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Transfer of Prisoners Act: 1950: 29 Union Territories (Laws) Act: 1950: 30 Army and Air Force (Disposal of Private Property) Act: 1950: 40 Ajmer Tenancy and Land Records Act: 1950: 42 Representation of the People Act: 1950: 43 Air Force Act: 1950: 45 Army Act: 1950: 46 Contingency Fund of India Act: 1950: 49 Road Transport Corporations Act ...
Establishment of the states of Manipur and Tripura. They were union territories before. Establishment of the state of Meghalaya. It was an autonomous part of Assam before. Establishment of the union territories of Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh. Reduction of the area of the state of Assam due to the above changes.
India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, for a total of 36 entities. [1] The states and union territories are further subdivided into 800 districts and smaller administrative divisions. [2]
Part I—The Union and Its territories is a compilation of laws pertaining to the constitution of India as a country and the union of states and union territories that it is made of. This part of the Indian constitution contains the law in establishment, renaming, merging or altering the borders of the states or union territories.
The first article of the Constitution declares that India is a "Union of States". [91] Under the Constitution, the States retain key powers for themselves and have a strong influence over the national government via the Rajya Sabha.
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.
Aspirant states and union territories of India. The constitutional power to create new states and union territories in India is solely reserved with the Parliament of India, which can do so by announcing new states/union territories, separating territory from an existing state or merging two or more states/union territories or parts of them. [1]
India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories. [12] 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 following the Westminster system of governance. The remaining five union territories are directly ruled ...