Complete List of Indian States and their capitals
History of categorization of Indian states:
In 1956, India formed the States Reorganisation Act, which demarcates the Indian states’ borders along the semantic lines. This Act in the Indian Constitution dismissed the Part A, B and C status of the Indian states to form just a single type of state. The former governor’s region of British India constituted Part A states. Those belonging to royal states came under Part B. Part C includes the princely states and provinces of former chief commissioners.
Since 1947, though state boundaries have changed, the Act still plays a significant role in defining the current Indian states’ forms and shapes.
There are 28 states in India and 8 Union Territories. Each of these States and Union Territories is unique in its culture and people. Each state of India has an administrative, legislative and judicial capital.
Sl No | State | Capital | Judaical Capital | Founded On | Status Before Foundation |
1 | Andhra Pradesh | Amaravati | Amaravati | 1-Nov-1956 | Part of Andhra State and Hyderabad State |
2 | Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar | Guwahati | 20-Feb-1987 | Arunachal Pradesh Union Territory |
3 | Assam | Dispur | Guwahati | 26-Jan-1950 | Part of Kamarupa Kingdom |
4 | Bihar | Patna | Patna | 26-Jan-1950 | Part of Bengal Province, British India |
5 | Chhattisgarh | Raipur | Bilaspur | 1-Nov-2000 | Part of Madhya Pradesh |
6 | Goa | Panaji | Mumbai | 30-May-1987 | Part of Goa, Daman, and Diu |
7 | Gujarat | Gandhinagar | Ahmedabad | 1-May-1960 | Part of Bombay State |
8 | Haryana | Chandigarh | Chandigarh | 1-Nov-1966 | Part of East Punjab |
9 | Himachal Pradesh | Shimla | shimla | 25-Jan-1971 | Part of the princely states of former Punjab States Agency |
10 | Jharkhand | Ranchi | Ranchi | 15-Nov-2000 | Part of Bihar |
11 | Karnataka | Bengaluru | Bengaluru | 1-Nov-1956 | Part of Bombay State, Coorg State, Hyderabad State and Mysore State |
12 | Kerala | Thiruvananthapuram | Ernakulam | 1-Nov-1956 | Part of Madras State and Travancore-Cochin |
13 | Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal | Jabalpur | 1-Nov-1956 | Part of the Central Provinces and Berar, Princely State of Makrai and the princely states of the former Eastern States Agency |
14 | Maharashtra | Mumbai | Mumbai | 1-May-1960 | Part of Bombay State |
15 | Manipur | Imphal | Impal | 21-Jan-1972 | Manipur Union Territory |
16 | Meghalaya | Shillong | Shillong | 21-Jan-1972 | Part of Assam |
17 | Mizoram | Aizawl | Guwahati | 20-Feb-1987 | Mizoram Union Territory |
18 | Nagaland | Kohima | Guwahati | 1-Dec-1963 | Nagaland Union Territory |
19 | Odisha | Bhubaneswar | Cuttack | 26-Jan-1950 | Part of Bihar and Orissa Province, British India |
20 | Punjab | Chandigarh | Chandigarh | 1-Nov-1956 | Part of East Punjab |
21 | Rajasthan | Jaipur | Jodhpur | 1-Nov-1956 | Part of the princely states of former Rajputana Agency |
22 | Sikkim | Gangtok | Gangtok | 16-May-1975 | Kingdom of Sikkim |
23 | Tamil Nadu | Chennai | Chennai | 26-Jan-1950 | Part of Madras State and Travancore-Cochin |
24 | Telangana | Hyderabad | Hyderabad | 2-Jun-2014 | Part of Andhra Pradesh |
25 | Tripura | Agartala | Agartala | 21-Jan-1972 | Tripura Union Territory |
26 | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow | Prayagraj | 26-Jan-1950 | United Provinces |
27 | Uttarakhand | Dehradun (Winter), Gairsain (Summer) | Nainital | 9-Nov-2000 | Part of Uttar Pradesh |
28 | West Bengal | Kolkata | Kolkata | 1-Nov-1956 | Part of Bengal Province, British India |