Indian Constitutional Amendments and State Formations

Chart 2 Linguistic reorganization continues right after 1956 SRC (1956-1966) 1957 Naga Hill Tuensang Area was carved out of Assam as UT 1960 Assam Naga Hill Tuensang Area Gujarat and Maharashtra were carved out of Bombay Gujarat Maharashtra 1961 Goa joined the Indian Union and with it, European colonialism came to an end on the subcontinent 1962 Pondicherry officially became a part of the Union 0000 1963 Nagaland was granted statehood 1 1966 Punjab, Haryana, UTS Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh were created Akali Dal's protests for linguistic reorganization led to the former states of East Punjab, Patiala and East Punjab States Union and Himachal Pradesh. Himachal Pradesh Punjab Chandigarh Haryana

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