List of state and union territory capitals in India 1

List of state and union territory capitals in India

States and
territories of India by:
Area
Population
Highest Point
GDP
HDI
Tax revenues
Voters
Abbreviations
Natural growth rate
Vaccination
Literacy rate
Electricity
Capitals
Media exposure
Origin of name
HIV awareness
Household size
Underweight people
Place of worship
TV ownership
Transport network
Power capacity

India is divided into twenty-eight states and seven union territories (UTs). States have their own government,
whereas union territories are administered by the Central government. As per the Constitution of India, the central
government can also empower a union territory with a legislature. As of 2008, two union territories, the National
Capital Territory of Delhi and Pondicherry have their own legislatures.
The state and union territory capitals are sorted according to the administrative, legislative and judicial capitals. The
administrative capital is where executive government offices are located, the legislative capital is where the state
assembly convenes, and the judicial capital is the location of the territorial High Courts of India.
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States and territories

States:

The 28 states and 7 union territories of India

• Andhra Pradesh • Haryana • Maharashtra • Rajasthan

• Arunachal Pradesh • Himachal Pradesh • Manipur • Sikkim
• Assam • Jammu and Kashmir • Meghalaya • Tamil Nadu
• Bihar • Jharkhand • Mizoram • Tripura
• Chhattisgarh • Karnataka • Nagaland • Uttar Pradesh
• Goa • Kerala • Orissa • Uttarakhand
• Gujarat • Madhya Pradesh • Punjab • West Bengal

Union Territories:

• Andaman and Nicobar Islands

• Chandigarh
• Dadra and Nagar Haveli
• Daman and Diu
• Lakshadweep
• National Capital Territory of Delhi
• Puducherry

State or UT Administrative Legislative capital Judiciary Year of Former capital

capital capital establishment

Andaman and Nicobar Port Blair — Kolkata 1956 —

Islands

Andhra Pradesh Hyderabad Hyderabad Hyderabad 1956 Hyderabad (Hyderabad State),

[1]
Kurnool (Andhra State)

Arunachal Pradesh Itanagar Itanagar Guwahati 1972 —

Assam Dispur Guwahati Guwahati 1975 [2]

Shillong (1874-1972)

Bihar Patna Patna Patna 1912 —

Chandigarh [3] — Chandigarh 1966 —

Chandigarh

Chattisgarh Raipur Raipur Bilaspur 2000 —

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Dadra and Nagar Silvassa — Mumbai 1941 —

Haveli

Daman and Diu Daman — Mumbai 1987 —

National Capital Delhi Delhi Delhi 1952 —

Territory of Delhi

Goa [4] Porvorim Mumbai 1961 —

Panaji

Gujarat Gandhinagar Gandhinagar Ahmedabad 1970 Ahmedabad (1960-1970)

Haryana Chandigarh Chandigarh Chandigarh 1966 —

Himachal Pradesh Shimla Shimla Shimla 1948 —

Jammu and Kashmir • Srinagar (S) • [[] (S) [[]] 1948 —

• Jammu () • Jammu (W)

Jharkhand Ranchi Ranchi Ranchi 2000 —

Karnataka Bengaluru Bengaluru Bengaluru 1956 Mysore

Kerala Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram Kochi 1956 —

Lakshadweep Kavaratti — Kochi 1956 —

Madhya Pradesh Bhopal Bhopal Jabalpur 1956 [5]

Nagpur (1861-1956)

Maharashtra [6] Mumbai 1818 —

Mumbai • Mumbai (S+B)
[7] [8] 1960
• Nagpur (W/2nd) • Nagpur (W)

Manipur Imphal Imphal Guwahati 1947 —

Meghalaya Shillong Shillong Guwahati 1970 —

Mizoram Aizawl Aizawl Guwahati 1972 —

Nagaland Kohima Kohima Guwahati 1963 —

Orissa Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar Cuttack 1948 Cuttack (1936-1948)

Puducherry Pondicherry Pondicherry Chennai 1954 —

Punjab Chandigarh Chandigarh Chandigarh 1966 [9]

• Lahore (1936-1947)
• Shimla (1947-1966)

Rajasthan Jaipur Jaipur Jodhpur 1948 —

Sikkim [10] Gangtok Gangtok 1975 —

Gangtok

Tamil Nadu [11] Chennai Chennai 1956 —

Chennai

Tripura Agartala Agartala Guwahati 1956 —

Uttar Pradesh Lucknow Lucknow Allahabad 1937 —

Uttarakhand [12] Dehradun Nainital 2000 —

Dehradun

West Bengal Kolkata Kolkata Kolkata 1947 —

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Notes
[1] Andhra Pradesh was formed combining erstwhile Andhra state and Telangana(Telugu speaking region of Hyderabad state). Capital of Andhra
state was Kurnool.
[2] Shillong was the joint capital of Meghalaya and Assam in 1971, after Meghalaya split from Assam.
[3] Chandigarh is the capital of the states of Punjab and Haryana, and is a Union Territory, separate from the two states.
[4] Panaji was the capital of Goa from 1843 when it was ruled by the Portuguese.
[5] Nagpur was the capital of Central Provinces and Berar which was a province from 1861 until 1950. It became the major constituent of
Madhya Pradesh, after it was formed in 1950. Nagpur remained the capital of the new state. In 1956, Berar (Vidarbha) was separated from
Madhya Pradesh, and merged with the Bombay State. Nagpur thus lost the status of a capital city. In 1960, under the Nagpur pact, Nagpur
became the second capital of Maharashtra.
[6] Mumbai (Bombay) was the capital of Bombay Presidency which was a province until 1950. After that it became the capital of Bombay State,
which was split into Gujarat and Maharashtra in 1960.
[7] In 1960, under the Nagpur pact, Nagpur became the second capital of Maharashtra. Although an official notification to this effect was only
given in 1988. The India yearbook of the government of India still does not mention Nagpur, being either the second or winter capital of
Maharashtra.
[8] Under the Nagpur pact, one of the preconditions for Vidarbha joining the state of Maharastra was that, at least one of the legislative sessions
every year should be held in Nagpur. This session is supposed to specially deal with Vidarbha's problems.
[9] Lahore was the capital of Punjab when the state was created in 1936. It is now a part of Pakistan.
[10] Gangtok has been the capital of Sikkim since 1890. Sikkim joined the Indian Union in 1975.
[11] Chennai (Madras) was the capital of the Madras Presidency since 1839, which was redrawn as Tamil Nadu in 1956.
[12] Dehradun is the provisional capital of Uttaranchal. The town of Gairsen is being built as the state's new capital.orissa's previous name was
kalinga

Chandigarh is only city which is capital of two states Punjab and Haryana

References
• THOMAS (2003). Year Book 2003 pgs 649-714. Malayala Manorama Co. Ltd. ISBN 81-900461-8-7.
• "Jurisdiction and Seats of Indian High Courts" (http://www.ebc-india.com/lawyer/hcourts.htm). Eastern Book
Company. Retrieved August 3, 2005.
• "A Brief Historical Profile of Assam Legislative Assembly" (http://assamassembly.nic.in/history.html). Assam
Legislative Assembly. Retrieved August 3, 2005.
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