State Formation Day: List of States & UTs Foundation Day with Capitals

Updated: Friday, July 24, 2026, 4:44 [IST]

As per the constitution of India, our country is a Union of States. The topic of formation of States comes under part 1 of the Constitution of India under article 2, 3 and 4 which is as follows:

Article 2: It briefs about the Admission and establishment of new states.
Article 3: Briefs about the formation of new states and alteration of areas, boundaries or names of existing states.
Article 4: Laws made under articles 2 and 3 to provide for the amendment of the First and the Fourth Schedules and supplemental, incidents and consequential matters.

In this article you will get to know about the foundation days of Indian States and Union Territories along with some interesting facts related to their foundation.

List Of Indian State Foundation Days And Its Capitals

	A	B	C	D
1	State	Date	Year	Before foundation
2	Andhra Pradesh	1 November	1956	Part of Andhra State and Hyderabad State
3	Arunachal Pradesh	20 February	1987	Arunachal Pradesh Union Territory
4	Assam	2 December	1928	Part of Kamarupa Kingdom
5	Bihar	22 March	1912	Part of Bengal Province, British India
6	Chhattisgarh	1 November	2000	Part of Madhya Pradesh
7	Goa	30 May	1987	Part of Goa, Daman and Diu
8	Gujarat	1 May	1960	Part of Bombay State
9	Haryana	1 November	1966	Part of East Punjab
10	Himachal Pradesh	15 April	1948	Part of the princely states of former Punjab States Agency
11	Jharkhand	15 November	2000	Part of Bihar
12	Karnataka	1 November	1956	Part of Bombay State, Coorg State, Hyderabad State and Mysore State
13	Kerala		1956	Part of Madras State and Travancore-Cochin
14	Madhya Pradesh		1956	Part of the Central Provinces and Berar, Princely State of Makrai and the princely states of former Eastern States Agency.
15	Maharashtra	1 May	1960	Part of Bombay State
16	Manipur	21 January	1972	Manipur Union Territory
17	Meghalaya	21 January	1972	Part of Assam
18	Mizoram	20 February	1987	Mizoram Union Territory
19	Nagaland	1 December	1963	Nagaland Union Territory
20	Odisha	1 April	1936	Part of Bihar and Orissa Province, British India
21	Punjab	1 November	1966	Part of East Punjab
22	Rajasthan	30 March	1949	Part of the princely states of former Rajputana Agency
23	Sikkim	16 May	1975	Kingdom of Sikkim
24	Tamil Nadu	1 November	1956	Part of Madras State and Travancore-Cochin
25	Telangana	2 June	2014	Part of Andhra Pradesh
26	Tripura	21 January	1972	Tripura Union Territory
27	Uttar Pradesh	24 January	1950	United Provinces
28	Uttarakhand	9 November	2000	Part of Uttar Pradesh
29	West Bengal	20 June	1947	Part of Bengal Province, British India

List Of Union Territories Foundation Days And Its Capitals

	A	B	C	D
1	Union territory	Date	Year	Before foundation
2	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	1 November	1956	Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Part D State)
3	Chandigarh	1 November	1966	Part of East Punjab
4	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	26 January	2020	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
5	Delhi	1 November	1956	Delhi (Part C State)
6	Jammu and Kashmir	31 October	2019	Part of Jammu and Kashmir State
7	Ladakh	31 October	2019	Part of Jammu and Kashmir State
8	Lakshadweep	1 November	1956	Part of Madras State
9	Puducherry	1 November	1954	Pondichéry, French India
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Facts On Indian State Formation

Andhra Pradesh was formed by the State Reorganisation Act 1956.
Arunachal Pradesh was Created as a Union Territory by the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971. Which was later Converted to a state by the State of Arunachal Pradesh Act, 1986.
Assam was founded as Ahom Kingdom and recognised as North-East Frontier Province 1874.
Under the Madhya Pradesh reorganisation act the State of Chhattisgarh was formed on November 1, 2000.
Tripura got its statehood by the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971.
Uttarakhand was formed under Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000 as Uttaranchal, which was later renamed Uttarakhand in 2007.
The State of Telangana was formed under the act of Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014.
While Chandigarh and Haryana formed on November 1 under the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966.