Shillong[2] (1874-
Assam Dispur Guwahati Guwahati 1975
1972)
Bihar Patna Patna Patna 1912 —
Chandigarh Chandigarh[3] — Chandigarh 1966 —
Chattisgarh Raipur Raipur Bilaspur 2000 —
Dadra and Nagar
Silvassa — Mumbai 1941 —
Haveli
Daman and Diu Daman — Mumbai 1987 —
National Capital
Delhi Delhi Delhi 1952 —
Territory of Delhi
Goa Panaji[4] Porvorim Mumbai 1961 —
Ahmedabad
Gujarat Gandhinagar Gandhinagar Ahmedabad 1970
(1960-1970)
Haryana Chandigarh Chandigarh Chandigarh 1966 —
Himachal Pradesh Shimla Shimla Shimla 1948 —
• Srinagar (S) • [[] (S)
Jammu and
[[]] 1948 —
Kashmir
• Jammu () • Jammu (W)
Jharkhand Ranchi Ranchi Ranchi 2000 —
Karnataka Bengaluru Bengaluru Bengaluru 1956 Mysore
 Thiruvanan Thiruvanan
Kerala Kochi 1956 —
thapuram thapuram
Lakshadweep Kavaratti — Kochi 1956 —
Nagpur[5] (1861-
Madhya Pradesh Bhopal Bhopal Jabalpur 1956
1956)
Mumbai[6] • Mumbai (S+B)
1818
Maharashtra Mumbai —
1960
• Nagpur (W/2nd)[7] • Nagpur (W)[8]
Manipur Imphal Imphal Guwahati 1947 —
Meghalaya Shillong Shillong Guwahati 1970 —
Mizoram Aizawl Aizawl Guwahati 1972 —
Nagaland Kohima Kohima Guwahati 1963 —
Cuttack (1936-
Orissa Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar Cuttack 1948
1948)
Puducherry Pondicherry Pondicherry Chennai 1954 —
• Lahore[9] (1936-
1947)
Punjab Chandigarh Chandigarh Chandigarh 1966
• Shimla (1947-
1966)
Rajasthan Jaipur Jaipur Jodhpur 1948 —
Sikkim Gangtok[10] Gangtok Gangtok 1975 —
Tamil Nadu Chennai[11] Chennai Chennai 1956 —
Tripura Agartala Agartala Guwahati 1956 —
Uttar Pradesh Lucknow Lucknow Allahabad 1937 —
Uttarakhand Dehradun[12] Dehradun Nainital 2000 —
West Bengal Kolkata Kolkata Kolkata 1947 —

[edit] Notes
1. ^ Andhra Pradesh was formed combining erstwhile Andhra state and
Telangana(Telugu speaking region of Hyderabad state). Capital of Andhra state was
Kurnool.
2. ^ Shillong was the joint capital of Meghalaya and Assam in 1971, after
Meghalaya split from Assam.
3. ^ Chandigarh is the capital of the states of Punjab and Haryana, and is a Union
Territory, separate from the two states.
4. ^ Panaji was the capital of Goa from 1843 when it was ruled by the Portuguese.
5. ^ Nagpur was the capital of Central Provinces and Berar which was a province
from 1861 until 1950. It became the major constituent of Madhya Pradesh, after it was
formed in 1950. Nagpur remained the capital of the new state. In 1956, Berar (Vidarbha)
was separated from Madhya Pradesh, and merged with the Bombay State. Nagpur thus
 lost the status of a capital city. In 1960, under the Nagpur pact, Nagpur became the
second capital of Maharashtra.
6. ^ Mumbai (Bombay) was the capital of Bombay Presidency which was a
province until 1950. After that it became the capital of Bombay State, which was split
into Gujarat and Maharashtra in 1960.
7. ^ In 1960, under the Nagpur pact, Nagpur became the second capital of
Maharashtra. Although an official notification to this effect was only given in 1988. The
India yearbook of the government of India still does not mention Nagpur, being either the
second or winter capital of Maharashtra.
8. ^ Under the Nagpur pact, one of the preconditions for Vidarbha joining the state
of Maharastra was that, at least one of the legislative sessions every year should be held
in Nagpur. This session is supposed to specially deal with Vidarbha's problems.
9. ^ Lahore was the capital of Punjab when the state was created in 1936. It is now a
part of Pakistan.
10. ^ Gangtok has been the capital of Sikkim since 1890. Sikkim joined the Indian
Union in 1975.
11. ^ Chennai (Madras) was the capital of the Madras Presidency since 1839, which
was redrawn as Tamil Nadu in 1956.
12. ^ Dehradun is the provisional capital of Uttaranchal. The town of Gairsen is being
built as the state's new capital.orissa's previous name was kalinga

Chandigarh is only city which is capital of two states Punjab and Haryana
Indian Cabinet Ministers

Prime Minister and also In-Charge of the Ministries/Departments viz:

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Ministry of Planning
1. Dr. Manmohan Singh
Ministry of Culture
Department of Atomic Energy &
Department of Space

