The Top 10 Most Recent States of India

Mar 2, 2020, 19:09 IST

Telangana, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, and Chhattisgarh are the most recent Indian States. As of now, India is a union of 28 states and 9 Union Territories. Read this article to know the list of most recently formed Indian states.

Telangana
Telangana

The Constitution of India is the supreme law of our country and hence every law enacted by the government of India in the light of the constitution.

Parliament of India (Under Article 2 & 3) can form new States; alter the area, boundaries or names of the existing States by a law passed by a simple majority.

The bills for the formation of new states or alteration of the boundaries or names of the existing states shall be introduced in either house of the Parliament (Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha), only after the recommendation of the President of India.

Recently Formed States of India

Here, we are giving a list of the Top 10 Most Recent States of India. Telangana, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, and Chhattisgarh were the most recent Indian States to be formed followed by Mizoram and Sikkim.

Top 10 Most Recent States of India

States

Capital

Year of formation

Telangana

Hyderabad

2014

Uttarakhand

Dehradun

2000

Jharkhand

Ranchi

2000

Chhattisgarh

Raipur

2000

Mizoram

Aizwal

1987

Sikkim

Gangtok

1975

Arunachal Pradesh

Itanagar

1972

Meghalaya

Shillong

1972

Manipur

 Imphal

1972

Himachal Pradesh

Shimla

1971

In the above list of the Top 10 Most Recent States of India will increase the general awareness of the readers.

After the bifurcation of the Jammu and Kashmir; the number of states in India reduced to just 28 while total number of Union Territories increased to 9 from 7 of earlier.

Top 10 Indian States/Union Territories With Highest Literacy Rates

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