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  2. States Reorganisation Act, 1956 - Wikipedia

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    The States Reorganisation Act, 1956 was a major reform of the boundaries of India's states and territories, organising them along linguistic lines. [1]Although additional changes to India's state boundaries have been made since 1956, the States Reorganisation Act of 1956 remains the most extensive change in state boundaries after the independence of India.

  3. States Reorganisation Commission - Wikipedia

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    The States Reorganisation Commission of India (SRC) constituted by the Central Government of India in December 1953 to recommend the reorganization of state boundaries. [1] In September 1955, after two years of study, the Commission, comprising Justice Fazal Ali , K. M. Panikkar and H. N. Kunzru , submitted its report.

  4. Gentlemen's Agreement of 1956 - Wikipedia

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    States Reorganisation Commission (SRC), in 1955, recommended that "the Telangana area is to constitute into a separate State, which may be known as the Hyderabad State with provision for its unification with Andhra after the general elections likely to be held in or about 1961 if by a two thirds majority the legislature of the residency ...

  5. Visalandhra movement - Wikipedia

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    The movement succeeded and a separate state of Andhra Pradesh was formed by merging Telugu-speaking areas of Hyderabad State (now known as Telangana) with Andhra State on 1 November 1956 as part of the States Reorganisation Act. (Andhra State had been previously carved out of Madras State on 1 October 1953). However, on 2 June 2014, Telangana ...

  6. Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966 - Wikipedia

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    The larger state of Punjab had been formed under the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 by merging East Punjab and PEPSU. The 1966 separation was the result of the Punjabi Suba movement , which agitated for the creation of a Punjabi -speaking state (the modern state of Punjab); in the process a majority Hindi -speaking state was created ...

  7. Category:Reorganisation of Indian states - Wikipedia

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    Reorganisations of Indian states — historical and proposed. See also: Category: Former states and territories of India See also: Category: Political integration of India

  8. Andhra Pradesh (1956–2014) - Wikipedia

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    Andhra State (yellow), which merged with Hyderabad state (white) to form the State of Andhra Pradesh in 1956 Map of Southern India (1953–1956) before the States Reorganisation Act of 1956. To gain an independent state based on linguistic identity, and to protect the interests of the Telugu people of Madras State, Potti Sreeramulu fasted to ...

  9. Proposed states and union territories of India - Wikipedia

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    [13] [14] The Punjabi Suba movement, which sought a separate Punjabi-speaking state, resulted in the Punjab Reorganisation Act of 1966, which created the state of Haryana and the union territory of Chandigarh with the transfer of the northern districts of Punjab to Himachal Pradesh. [15] [16] [17] Madras state was renamed as Tamil Nadu in 1969 ...