States of India: Language, Capital, Formation
How many Indian States?
29 States, 7 Union Territories Chief Minister - head of the local government, 5 year term, unlimited terms Union Territories are directly ruled by central government
Assam
Language: Assamese, Bengali, Bodo Capital: Dispur Formed: 1912
West Bengal
Language: Bengali, English, Nepali Capital: Kolkata Formed: 1947
Tripura
Language: Bengali, Tripuri Capital: Agartala Formed: 1972
Chhattisgarh
Language: Chhattisgarhi, Hindi Capital: Raipur Formed: 2000
Jammu and Kashmir
Language: Dogri, Ladakhi, Urdu, Kashmiri Capital: Srinagar (Summer), Jammu (Winter) Formed: 1947
Arunachal Pradesh
Language: English Capital: Itanagar Formed: 1987
Nagaland
Language: English Capital: Kohima Formed: 1963
Meghalaya
Language: English, Garo, Hindi, Khasi, Pnar Capital: Shillong Formed: 1972
Gujarat
Language: Gujarati Capital: Gandhinagar Formed: 1960
Madhya Pradesh
Language: Hindi Capital: Bhopal Formed: 1947
Himachal Pradesh
Language: Hindi Capital: Shimla Formed: 1971
Haryana
Language: Hindi, Punjabi Capital: Chandigarh (shared, Union Territory) Formed: 1966
Uttar Pradesh
Language: Hindi/Urdu Capital: Lucknow Formed: 1902
Bihar
Language: Hindi/Urdu Capital: Patna Formed: 1936
Karnataka
Language: Kannada Capital: Bangalore Formed: 1956
Goa
Language: Konkani Capital: Panaji Formed: 1987
Kerala
Language: Malayalam Capital: Thiruvananthapuram Formed: 1956
Manipur
Language: Manipuri Capital: Imphal Formed: 1972
Maharashtra
Language: Marathi Capital: Mumbai Formed: 1960
Mizoram
Language: Mizo Capital: Aizawl Formed: 1987
Sikkim
Language: Nepali, Bhutia, Gurung, Lepcha, Limbu, Manggar, Newari, Sherpa, Sunwar, Tamang Capital: Gangtok Formed: 1975
Odisha
Language: Odia Capital: Bhubaneswar Formed: 1912
Punjab
Language: Punjabi Capital: Chandigarh Formed: 1947
Rajasthan
Language: Rajasthani, Hindi Capital: Jaipur Formed: 1950
Uttarakhand
Language: Sanskrit, Hindi Capital: Dehradun Formed: 2000
Tamil Nadu
Language: Tamil Capital: Chennai Formed: 1950
Andhra Pradesh
Language: Telegu Capital: Hyderabad Formed: 1953
Telangana
Language: Telegu, Urdu Capital: Hyderabad (Within borders but shared with Andhra Pradesh for no more than 10 years) Formed: 2014
Jharkhand
Lanuage: Hindi Capital: Ranchi Formed: 2000