States & Capitals of India

States , Union Territories & Capitals of India

by MEKHA MANOJ

​THERE ARE 28 STATES AND 8 UNION TERRITORIES FOR INDIA.

​NOW YOU MIGHT BE THINKING WHAT ARE THESE UNION TERRITORIES...

is a type of administrative division in the Republic of India. Unlike the states of India, which have their own governments, union territories are federal territories governed, in part or in whole, by the Union Government of India.

​There are 8 union territories. Before it was 9 union territories and 29 states.

​The 8 union territories are - Jammu and Kashmir, Puducherry, Lakshadweep, Andaman and Nicobar islands, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu, Delhi, Chandigarh and Ladakh.

​There are 28 states..

​Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerela, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Maharashtra, Manipur, Nagaland, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and West Bengal...

👈🏻​Indian political map...

​The capitals of the states of India are..-

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Andhra Pradesh = Amaravati

Arunachal Pradesh= Itanagar

Assam= Dispur

Bihar= Patna

Chhattisgarh= Raipur

Goa= Panaji

Gujarat= Gandhinagar

Haryana = Chandigarh

​Himachal Pradesh-Shimla

​Jharkhand-Ranchi

Karnataka-Bengaluru

Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram

Madhya Pradesh-Bhopal

Meghalaya-Shillong

​Mizoram-Aizwal

Maharashtra-Mumbai

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​Manipur-Imphal

Nagaland-Kohima

Odisha-Bhubaneshwar

Punjab-Chandigarh

Rajasthan-Jaipur

Sikkim-Gangtok

Tamil Nadu-Chennai

Telangana-Hyderabad

Tripura-Agarthala

Uttar Pradesh-Lucknow

​Uttarakhand -Dehradun

West Bengal-Kolkata

​Union territories and their capital

​Delhi- Delhi

​Andaman & Nicobar Islands- Port Blair

​Puducherry- Puducherry

​Chandigarh- Chandigarh

​Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu- Daman

Jammu & Kashmir- Srinagar, Jammu

​Ladakh- Leh

​Lakshadweep- Kavaratti

Multiple Choice

What is the capital of West bengal

• Kolkata

• Port Blair

• Kavaratti

• Thiruvananthapuram

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Multiple Choice

There are _ union territories in India

• 6

• 7

• 8

• 9

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Multiple Choice

____ and _____ is the capital of Kerala and Tamilnadu respectively.

• Kolkata, Ranchi

• Thiruvanathapuram, Chennai

• Chandigarh, Gandhinagar

Multiple Choice

_____ is the capital of Andaman and Nicobar islands.

• Port Blair

• Ranchi

• Chandigarh

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