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    India is a union of states, with 28 states and 8 union territories that each have their own government. The states were formed when British rule ended in 1947 and India was divided from Pakistan. Over time, the internal boundaries of India have been redrawn, adding new states. While states have their own governments, union territories are directly administered by the central government in New Delhi. Currently there are 28 states and 8 union territories in India.

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    India is a union of states, with 28 states and 8 union territories that each have their own government. The states were formed when British rule ended in 1947 and India was divided from Pakistan. Over time, the internal boundaries of India have been redrawn, adding new states. While states have their own governments, union territories are directly administered by the central government in New Delhi. Currently there are 28 states and 8 union territories in India.

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    India is a union of states, with 28 states and 8 union territories that each have their own government. The states were formed when British rule ended in 1947 and India was divided from Pakistan. Over time, the internal boundaries of India have been redrawn, adding new states. While states have their own governments, union territories are directly administered by the central government in New Delhi. Currently there are 28 states and 8 union territories in India.

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    INDIA- UNION OF STATES

    India derived its name from the Indus River and the Aryan worshippers referred to the Indus River as
    Sindhu. The invaders of Persia converted it into Hindu. Therefore, the name ‘Hindustan’ combines with
    Sindhu and Hindu.
    The Indian Constitution in Article 1 describes the country as ‘Union of States’ although its Constitution
    is federal in nature, i.e., there are different levels of government at Central, State, District and Village
    levels.
    When British rule collapsed in India, it led to the formation of two countries, namely, India and
    Pakistan. Pre-independence India consisted of many state units, provinces and more than 550 scattered
    princely states(the states that were ruled by the king and the queen are called princely states). Nearly 114
    of these had already joined India before August 15, 1947. The rest had the choice of joining either India
    or Pakistan, with most deciding to join with India.
    From then to now, as India completes 76 years of independence and has 28 States and 8 Union
    Territories, the internal boundaries of the country have undergone several changes with States being
    reorganized in multiple phases, with different factors behind the redrawing of the map.
    Map given below show us when the new states were added to our country India by redrawing the
    internal boundaries:
    DIVISION OF STATES AND UNION TERRITORIES IN INDIA

    The basic difference between a State and a Union Territory is that union territories are directly ruled by
    the union government, while states have a separate government for administrative purposes.

    Presently, India is divided into 28 states and 8 union territories, each with its own capital city. The states
    and union territories are further divided into districts and subdivisions. The capital city of India is New
    Delhi, which is located in the National Capital Territory of Delhi. It is the administrative, political, and
    cultural center of the country.

    Here is the complete list of 28 States and Capitals of India

    S.NO State Capital CM Governor

    1 Andhra Amaravati YS Jagan Mohan Biswa Bhusan


    Pradesh Reddy Harichandan

    2 Arunachal Itanagar Pema Khandu B. D. Mishra


    Pradesh

    3 Assam Dispur Himanta Biswa Jagdish Mukhi


    Sarma

    4 Bihar Patna Nitish Kumar Phagu Chauhan

    5 Chhattisgarh Raipur Bhupesh Baghel Sushri Anusuiya


    Uikey

    6 Goa Panaji Pramod Sawant P.S. Sreedharan


    Pillai

    7 Gujarat Gandhinagar Bhupendra Patel Acharya Dev Vrat

    8 Haryana Chandigarh Manohar Lal Bandaru Dattatraya

    9 Himachal Shimla Sukhvinder Singh Rajendra


    Pradesh Sukhu Vishwanath
    Arlekar

    10 Jharkhand Ranchi Hemant Soren Ramesh Bais

    11 Karnataka Bengaluru Siddaramaiah Thaawarchand


    Gehlot
    12 Kerala Thiruvananthapuram Pinarayi Vijayan Arif Mohammed
    Khan

    13 Madhya Bhopal Shivraj Singh Mangubhai


    Pradesh Chouhan Chhaganbhai Patel

    14 Maharashtra Mumbai Eknath Shinde Ramesh Bais

    15 Manipur Imphal N. Biren Singh La. Ganesan

    16 Meghalaya Shillong Conrad Kongkal Brig. (Dr.) B. D.


    Sangma Mishra

    17 Mizoram Aizawl Pu Zoramthanga Kambhampati


    Haribabu

    18 Nagaland Kohima Neiphiu Rio Jagdish Mukhi

    19 Odisha Bhubaneswar Naveen Patnaik Ganeshi Lal

    20 Punjab Chandigarh Bhagwant Singh Banwarilal Purohit


    Mann

    21 Rajasthan Jaipur Ashok Gehlot Kalraj Mishra

    22 Sikkim Gangtok PS Golay Ganga Prasad

    23 Tamil Nadu Chennai M. K. Stalin R. N. Ravi

    24 Telangana Hyderabad K Chandrasekhar Tamilisai


    Rao Soundararajan

    25 Tripura Agartala Dr. Manik Saha Satyadeo Narain


    Arya

    26 Uttar Pradesh Lucknow Yogi Aditya Nath Anandiben Patel

    27 Uttarakhand Dehradun Pushkar Singh Lt. Gen. Gurmit


    Dhami Singh

    28 West Bengal Kolkata Mamata Banerjee Dr. C.V. Ananda


    Bose
    Complete list of 8 Union Territories

    S.N Union Territories Capital CM Lt. Governor


    O

    1 Andaman and Nicobar Port Blair NA D K Joshi


    Island

    2 Chandigarh Chandigarh NA Banwarilal Purohit

    3 Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman NA Praful Patel


    Daman and Diu

    4 Delhi Delhi Arvind Vinai Kumar Saxena


    Kejriwal

    5 Ladakh NA NA Radha Krishna Mathur

    6 Lakshadweep Kavaratti NA Praful Patel

    7 Jammu and Kashmir NA NA Manoj Sinha

    8 Puducherry Pondicherry N. Dr. Tamilisai


    Rangaswamy Soundararajan

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