Indian Polity & Constitution

Reorganization of States

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Reorganization of States

  • A Bill seeking to create a new State or alter boundaries of existing States can be introduced in either House of the Parliament, only on the recommendation of the President.
  • President refers the State Reorganization Bill to the State Legislature concerned for its opinion, fixing a time limit.
  • Parliament is not bound to accept or act upon the views of the State Legislature on a state Reorganization Bill. The State Reorganization Bill requires simple majority in both Houses of the Parliament.
  • It is not necessary to obtain the views of legislatures of Union territories before a bill affecting their boundaries or names is introduced.

Establishment of New States

State

Establishment Year

Andhra Pradesh

October 1,1953

Maharashtra

May 1,1960

Gujrat

May 1,1960

Nagaland

December 1,1963

Haryana

November 1,1966

Himachal Pradesh

January 25,1971

Meghalaya

January 21,1972

Manipur

January 21,1972

Tripura

January 21,1972

Sikkim

April 26,1975

Mizoram

February 20,1987

Arunachal Pradesh

February 20,1987

Goa (25th)

May 30,1987

Chhattisgarh (26th)

November 1,2000

Uttarakhand (27th)

November 9,2000

Jharkhand (28th)

November 15,2000

Telangana (29th)

June 2,2014

 

  • The States Reorganization Act, 1956 reorganised the boundaries of different States to establish a new State of Kerala and merge the former States of Madhya Bharat, Pepsu, Saurashtra, Travancore, Cochin, Ajmer, Bhopal, Coorg, Kutch and Vindhya Pradesh in other adjoining States and thus 14 states and 6 Union Territories were established in India.
  • The Bombay Reorganization Act, 1960, divided the State of Bombay to establish two States of Gujarat and Maharashtra.
  • In 1962 Nagaland was created as a separate State.
  • In 1966, Punjab was divided into Punjab and Haryana.
  • Union Territory of Himachal Pradesh was made the State of Himachal Pradesh by an Act of 1970.
  • States of Manipur, Tripura, Meghalaya and Union Territories of Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh were established in 1971. Later Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh achieved statehood in 1986.
  • Sikkim was made part of India by 36th Amendment of the Constitution.
  • In 1987 Goa was made a separate State of the Union.
  • Chhattisgarh came into existence on 1st November, 2000.
  • Uttaranchal (now Uttarakhand) came into existence on 8th November, 2000.
  • The State of Jharkhand, which was established on 15th November, 2000 is the 28th State of India.
  • Bifurcating Andhra Pradesh, 'Telangana' came into being on the 2nd June, 2014 as the 29th State. It is the outcome of 15th Lok Sabha.

 

The Constitution (Application to Jammu & Kashmir) Order, 2019

In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 370 of the Constitution the President; with the concurrence of the Government of State of Jammu & Kashmir, is pleased to make the following Order—

  1. (i) This order may be called the Constitution (Application to Jammu & Kashmir) Order, 2019.

(ii) It shall come into force at once, and shall thereupon supersede the Constitution (Application to Jammu and Kashmir) Order, 1954 as amended from time to time.

  1. All the provisions of the Constitution, as amended from time to time, shall apply in relation to the State of Jammu & Kashmir and the exceptions and modifications subject to which they shall so apply shall be as follows— To article 367, there shall be added the following clause, namely—

"(4) For the purposes of this Constitution as it applies in relation to the State of Jammu & Kashmir—

  1. References to this constitution or to the provisions there of shall be construed as references to the constitution or the provisions there of as applied in relation to the said State.
  2. References to the person for the time being recognized by the President on the recommendation of the Legislative Assembly of the State as the Sadar-i-Riyasatoi Jammu & Kashmir, acting on the advice of the Council of Ministers of the State for the time being in office, shall be construed as references to the Governor of Jammu & Kashmir.
  3. References to the Government of the said State be construed as including references to the Governor of Jammu & Kashmir acting on the advice of his council of Ministers; and
  4. In proviso to clause (3) of article 370 of this Constitution, the expression "Constituent Assembly of the State referred to in clause (2)" shall read "Legislative Assembly of the State".

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