India is a country located in southern Asia. With over 1.3 billion people, India is the most populous
democracy in the world. It is a federal constitutional republic governed under a parliamentary system consisting of 28 states and 9 union territories. All states, as well as the union territories of Puducherry and the National Capital Territory of Delhi, have elected legislatures and governments, both patterned on the Westminster model. The remaining five union territories are directly ruled by the central government through appointed administrators. In 1956, under the States Reorganisation Act, states were reorganized on a linguistic basis. Since then, their structure has remained largely unchanged. Each state or union territory is further divided into administrative districts.
| No. | State or union territory |
Administrative capital | Legislative capital | Judicial capital | Year of establishment | Former capital |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands  |
Port Blair | — | Kolkata | 1955 | Calcutta (1945–1955) |
| 2 | Andhra Pradesh | Hyderabad (de jure to 2024) Amaravati (de facto from 2017) |
Amaravati | Amaravati | 1956 2017 |
Kurnool (1953-1956) |
| 3 | Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar | Itanagar | Guwahati | 1986 | — |
| 4 | Assam | Dispur | Guwahati | Guwahati | 1975 | Shillong (1874–1952) |
| 5 | Bihar | Patna | Patna | Patna | 1912 | — |
| 6 | Chandigarh |
Chandigarh[c] | — | Chandigarh | 1966 | — |
| 7 | Chhattisgarh | Raipur[d] | Raipur | Bilaspur | 2000 | — |
| 8 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli |
Silvassa | — | Mumbai | 1945 | Mumbai (1954–1961) Panaji (1961–1987) |
| 9 | Daman and Diu |
Daman | — | Mumbai | 1987 | Ahmedabad (1961–1963) Panaji (1963–1987) |
| 10 | National Capital Territory of Delhi |
New Delhi | New Delhi | New Delhi | 1931 | — |
| 11 | Goa | Panaji[e] | Porvorim | Mumbai | 1961 | Panaji (1961–1987) |
| 12 | Gujarat | Gandhinagar | Gandhinagar | Ahmedabad | 1960 | Ahmedabad (1960–1970) |
| 13 | Haryana | Chandigarh | Chandigarh | Chandigarh | 1966 | — |
| 14 | Himachal Pradesh | Shimla | Shimla (Summer) Dharamsala (Winter) |
Shimla | 1971 2017 |
Bilaspur (1950–1956) |
| 15 | Jammu and Kashmir |
Srinagar (Summer) Jammu (Winter) |
Srinagar (Summer) Jammu (Winter) |
Srinagar (Summer) Jammu (Winter) |
2019 | — |
| 16 | Jharkhand | Ranchi | Ranchi | Ranchi | 2000 | — |
| 17 | Karnataka | Bangalore | Bangalore | Bangalore | 1940 | (Mysore) |
| 18 | Kerala | Thiruvananthapuram | Thiruvananthapuram | Kochi | 1956 | — |
| 19 | Ladakh |
Leh | — | Srinagar (Summer) Jammu (Winter) |
2019 | Srinagar (Summer) Jammu (Winter) |
| 20 | Lakshadweep |
Kavaratti | — | Kochi | 1956 | — |
| 21 | Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal | Bhopal | Jabalpur | 1956 | Nagpur (1861–1956) |
| 22 | Maharashtra | Mumbai[g] | Mumbai (Summer)Nagpur (winter) | Mumbai | 1818 | — |
| 23 | Manipur | Imphal | Imphal | Imphal | 1947 | — |
| 24 | Meghalaya | Shillong | Shillong | Shillong | 1970 | — |
| 25 | Mizoram | Aizawl | Aizawl | Guwahati | 1972 | — |
| 26 | Nagaland | Kohima | Kohima | Guwahati | 1963 | — |
| 27 | Odisha | Bhubaneswar | Bhubaneswar | Cuttack | 1948 | Cuttack (1936–1948) |
| 28 | Puducherry |
Pondicherry | Pondicherry | Chennai | 1954 | Madras (1948–1954) |
| 29 | Punjab | Chandigarh | Chandigarh | Chandigarh | 1966 | — |
| 30 | Rajasthan | Jaipur | Jaipur | Jodhpur | 1950 | — |
| 31 | Sikkim | Gangtok[h] | Gangtok | Gangtok | 1890 | — |
| 32 | Tamil Nadu | Chennai[i] | Chennai | Chennai | 1956 | — |
| 33 | Telangana | Hyderabad[j] | Hyderabad | Hyderabad | 2014 | — |
| 34 | Tripura | Agartala | Agartala | Agartala | 1956 | — |
| 35 | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow | Lucknow | Allahabad | 1938 | — |
| 36 | Uttarakhand | Dehradun | Dehradun | Nainital | 2000 | — |
| 37 | West Bengal | Kolkata | Kolkata | Kolkata | 1947 | — |
source: WiKipedia