Indian States And Union Territories With Their Capitals.

India is a country in South Asia which is also known as the Republic of India. It is the second(2nd) most populous and seventh (7th) largest country by area. India is a union of states, a Sovereign Socialist Secular Democratic Republic with a parliamentary system of government.

On 26th November 1949, the Constitution of India is adopted by the Constituent Assembly and came into force on 26 January 1950. 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 others are unicameral.

India is a home to 29 States and 7 Union Territories. All the states and union territories are unique in their own ways by having an extraordinary history and culture. So all the states and union territories in India never fail to charm because of unfolding mysteries and charisma.

States and Capitals of India :-

1. AndhraPradesh - Hyderabad (Proposed Capital Amaravati)

2. Arunachal Pradesh - Itanagar

3. Assam - Dispur

4. Bihar - Patna

5. Chhattisgarh - Raipur

6. Goa - Panaji

7. Gujarat - Gandhinagar

8. Haryana - Chandigarh

9. Himachal Pradesh - Shimla

10. Jammu and Kashmir - Srinagar

11. Jharkhand - Ranchi

12. Karnataka - Bengaluru

13. Kerala - Thiruvananthapuram

14. Madhya Pradesh - Bhopal

15. Maharashtra - Mumbai

16. Manipur - Imphal

17. Meghalaya - Shillong

18. Mizoram - Aizawl

19. Nagaland - Kohima

20. Odisha - Bhubaneswar

21. Punjab - Chandigarh

22. Rajasthan - Jaipur

23. Sikkim - Gangtok

24. Tamil Nadu - Chennai

25. Telangana - Hyderabad

26. Tripura - Agartala

27. Uttar Pradesh - Lucknow

28. Uttarakhand - Dehradun

29. West Bengal - Kolkata

Union Territories and Capitals of India :-

1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands - Port Blair

2. Chandigarh - Chandigarh

3. Dadar and Nagar Haveli - Silvassa

4. Daman and Diu - Daman

5. Delhi - Delhi

6. Lakshadweep - Kavaratti

7. Puducherry - Pondicherry

Each State and U.T has three capitals. They are :-

Legislative Capital is the one where the state assembly convenes.

Administrative Capital is the one where all the offices of the Executive government are situated.

Judicial Capital is the one where the territorial high courts are situated.

All the States and Union Territories namely Puducherry and Delhi has an elected form of Government and Legislatures. So they have a Chief Minister (CM) for a term of 5 years. While the other Union Territories are directly ruled by Central Government.