Indian Constitutional Amendments and State Formations
Chart 1
The early years (1947-1956)
1947
British India
during Partition
British territories
Princely states
Tribal areas of Assam
1950
Other colonial territories Republic of India
Nearly all the princely states inside the
current boundaries of India had
acceded to the Indian dominion
Part A states
Part B states
Part C states
1956
Other colonial territories/protectorates India after linguistic
reorganization
States marked in yellow have had
the same boundaries since then.
By this time, with the exception of
Goa, Pondicherry and Sikkim,
most of the external boundaries
of India were established.
The rulers of
Junagadh had
tried acceding to
Pakistan, but later
had unanimously
chosen India in a
plebiscite.
At the time of
independence, both
Kashmir and Hyderabad
had declared that they
did not want to be a part
of India.
Manipur and
Tripura had
joined the Indian
Union in 1948-49
The boundaries of
four territories-
Orissa, Mizoram,
Tripura, and
Andaman and
Nicobar Islands-
remain the same
till date.
Part A: Former British provinces
ruled by an elected governor and
state legislature
Part B: Former princely states
governed by a Rajpramukh, who was
appointed by the President.
Part C: States governed by a
commissioner appointed by the
President.
The States
Reorganization
Committee had
recommended
that Bombay
should remain a
bilingual state
That union did not
last long.
Andaman and
Nicobar Islands,
Lakshadweep, Delhi,
Manipur, and Tripura
were classified as
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