Union and its Territory
- Article 1 describes “India, that is, Bharat” as ‘Union of States’ rather than ‘Federation of States’
- Territory of India is combination of
- Territories of States
- Union Territories
- Acquired Territories
- Provision of Constitution pertaining to States are applicable to all of these except Jammu & Kashmir
- Article 2 —> External
- Power to admit Union of India new states
- Power to establish new states
- Article 3 —> Internal
- Form new states
- Uniting or Divide states
- Increase or Decrease Area of states
- Alteration of Boundaries or Name
- Bill need to be given to President and he sends for State Legislature except Union Territories
- President is not bound by views of Legislature
- Indestructible Union of Destructible States
- These changes occur with Simple Majority
- Evolution of States and Union Territories
- Integration of Princely States
- Dhar Commission and JVP Committee
- No state on Linguistic Basis
- But Government was forced to create Andhra State in 1953
- Fazl Ali Commission
- Was brought due to more demand for linguistic states
- Preservation and Strengthening of the unity and security of the country
- Linguistic and Cultural homogeneity
- Financial, Economic and Administrative considerations
- Planning and Promotion of Welfare of People in each state as well as in Nation as whole
- In 1956
- 14 States
- Andhra Pradesh
- Assam
- Bihar
- Bombay
- Jammu and Kashmir
- Kerala
- Madhya Pradesh
- Madras
- Mysore
- Orissa
- Punjab
- Rajasthan
- Uttar Pradesh
- West Bengal
- Union Territories
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Delhi
- Himachal Pradesh
- Laccadive, Minicoy, Amindivi Islands
- Manipur
- Tripura
- Maharashtra and Gujarat —> 1960
- Bombay was divided based on Marathi and Gujarati speaking people
- Dadra & Nagar Haveli —> 1961 as UT
- From Portuguese
- Goa, Daman & Diu —> 1962 as UT
- By Police action from Portuguese
- Pondicherry —> 1962
- From French
- Nagaland —> 1963
- From Assam
- Haryana, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh —> 1966
- Punjab was divided
- Hindi speaking to Haryana state and Chandigarh UT
- Hilly areas was joined to Himachal Pradesh UT to make it a state
- Manipur, Tripura, Meghalaya —> 1972
- Sikkim —> 1974
- 35th Amendment Act
- Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Goa —> 1987
- Goa was promoted from UT to State
- Chattisgarh, Uttaranchal, Jharkand —> 2000
- Telangana —> 2014