List of state and union territory capitals in India

List of capitals of states and union territories of India

States and union
territories of India
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India is a federal constitutional republic governed under a parliamentary system consisting of 28 states and 8 union territories.[1] All states, as well as the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, 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 reorganised on a linguistic basis.[2] Their structure has since remained largely unchanged. Each state or union territory is further divided into administrative districts.

The legislatures of three states Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra and Uttarakhand meet in different capitals for their summer and winter sessions. Ladakh has both Leh and Kargil as its administrative capitals.

List

The state and union territory capitals are sorted according to administrative, legislative and judicial capitals. The administrative capital is where the executive government offices are located.

States

State Administrative/
Executive capital 		Legislative capital Judicial capital Year of
establishment 		Former capital
Andhra Pradesh Amaravati Amaravati Amaravati 2014 Hyderabad[a](1956–2024)
Arunachal Pradesh Itanagar Itanagar Guwahati 1987  —
Assam Dispur Dispur Guwahati 1972 Shillong[b] (1950–1972)
Bihar Patna Patna Patna 1950  —
Chhattisgarh Raipur[c] Raipur Bilaspur 2000  —
Goa Panaji[d] Porvorim Mumbai 1987  —
Gujarat Gandhinagar Gandhinagar Ahmedabad 1970 Ahmedabad (1960–1970)
Haryana Chandigarh Chandigarh Chandigarh 1966  —
Himachal Pradesh Shimla Shimla (Summer)
Dharamshala (Winter)[5] 		Shimla 1971  —
Jharkhand Ranchi Ranchi Ranchi 2000  —
Karnataka Bangalore Bangalore (Summer)
Belgaum (Winter) 		Bangalore 1956  —
Kerala Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram Ernakulam 1956  —
Madhya Pradesh Bhopal Bhopal Jabalpur 1956  —
Maharashtra Mumbai[e] Mumbai (Summer)
Nagpur (Winter) 		Mumbai 1960  —
Manipur Imphal Imphal Imphal 1972  —
Meghalaya Shillong Shillong Shillong 1972  —
Mizoram Aizawl Aizawl Guwahati 1987  —
Nagaland Kohima Kohima Guwahati 1963  —
Odisha Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar Cuttack 1950  —
Punjab Chandigarh Chandigarh Chandigarh 1966  —
Rajasthan Jaipur Jaipur Jodhpur 1950  —
Sikkim Gangtok[f] Gangtok Gangtok 1975  —
Tamil Nadu Chennai[g] Chennai Chennai 1956  —
Telangana Hyderabad Hyderabad Hyderabad 2014  —
Tripura Agartala Agartala Agartala 1972  —
Uttar Pradesh Lucknow Lucknow Prayagraj 1950  —
Uttarakhand Dehradun Bhararisain (summer)[7]
Dehradun (winter) 		Nainital 2000  —
West Bengal Kolkata Kolkata Kolkata 1950  —

Citations

  1. ^ "Jammu and Kashmir bifurcated: India has one less state, gets two new UTs in J&K, Ladakh". India Today. 31 October 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  2. ^ Sharma 2007, p. 49.
  3. ^ Baruah 1999, p. xiii.
  4. ^ Ring 1996, p. 288.
  5. ^ "Dharamshala Declared Second Capital of Himachal". www.hillpost.in. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  6. ^ Spate 1953, p. 200.
  7. ^ "Bhararisain declared as summer capital of Uttarakhand". www.timesnownews.com. Retrieved 24 November 2021.

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  • Ring, Trudy (1 January 1996). Asia and Oceania: International Dictionary of Historic Places. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-884964-04-6. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  • Sati, Vishwambhar Prasad; Kumar, Kamlesh (2004). Uttaranchal: Dilemma Of Plenties And Scarcities. Mittal Publications. ISBN 978-81-7099-898-3. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
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  • Spate, Oskar Hermann Khristian (1953). The Changing Map Of Asia A Political Geography. Taylor & Francis. Retrieved 15 August 2012.

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