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India is a federal constitutional republic governed under a parliamentary system consisting of 28 states and 8 union territories. [1] All states, as well as the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, Puducherry and the National Capital Territory of Delhi, have elected legislatures and governments, both patterned on the Westminster model.
India is a union consisting of 28 states and 8 union territories. [1] As of 2024, with an estimated population of 1.484 billion, India is the world's most populous country. India occupies 2.4% of the world's area and is home to 17.5% of the world's population. [2]
As an Indian state Mizoram: North-Eastern: Aizawl: 21,081 km 2 (8,139 sq mi) 21 January 1972: 20 February 1987: As an Indian state Nagaland: North-Eastern: Kohima: 16,579 km 2 (6,401 sq mi) 29 November 1957: 1 December 1963: As an Indian state Tripura: North-Eastern: Agartala: 10,491 km 2 (4,051 sq mi) 1 November 1956: 21 January 1972: As an ...
12 March 2024 (319 days) Saini II [12] Himachal Pradesh: Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu: 11 December 2022 (2 years, 45 days) Indian National Congress: INDIA: Sukhu [13] Jammu and Kashmir [c] Omar Abdullah: 16 October 2024 (101 days) Jammu and Kashmir National Conference: Omar Abdullah II [14] Jharkhand: Hemant Soren: 4 July 2024 (205 days) Jharkhand ...
As of 2024, there are 28 states and eight union territories in India. [2] There have been demands to create several new states and union territories. [3] However, demanding a separate state from the administration of Indian union is punishable under secession law in India. [4]
Several governors, lieutenant governors and administrators pose with the President of India at the ‘2024 Governors Conference’, at Rashtrapati Bhawan, in New Delhi in August 2024. In the Republic of India, according to the Article 154 of Constitution of India, a governor is the constitutional head of each of the twenty-eight states.
As of 4th June 2024 NDA have government in 19 States and 1 Union Territories. INDIA bloc have government in 8 States and 2 union Territories. Other one party ZPM, which is not part of any alliance has government in Mizoram state.
Seven of the eight Indian Navy veterans who were released after being initially sentenced to death on espionage charges in Qatar, reach India. [28] [29] 2024 Indian farmers' protest: Second round of protests and road blockades by farmers begin in the northern states of Punjab and Haryana, demanding Minimum Support Price and waiver of ...