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The Act came into effect at the same time as the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, [2] which (among other things) restructured the constitutional framework for India's existing states and the requirements to pass the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 under the provisions of Part I of the Constitution of India, Article 3.
The States Reorganisation Act of 1956 implemented some of the recommendations of the SRC. In addition to the three Union Territories (UTs) proposed by the SRC, it also established Laccadive, Minicoy & Amindivi Islands, Himachal Pradesh and Tripura as UTs. It established a total of 14 states in addition to these UTs.
The Indian Constitution came into effect and new constituencies were created. 184 0 9 1952 [9] 1956 States Reorganisation Act, 1956 [8] A re-organised Madhya Pradesh was formed by merging the former states of Madhya Pradesh, Madhya Bharat, Vindhya Pradesh and Bhopal. 288 44 54 1957, [10] 1962 [11] 1961
Mysore State, colloquially Old Mysore, was a political territory within the Dominion of India and the subsequent Republic of India from 1947 until 1956. The state was formed by renaming the Kingdom of Mysore and Bangalore replaced Mysore as the state's capital. When Parliament passed the States Reorganisation Act in 1956. [1]
Bombay state was split into Gujarat and Maharashtra on 1 May 1960 by the Bombay Reorganisation Act. [10] Goa, Daman and Diu was established as a union territory, following the liberation of Goa from Portuguese in 1961. [7] In 1961, during Bengali Language Movement, protests erupted demanding a separate Barak state. [11]
Zonal Councils are advisory councils and are made up of the states and union territories of India that have been grouped into five zones to foster cooperation among them. These were set up by Part-III of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956.
In 1956, the States Reorganisation Act reorganised the former British provinces and princely states on the basis of language. Simultaneously, the Seventh Amendment to the Constitution removed the distinction between Part A and Part B states, both of which were now treated only as "states", with Part C states being renamed " union territories ".
Interstate River Water Disputes Act: 1956: 33 States Reorganisation Act: 1956: 37 Bihar and West Bengal (Transfer of Territories) Act: 1956: 40 Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act: 1956: 42 National Highways Act: 1956: 48 River Boards Act: 1956: 49 Lok Sahayak Sena Act: 1956: 53 Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Act: 1956: 55 Khadi and Village ...