BHARITYA PARAMPARA

INDIA AT A FIRST GLANCE

India, officially known as Republic of India (Bhārat Gaṇarājya - in Hindi) is located in South Asia.
India get its name from Indus River. India is the second most populous country and is seventh largest in terms of Area. This also makes India the Most Populous Democratic country in the world.

Disclaimer - map is not to scale.

India wears the crown of beautiful and adorable Himalayan Ranges in the North while the South houses the Indian Ocean, to the west lies the Arabian Sea and East is surrounded by Bay of Bengal. Thus India is surrounded by Sea on 3 sides and crowned by Himalayan Mountain range. Land boundaries are shared with Pakistan in North West, China and Nepal in North, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Bhutan are on the East frontier. While the Indian Island Andaman and Nicobar shares maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia.

As on date there are 28 states in India and 8 Union Territories with 736 districts.




States and Union Territories

North India

  • Rajasthan

    Capital - Jaipur & Founded on - 1 Nov 1956.

  • Uttrakhand

    Capital - Dehradun (Winter), Gairsain (Summer) & Founded on - 9 Nov 2000.

  • Punjab

    Capital - Chandigarh & Founded on - 1 Nov 1956.

  • Haryana

    Capital - Chandigarh & Founded on - 1 Nov 1966.

South India

  • Kerala

    Capital - Thiruvananthapuram & Founded on - 1 Nov 1956.

  • Karnataka

    Capital - Bengaluru (formerly Bangalore) & Founded on - 1 Nov 1956.

  • Tamil Nadu

    Capital - Chennai & Founded on - 26 Jan 1950.

  • Andhra Pradesh

    Capital - Hyderabad (Proposed Capital Amaravati) & Founded on - 1 Nov 1956.

  • Telangana

    Capital - Hyderabad & Founded on - 2 June 2014.

West India

  • Goa

    Capital - Panaji & Founded on - 30 May 1987.

  • Gujarat

    Capital - Gandhinagar & Founded on - 1 May 1960.

  • Maharashtra

    Capital - Mumbai & Founded on - 1 May 1960.

East India

  • Sikkim

    Capital - Gangtok & Founded on - 16 May 1975.

  • Assam

    Capital - Dispur & Founded on - 26 Jan 1950.

  • Nagaland

    Capital - Kohima & Founded on - 1 Dec 1963.

  • Tripura

    Capital - Agartala & Founded on - 21 Jan 1972.

  • Jharkhand

    Capital - Ranchi & Founded on - 15 Nov 2000.

  • Bihar

    Capital - Patna & Founded on - 26 Jan 1950.

  • Odisha

    Capital - Bhubaneswar & Founded on - 26 Jan 1950.

  • Manipur

    Capital - Imphal & Founded on - 21 Jan 1972s.

  • Meghalaya

    Capital - Shillong & Founded on - 21 Jan 1972.

  • Mizoram

    Capital - Aizawl & Founded on - 20 Feb 1987.

  • West Bengal

    Capital - Kolkata & Founded on - 1 Nov 1956.

Central India

  • Madhya Pradesh

    Capital - Bhopal & Founded on - 1 Nov 1956.

  • Chhattisgarh

    Capital - Raipur & Founded on - 1 Nov 2000.

Union Territories

  • New Delhi

    Capital - New Delhi & Founded on - 9 May 1905.

  • Chandigarh

    Capital - Chandigarh & Founded on - 1 Nov 1966.

  • Andaman Nicobar Islands

    Capital - Port Blair & Founded on - 1 Nov 1956.

  • Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu

    Capital - Daman & Founded on - 26 Jan 2020.

  • Puducherry

    Capital - Pondicherry & Founded on - 1 Nov 1954.

  • Lakshadweep

    Capital - Kavaratti & Founded on - 1 Nov 1956.

  • Jammu & Kashmir

    Capital - Srinagar (Summer), Jammu (Winter) & Founded on - 31 Oct 2019.

  • Ladakh

    Capital - Leh & Founded on - 31 Oct 2019.

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