India, a Union of States , is a Sovereign Socialist Secular Democratic Republic with a Parliamentary System of government. The Republic is governed in terms of the constitution, which was adopted by Constituent Assembly on 26 November 1949 and came into force on 26 January 1950.India comprises of 28 states and seven union territories. The States Reorganization Act of 1956 was a primary force in reorganizing the boundaries of India's states along linguistic lines, and bringing an amendment in the Indian Constitution whereby the three types of states, known as Parts A, B, and C states, were amended with a single type of state. Though several changes have occurred in the state boundaries since 1947, the Act is still considered as an undisputed player in providing the present shapes and contours of the Indian states. In November 2000, India gained three new states – Chattisgarh was carved out of Madhya Pradesh , Uttaranchal out of Uttar Pradesh , and Jharkhand out of Bihar The Constitution distributes legislative powers between the Parliament and state legislatures. The Parliament is bicameral – the lower house is known as the Lok Sabha (House of the People) and the upper house is known as the Rajya Sabha (Council of States). At state level some legislatures are bicameral and are run along the lines of the two houses of the national Parliament.

India, a Union of States , is a Sovereign Socialist Secular Democratic Republic with a Parliamentary System of government. The Republic is governed in terms of the constitution, which was adopted by Constituent Assembly on 26 November 1949 and came into force on 26 January 1950.India comprises of 28 states and seven union territories. The States Reorganization Act of 1956 was a primary force in reorganizing the boundaries of India's states along linguistic lines, and bringing an amendment in the Indian Constitution whereby the three types of states, known as Parts A, B, and C states, were amended with a single type of state. Though several changes have occurred in the state boundaries since 1947, the Act is still considered as an undisputed player in providing the present shapes and contours of the Indian states. In November 2000, India gained three new states – Chattisgarh was carved out of Madhya Pradesh , Uttaranchal out of Uttar Pradesh , and Jharkhand out of Bihar The Constitution distributes legislative powers between the Parliament and state legislatures. The Parliament is bicameral – the lower house is known as the Lok Sabha (House of the People) and the upper house is known as the Rajya Sabha (Council of States). At state level some legislatures are bicameral and are run along the lines of the two houses of the national Parliament.

MAPS AND INFORMATION ON STATES OF INDIA

1. Andman & Nicobar (Port Blair is Capital City)
2. Andhara Pradesh (Hyderabad and Secunderabad Are Capital)
3. Arunachal Pradesh (Itanagar is capital City)
4. Assam (Dispur is Capital City)
5. Bihar (Patna is Capital City)
6. Chandigarh (This city serves as a capital of two states, Punjab and Haryana)
7. Chhattisgarh (Raipur is Capital City)
8. Dadra & Nagar Haveli (Silvasa is capital City)
9. Daman & Diu (Daman & Diu is a union territory)
10. Delhi (This city serves as a capital of India)
11. Goa (Panji is capital City)
12. Gujrat (Gandhinagar is Capital City)
13. Haryana (Chandigarh is Capital City)
14. Himachal Pradesh (Shimla is Capital City)
15. Jammu & Kashmir (Shri Nagar is Capital City)
16. Jharkhand (Ranchi is capital City)
17. Karnataka (Bangalore is capital City)
18. Kerala (Thiruvananthapuram is capital City)
19. Lakshadweep (Kavaratti is Capital City)
20. Madhya Pradesh (Bhopal is Capital City)
21. Maharastra (Mumbai is Capital City)
22. Manipur (Imphal is Capital City)
23. Meghalaya (Shillong is Capital City)
24. Mizoram (Aizawl is Capital City)
25. Nagalend (Kohima is Capital City)
26. Orissa (Bhubaneswar is Capital City)
27. Pondicherry (Pondicherry is capital city)
28. Punjab (Chandigarh is capital city)
29. Rajasthan (Jaipur is Capital City)
30. Sikkim (Gangtok is capital City)
31. Tamil Nnadu (Madras is capital city)
32. Tripura (Agartalla is capital city)
33. Uttar Pradesh (Lucknow is capital city)
34. Uttranchal (Dehradun is capital city)
35. West Bengal (Kolkatta is capital city)