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Nipun Alambayan (www.nipunindia.in) 2 Nipun Alambayan Princely States On 4 June 1947 the princely states, of which there were over 570. India Over 560 princely states acceded to India by 15 August. The exceptions were Junagadh, and Jammu and Kashmir. The state of Jammu and Kashmir (26 October 1947) The state of Junagadh (Dewan requested India to take over the administration on 8 November 1947 ). India conducted a referendum in the state on 20 February 1948, in which the people voted overwhelmingly to join India. The state of Hyderabad, on 13 September 1948. Pakistan Between October 1947 and March 1948 the rulers of several Muslim- majority states signed an Instrument of Accession to join Pakistan. These included Amb, Bahawalpur,NiPUNChitral, Dir, Kalat, Khairpur, Kharan, Las Bela, Makran, and Swat.

Nipun Alambayan (www.nipunindia.in) 3 State reorganization commission S.K.DAR COMMISSION JUNE –DEC 1948 REASON 1- the Integration of princely states has an ad-hoc arrangement. ( 570 Princely states) 2- south India demand is reorganisation of states on linguistic basis. recommendation The reorganisation of states on the basis of administrative convenienceNiPUN rather than linguistic factor.

Nipun Alambayan (www.nipunindia.in) 4 www.nipunalambayan.com J.V.P. Committee DEC 1948 – April 1949 Jawaharlal Nehru Vallahbhai Patel Pattabhi Sitaramayya REASON dissatisfaction from Dar commission

-Recommendation of DAR commission report -Formally rejected language as the basis for reorganisation ofNiPUN states.

Nipun Alambayan (www.nipunindia.in) 5 www.nipunalambayan.com FAZEL ALI COMMISSION DEC 1953 –September 1955 K M Panikkar + H N Kunzru

REASON was forced to create the first linguistic state, known as Andhra State, by separating the Telugu Speaking areas from Madras State. This followed a prolonged popular agitation and the death of Potti Sriramulu. Recommendation It rejected the theory of ‘one language-one state’. Four major factor unity & security Linguistic and cultural homogeneity Requirement of financial, economical & administration considerations. NiPUN Planning and promotion of the Welfare. th 7 AmendmentNipun Alambayan (www.nipunindia.in) Done 6 www.nipunalambayan.com �ेत्रीय प�रषद Work – increase the coordination in center , state & UT

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Nipun Alambayan (www.nipunindia.in) 7 , , , Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, and Rajasthan; North-, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura; The State of Sikkim has also been included in the North Eastern Council vide North Eastern Council (Amendment) Act, 2002 notified on 23 December 2002. , the States of , , and Eastern Zonal Council Bihar,Jharkhand, Odisha, and West Bengal; Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, , , and ; Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana. Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep are not members of any of the Zonal Councils. However, they are presently specialNiPUN invitees to the Southern Zonal Council

Nipun Alambayan (www.nipunindia.in) 8 State reorganization commision1956 5 area – North – DELHI , Central – ALLHABAD, East, - Calcutta, west – , south – Chairman – HM VC -CM (sequence) Member – 2 Minister (EVERY STATE), UT ADMINISTER, ADVISIOR (NOMINATED BY NITI COMMISSION, Chief Sectary, Development Commission)

North East Council (Shilong) 1971- 7 sister & sikkim Inter state trade –NiPUNArt 301- 307 ( FEDERAL SUBJECT IN CENTRE)

Nipun Alambayan (www.nipunindia.in) 9 Telugu-speaking Andhra Pradesh northern districts Madras Presidency 16Dec1952-56 day

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