Formation Dates of Indian States

Post ’s independence in 1947, there were 562 princely states. Most of the states acceded to India. Many of these princely states were transformed into new states. Later with the States Reorganization Act of 1956, Indian states were arranged on a linguistic basis. Hence, it becomes important to know which states were formed when. The topic, ‘Indian States Formation Dates’ envisages to list down the foundation days of Indian States and UTs.

Indian States Formation Dates The list below comprises the formation dates of indian States. There are states that were formed as provinces but achieved statehood on a later date which is also mentioned in the table below: Formation Indian Dates/Year Status Before States s Formed By Foundation 1 Andhra November Part of Andhra State and Pradesh 1953 States Reorganisation Act, 1956. Created as a Union Territory by the 20 North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Arunachal February Act, 1971. Converted to a state by the Arunachal Pradesh Union Pradesh 1987 State of Arunachal Pradesh Act, 1986 Territory Founded as , reorganised as North-East Frontier Province in 1874, Eastern Bengal and Assam in 1905, Assam Province in 1912, achieved Part of Assam 1950 statehood in 1950. Kingdom Founded as Bihar and Orissa Province, reorganised as Bihar Province in 1936, Part of Bengal Province, Bihar 1950 achieved statehood in 1950. British India 1 Chhattisgar November The Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act, h 2000 2000 founded it. Part of Madhya Pradesh 30 May Part of Goa, Daman and Goa 1987 Founded by the State of Goa Act, 1986. Diu Founded by the Bombay Reorganisation Gujarat 1 May 1960 Act, 1960. Part of Bombay State 1 November Founded by the Punjab Reorganisation Haryana 1966 Act, 1966. Part of East Punjab Founded by the Himachal Pradesh (Administration) Order, 1948 as Himachal Pradesh Province, reorganised as Himachal Pradesh (Part C State) in 1950, Part of the princely states Himachal Himachal Pradesh Union Territory in of former Punjab States Pradesh 1971 1956, achieved statehood in 1971. Agency 15 November Founded by the Bihar Reorganisation Act, Jharkhand 2000 2000 Part of Bihar 1 Founded by the States Reorganisation Part of Bombay State, November Act, 1956 as Mysore State, renamed Coorg State, Hyderabad Karnataka 1956 Karnataka in 1973 State and Mysore State 1 November Founded by the States Reorganisation Part of Madras State and Kerala 1956 Act, 1956 -Cochin Part of the Central Provinces and Berar, of Makrai 1 and the princely states of Madhya November the former Eastern States Pradesh 1950 Achieved statehood in 1950 Agency Maharashtr Founded by the Bombay Reorganization a 1 May 1960 Act, 1960. Part of Bombay State 21 January Founded by the North-Eastern Areas 1972 (Reorganisation) Act, 1971 Manipur Union Territory 21 January Founded by the North-Eastern Areas Meghalaya 1972 (Reorganisation) Act, 1971 Part of Assam Created as a Union Territory by the 20 North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) February Act, 1971. Converted to a state by the Mizoram 1987 State of Mizoram Act, 1986 Mizoram Union Territory 1 December Founded by the State of Nagaland Act, Nagaland 1963 1962 Nagaland Union Territory Founded as Orissa Province in 1936, achieved statehood in 1950, renamed Part of Bihar and Orissa Odisha 1950 Odisha on 1st November, 2011. Province, British India Founded by the Punjab Reorganisation Punjab 1947 Act, 1966 Part of East Punjab Part of the princely states 30 March Rajasthan, earlier known as Rajputana, of former Rajputana Rajasthan 1949 came into existence Agency 16 May Founded by the Thirty-sixth Amendment 1975 of the Constitution of India in 1975 Kingdom of Sikkim 1 Founded by the States Reorganisation November Act, 1956 as Madras State, renamed Part of Madras State and Tamil Nadu 1956 Tamil Nadu in 1969 Travancore-Cochin 2 June Founded by the Andhra Pradesh Telangana 2014 Reorganisation Act, 2014 Part of Andhra Pradesh 21 January Founded by the North-Eastern Areas 1972 (Reorganisation) Act, 1971 Tripura Union Territory Created as the United Provinces of Agra Uttar 24 January and Oudh during British rule in 1937 and Pradesh 1950 Achieved statehood as UP in 1950. United Provinces 9 Founded by the Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhan November Reorganisation Act, 2000 as Uttaranchal, d 2000 renamed Uttarakhand in 2007. Part of Uttar Pradesh West Part of Bengal Province, Bengal 1950 Achieved statehood in 1950 British India

Note - 1. Goa, Puducherry, Dadra & Haveli and Sikkim were not a part of India at the time of independence. 2. Puducherry alongwith Karaikal, Mahe and Yanam, was transferred to India in 1954 by the French. 3. Dadra & Nagar Haveli were liberated in 1954 from the Portuguese. Similarly, Goa was liberated from Portuguese occupation in 1961. 4. Sikkim became a part of India in 1974.

Formation Dates of Indian Union Territories

Indian Union Formation Dates & Status Before Territories Years Foundation Foundation Andaman and Andaman and Founded by the States Nicobar Islands Nicobar Islands 1 November 1956 Reorganisation Act, 1956. (Part D State) Founded by the Punjab Part of East Chandigarh 1 November 1966 Reorganisation Act, 1966. Punjab Dadra and Founded by the Dadra and Nagar Nagar Haveli Haveli and Daman and Diu Dadra and Nagar and Daman (Merger of Union Territories) Act, Haveli and and Diu 26 January 2020 2019. Daman and Diu Founded by the States Delhi (Part C Delhi 1 November 1956 Reorganisation Act, 1956. State) Founded by the Jammu and Part of Jammu Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, and Kashmir Kashmir 31 October 2019 2019. State Founded by the Jammu and Part of Jammu Kashmir Reorganisation Act, and Kashmir Ladakh 31 October 2019 2019. State Founded by the States Part of Madras Lakshadweep 1 November 1956 Reorganisation Act, 1956. State Achieved union territory status in 1962, renamed Puducherry in Pondichéry, Puducherry 1 November 1954 2007.