india map with states

India map with states list created  After 1950

  • Andhra Pradesh  : —-Created by the State of Andhra Pradesh Act,1953 by carving out some areas from the State of Madras.
  • Gujarat and Maharashtra : —-      The State of Bombay was  divided two States, Maharashtra and Gujarat by the Bombay (Reorganization) Act, 1960.
  • Kerala :—-      Created by the State Reorganization Act, 1956 .It comprised Travancor and Cochin areas.
  • Karnataka : —-      Created from the Princely State of Mysore by the State Reoganisation Act,1956. It was renamed Karnataka in 1973.
  • Nagaland : —–      It was carved out from the State of Assam by the State of Nagaland Act,1962.
  • Haryana :—–      It was carved out from the state of Punjab by the Punjab (Reorganization) Act, 1962.
  • Himachal : —–       Himachal Pradesh was elevated to the status of state by the state of Himachal Pradesh Act,1970.
  • Meghalaya : —–       First carved out as a sub-state with in the state of Assam by 23rd constitutional Amendment , 1969. In 1971, it received the status of a full-fledged State.
  • Manipur and Tripura : —–      Both these States were elevated from the status of union Territories by the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganization) Act, 1971.
  • Sikkim : —–      First given the status of Associate State by the 35th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1974. Got the status of a full State by the State of Arunachal Pradesh Act.
  • Mizoram : —–       It was elevated to the status of a full State by the State of Mizoram Act, 1986.
  • Arunachal Pradesh : —–     It received the status of a full State by the State of Arunachal Pradesh Act.
  • Goa : —–       Goa was separated from the Union Territory of Goa .  Daman and Diu remained as Union Territory. Daman and Diu and was made a full fledged State by the Goa, Act, 1987.
  • Chhattisgarh : —–       Formed by the Constitutional Amendment Act, 2000 by dividing Madhya Pradesh on November 1 ,2000.
  • Uttarakhand : —–       Formed by the Constitutional Amendment Act, 2000 by dividing Uttar Pradesh on November 9, 2000.
  • Jharkhand : —–        2000 by dividing Bihar on November 15, 2000.
  • Telangana : —–       Formed by the Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act,2014 by dividing Andhra Pradesh on june 2, 2014.
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