Shri Pranab
2. Minister of Finance
Mukherjee

3. Minister of Agriculture & Food Processing Industries Shri Sharad Pawar

4. Minister of Defence Shri A.K. Antony

5. Minister of Home Affairs Shri P. Chidambaram

Km. Mamata
6. Minister of Railways
Banerjee

7. Minister of External Affairs Shri S.M. Krishna

8. Minister of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises Shri Virbhadra Singh

Shri Vilasrao
9. Minister of Rural Development & Minister of Panchayati Raj
Deshmukh

Shri Ghulam Nabi

10. Minister of Health and Family Welfare
Azad

Shri Sushil Kumar

11. Minister of Power
Shinde

Shri M. Veerappa
12. Minister of Law & Justice
Moily

13. Minister of New and Renewable Energy Dr. Farooq Abdullah

14. Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas Shri S. Jaipal Reddy

15. Minister of Urban Development Shri Kamal Nath

16. Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs & Minister of Civil Aviation Shri Vayalar Ravi

17. Minister of Textiles Shri Dayanidhi Maran

18. Minister of Corporate Affairs Shri Murli Deora

19. Minister of Information & Broadcasting Smt. Ambika Soni

Shri Mallikarjun
20. Minister of Labour & Employment
Kharge

Minister of Human Resource Development & Minister of Communications and

21. Shri Kapil Sibal
Information Technology

22. Minister of Development of North-Eastern Region Shri B.K. Handique

23. Minister of Commerce & Industry Shri Anand Sharma

24. Minister of Road Transport & Highways Shri C.P. Joshi

25. Minister of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation & Minister of Culture Kum. Selja

Shri Subodh Kant

26. Ministry of Tourism
Sahay

27. Minister of Statistics & Programme Implementation Dr. M.S. Gill

28. Minister of Shipping Shri G.K. Vasan

Minister of Parliamentary Affairs & Minister of Science and Technology & and
29. Shri Pawan K. Bansal
Minister of Earth Sciences.

30. Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment Shri Mukul Wasnik

31. Minister of Tribal Affairs Shri Kantilal Bhuria

32. Minister of Chemicals & Fertilizers Shri M.K. Alagiri

Shri Sriprakash
33. Ministry of Coal
Jaiswal

Shri Salman
34. Ministry of Water Resources & Ministry of Minority Affairs
Khursheed

35. Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises Shri Praful Patel

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 Ministers of State with Independent Charge

Serial
Portfolio Name of Minister
Number

1. Ministry Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution Professor K.V. Thomas

2. Ministry of Women & Child Development Smt. Krishna Tirath

3. Ministry of Environment & Forests Shri Jairam Ramesh

4. Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports Shri Ajay Maken

5. Ministry of Steel Shri Beni Prasad Verma

6. Ministry of Mines Shri Dinsha J. Patel

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Ministers of State

Serial
Portfolio Name of Minister
Number

1. Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers Shri Srikant Jena

2. Ministry of External Affairs Shri E. Ahamed

Shri Mullappally
3. Ministry of Home Affairs
Ramachandran

Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs & Ministry of Personnel, Public

4. Shri V. Narayanasamy
Grievances & Pensions & Prime Minister's Office

Shri Jyotiraditya Madhavrao

5. Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Scindia

6. Ministry of Human Resource Development Smt. D. Purandeswari

7. Ministry of Railways Shri K.H. Muniappa

8. Ministry of Textiles Smt. Panabaka Lakshmi

9. Ministry of Finance Shri Namo Narain Meena

10. Ministry of Defence Shri M.M. Pallam Raju

11. Ministry of Urban Development Shri Saugata Ray

12. Ministry of Finance Shri S.S. Palanimanickam

13. Ministry of Road Transport & Highways Shri Jitin Prasada

14. Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises Shri A. Sai Prathap

15. Ministry of External Affairs Smt. Preneet Kaur

Ministry of Home Affairs & Ministry of Communications &

16. Shri Gurudas Kamat
Information Technology

17. Ministry of Agriculture & Ministry of Food Processing Industries Shri Harish Rawat

18. Ministry of Railways Shri Bharatsinh Solanki

19. Ministry of Tribal Affairs Shri Mahadev S. Khandela

20. Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Shri Dinesh Trivedi

21. Ministry of Rural Development Shri Sisir Adhikari

22. Ministry of Tourism Shri Sultan Ahmed

23. Ministry of Shipping Shri Mukul Roy

Shri Choudhury Mohan

24. Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Jatua

25. Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment Shri D. Napoleon

26. Ministry of Information & Broadcasting Dr. S. Jagathrakshakan

27. Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Shri S. Gandhiselvan

28. Ministry of Road Transport & Highways Shri Tusharbhai Chaudhary

29. Ministry of Communications & Information Technology Shri Sachin Pilot

30. Ministry of Agriculture & Ministry of Food Processing Industries Shri Arun Yadav

Shri Pratik Prakashbapu

31. Ministry of Coal
Patil

Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas & Ministry of Corporate

32. Shri R.P.N. Singh
Affairs

33. Ministry of Water Resources & Ministry of Minority Affairs Shri Vincent Pala

34. Ministry of Rural Development Shri Pradeep Jain

35. Ministry of Rural Development Ms. Agatha Sangma

Ministry of Planning & Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs &

36. Shri Ashwani Kumar
Ministry of Science and Technology & Ministry of Earth Sciences

37. Ministry of Power Shri K.C. Venugopal