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India Facts and Figures- States, UTs and their Capitals

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India Facts and Figures- States, UTs and their Capitals

  • The state and union territory capitals are sorted according to the administrative, legislative and judicial capitals.
  • The administrative capital is where the executive government offices are located. The legislative capital is where the state assembly convenes.
  • The judicial capital is the location of the state or territorial High Courts of India.
  • The year mentioned in the table refers to when the city became the capital of the state or territory.
  • In the following table S and W refers to the summer and winter sessions respectively. B refers to the budget session of the legislature.
  • The administrative (executive) capital is considered to be the main capital of the state.
  • The former capital refers to a city which was the capital from admission into the Indian Union. An absence of a legislative capital means that it is administered by the Central government.

States and UTs and their Capitals

State / UT

Administrative Capital

Legislative Capital

Judicial Capital

Since

Andaman and Nicobar Islands (UT)

Port Blair

 ––

Kolkata

1956

Arunachal  Pradesh

Itanagar

Itanagar

Guwahati

1972

Andhra  Pradesh

Amaravati

Amaravati

Amaravati

2015

Assam

Dispur

Dispur

Guwahati

1972

Former Capital Shillong (1874-1972)

Bihar

Patna

Patna

Patna

1936

Chhattisgarh

Raipur

Raipur

Bilaspur

2000

Chandigarh  UT)

Chandigarh

––

Chandigarh

1966

Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu UT)

Daman

––

Mumbai

2019

NCT-Delhi

Delhi

Delhi

Delhi

1956

Goa

Panaji

Porvorim

Mumbai

1961

Gujarat

Gandhinagar

Gandhinagar

Ahmedabad

1970

Former Capital: Ahmedabad (1960-1970)

Haryana

Chandigarh 

Chandigarh

Chandigarh 

1966

 Himachal  Pradesh

Shimla  Dharmsala (W)

 Shimla

Shimla

1948  2017

J & K (UT)

Srinagar (S)

Srinagar (S)

Srinagar

1948

Jammu (W)

Jammu (W)

 ––

 ––

Ladakh (UT)

Leh

 

Srinagar

2019

Jharkhand

Ranchi

Ranchi

Ranchi

2000

Karnataka

Bengaluru

Bengaluru

Bengaluru

1956

Kerala

Thiruvanan-  thapuram

T'puram

Emakulam

1956

Former Capital: Kochlii (1949-1956)

Lakshadweep  UT)

Kavaratti

 ––

Emakulam

1956

Madhya  Pradesh

Bhopal

Bhopal

Jabalpur

1956

Maharashtra

Mumbai

Mumbai (S+B)

Mumbai

1818

Maharashtra

Mumbai

Nagpur (W)

 ––

1960

Manipur

Imphal

Imphal

Imphal

2013

Meghalaya

Shillong

Shillong

Shillong

2013

Mlizoram

Aizawl

Aizawl

Guwahati

1972

Nagaland

Kohima

Kohima

Guwahati

1963

Odisha (Orissa)

Bhubaneshwar

Bhubaneshwar

Cuttack

1948

Former Capital: Cuttack (1936-1948)

Puducherry (UT)  

Pondicherry

Pondicherry 

Chennai 

1954

Punjab

Chandigarh

Chandigarh

Chandigarh

1966

Former Capital: Lahore (1936-1947) Shimla (1947-1966)

Rajasthan

Jaipur

Jaipur

Jodhpur

1948

Sikkim

Gangtok

Gangtok

Gangtok

1975

Tamil Nadu

Chennai

Chennai

Chennai

1956

Telangana 

Hyderabad 

Hyderabad

Hyderabad

2014

Tripura

Agartala

 Agartala

 Agartala

2013

Uttarakhand

Gairsain (S)

Dehradun

Nainital

2000

 ––

Dehradun (W)

 ––

 ––

 ––

Uttar Pradesh

Lucknow

Lucknow

Allahabad

1937

West Bengal

Kolkata

Kolkata

Kolkata

1905

  • Hyderabad remained the joint capital of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh states. The ancient town of' Amaravati', place between Guntur and Vijayawada in central A.P. is being developed as the new Capital of Andhra Pradesh.
  • But there is a move by the Govt, of Andhra Pradesh to trifurcate the capital. According to the bill passed by the state assembly on June 16, 2020 and approved by the Governor on July 31, 2020, the formation of the three capital cities for Andhra Pradesh are proposed to be—l.Vishakhapatnam (the executive capital), 2. Amaravati (the legislative capital) and 3. Kurnool (the judicial capital). On Aug. 4, 2020 the Andhra Pradesh High Court stayed the notification of YSR Congress government till Aug. 27, 2020.
  • The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act, 2019 was enacted (MHA, SO No. 3979 (E)) dated November 2, 2019) to provide for reorganization of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir into the two union territories-one to be eponymously called Jammu and Kashmir and the other Ladakh. Accordingly, the "State Legislature including Legislative Council of the State" has been abolished and shall now onwards be construed as "Legislative Assembly of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir". [Source: India 2020]
  • The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act, 2019 was enacted (MHA, SO No 3979 (E) dated November 2,2019) to provide for reorganization of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir into the two union territories -one to be eponymously called Jammu and Kashmir, and the other Ladakh. The union territory of Ladakh has two districts-Kargil and Leh with each having its autonomous district council. These councils work with village panchayats to take decisions on economic development, healthcare, education, land use, taxation and local governance. It has its own police force headed by a Director General of Police. Ladakh does not have an elected legislative assembly or chief minister. [Source: India 2020]

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