States of India: Language, Capital, Formation

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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


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