Indian State Facts

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About India: Capital of India is New Delhi. 

India is a federal union of states comprising 29 states and 7 union territories. The states and territories are further subdivided into districts and so on. 


  • The administrative capital is where the executive government offices are located.
  • The legislative capital is where the state assembly convenes.
  • The judicial capital is the location of the state or territorial High Courts of India.
  • The date mentioned in the table refers to when the city became the capital of the state or territory
  • In the table S and W refers to the Summer and Winter sessions respectively.
  • The administrative capital is considered to be the main capital of the state.
  • In the absence of the legislative capital means that it is administered by the Central Government.
States and their Capitals
StateAdministrative CapitalLegislative CapitalJudicial CapitalSince
Andhra PradeshHyderabadHyderabadHyderabad1956
Arunachal PradeshItanagarItanagarGuwahati1972
AssamDispur (Former Capital: Shilong(1874-1972))DispurGuwahati1972
BiharPatnaPatnaPatna1936
ChhattisgarhRaipurRaipurBilaspur2000
GoaPanjiPorvorimMumbai1961
GujaratGandhinagar(Formal Capital: Ahmedabad(1960-1970))GandhinagarAhmedabad1970
HaryanaChandigarhChandigarhChandigarh1966
Himachal PradeshShimlaShimlaShimla1948
Jammu and KashmirSrinagar(S),Jammu(W)Srinagar(S),Jammu(W)Srinagar1948
JharkhandRanchiRanchiRanchi2000
KarnatakaBangaluruBangaluruBangaluru1956
KeralaThiruvanantha-Puram (Former Capital: Kochi(1949-1956))T'puramErnakulam1956
Madhya PradeshBhopalBhopalJabalpur1956
MaharashtraMumbaiMumbaiMumbai1818
ManipurImphalImphalGuwahati1947
MeghalayaShillongShillongGuwahati1970
MizoramAizwalAizwalGuwahati1972
NagalandKohimaKohimaGuwahati1963
OrrisaBhubaneshwar (Former Capital: Cuttak (1936-1948))BhubaneshwarCuttack1948
PunjabChandigarh (Former Capital: Lahore(1936-1947) & Shimla(1947-1966))ChandigarhChandigarh1966
RajasthanJaipurJaipurJodhpur1948
SikkimGangtokGangtokGangtok1975
Tamil NaduChennaiChennaiChennai1956
TripuraAgartalaAgartalaGuwahati1956
UttarakhandDehradunDehradunNainital2000
Uttar PradeshLucknowLucknowAllahabad1937
West BengalKolkataKolkataKolkata1905
Union Territories
Andaman and Nicobar IslandsPort Blair--Kolkata1956
ChandigarhChandigarh--Chandigarh1966
Dadra and Nagar HaveliSilvasaa--Mumbai1961
Daman and DiuDaman--Mumbai1987
LakshadweepKavaratti--Ernakulam1956
National Capital Territory of DelhiN.Delhi------
PonducherryPonducherryPonducherryChennai1954

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