Indian states and capitals formation after Independence. History of 29 States of India.

India is a country located in southern Asia. With over 1.2 billion people, India is the most populous democracy in the world. It is a federal constitutional republic governed under a parliamentary system consisting of 29 states and 7 union territories. All states, as well as the union territories of Puducherry and the National Capital Territory of Delhi, have elected legislatures and governments, both patterned on the Westminster model. The remaining five union territories are directly ruled by the centre through appointed administrators. In 1956, under the States Reorganisation Act, states were reorganised on a linguistic basis. Since then, their structure has remained largely unchanged. Each state or union territory is further divided into administrative districts. 1947 - Central India and Central provinces are merges to create Madhya Pradesh Andhra Pradesh is created from Hyderabad and Madras Presidency, Arunachal Pradesh created from Assam, Bengal becomes West Bengal Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka come into being. United Proviences and Tipperah renamed as Uttar Pradesh and Tripura, respectively. Gujarat and Maharashtra come into being. Nagaland carved out from Assam. Haryana is carved out from Punjab. Meghalaya carved out from Assam. Sikkim joins the Indian Union. Mizoram comes into being, carved out from Assam. 2000 - Uttarakhand, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh carved out from UP, Bihar and MP respectively. 2014 - Telangana carved out from Andhra Pradesh. Music : FBM - Arc North - Lux