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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.
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.
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 ...
The States Reorganisation Act, 1956 reorganised the states based on linguistic lines resulting in the creation of the new states. [3] As a result of this act: Madras State retained its name, with Kanyakumari district added to form Travancore–Cochin.
The new state of Telangana would have 119 elected members of its legislative assembly, 40 members of its legislative council, 17 members of the Lok Sabha and 7 members in the Rajya Sabha. The residuary state of Andhra Pradesh would have 175 elected MLAs, 50 MLCs, 25 MPs of Lok Sabha and 11 MPs of Rajya Sabha. [citation needed]
The movement succeeded and a separate state of Andhra Pradesh was formed by merging Telugu-speaking areas of Hyderabad State (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 State ...
Reorganisations of Indian states — historical and proposed. See also: Category: Former states and territories of India See also: Category: Political integration of India
First delimitation exercise after the reorganisation of states in 1956. Only single-seat constituencies 1961 census: 522 3771 3 1973: Increase in Lok Sabha seats from 522 to 543 1971 census: 543 3997 4 2002: No changes in Lok Sabha seats or their apportionment between the various states 2001 census: 543 4123 5 2026