Formation of States
Andhra 1953 Part of the state of
Madras
Gujarat 1960 Part of the state of
Bombay
Maharashtra 1960 Part of the state of
Bombay
Kerala 195b State of Travancore
and Cochin
Nagaland 1963 Union territory
Haryana 1966 Part of Punjab
Karnataka 1956 State of Mysore was
formed in 1953,
enlarged Mysore in
1956 which was
renamed in 1973.
Himachal 1971 Union Territory
Pradesh
Manipur, 1972 Union Territories
Tripura
Meghalaya 1972 Autonomous stale
within state of Assam
Sikkim 1975 Associate state since 1974 and a
protectorate of India before that.
Mizoram 1987 Dislrict of Assam till 1972 and
Union Territory from 1972 to
1987.
Arunachal Pradesh 1987 Union Territory
Goa 1987 Union Territory
Uttarakhand 2000 Part of Uttar Pradesh
Chhattisgarh 2000 Part of Madhya
Pradesh
Jharkhand 2000 Part of Bihar
Telangana 2014 Par of Andhra Pradesh
NOTE: Goa, Puducherry, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Sikkim were not a part of
India at the time of independence. Goa was liberated from Portuguese
occupation in 1961, Puducherry alongwith Karaikal, Mahe and Yanam, was
transferred to India in 1954 by the French, Dadra & Nagar Haveli were
liberated in 1954 from the Portuguese and Sikkim became a part of India in
1974.
Important General Information on States of India
First Ranked
States
State
Largest state (in terms of area) Rajasthan
Smallest state Goa
Most populous state Uttar Pradesh
Least populous state Sikkim
Most populous union territory Puducherry
(not incl Delhi)
Least populous union territory Lakshadweep
Most densely populated state Bihar
Least densely populated state Arunachal Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
First state to be formed on linguistic
basis
Most literate state Kerala
Least literate state Bihar
The state with the longest Gujarat
coastline
The state having boundaries Assam with
seven states and two
countries
The state surrounded on three Tripura
sides by Bangladesh
The state surrounded by three Sikkim
countries and one state
The number of states which Nine
have a coastline
The number of Union Territories Four
which have a coastline
The states which have neither M.P.,
an international boundary nor a Chhattisgarh,
coastline Jharkhand,
Haryana
NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES OF INDIA
Pakistan Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab and
Jammu & Kashmir
China Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal
Pradesh, Ultarakhand, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh
Nepal Uttarakhand, Ullar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and
Sikkim
Bhutan Sikkim, West Bengal, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh
Myanmar Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland,
Manipur and Mizoram
Bangladesh West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and
Mizoram
TE:
• Jammu and Kashmir has two capitals — Jammu for winter and
Srinagar for summer.
• Guwahati and Ahmedabad are not capital cities.
• Capital of Pakistan occupied Kashmir is
Muzaffarabad
• *Hyderabad will be the joint capital of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
for 10 years, after which Amravati will be the capital of Andhra
Pradesh.
