Indian States, UT, and Capitals: India is a vast country with a rich history and culture. It is also a federal republic, which means that it is divided into states and union territories. Each state and union territory has its own capital city. The capital cities of India are home to the governments of their respective states and union territories. India is a union of 28 States & 8 Union Territories. The states and union territories are further subdivided into districts and smaller administrative divisions. The Constitution was adopted on 26 November 1949 and came into force on 26 January 1950. The boundaries of Indian states are reorganised on a linguistic basis by the States Reorganisation Act, 1956.
Through this article, we take a look at the Indian States and Union Territories, along with their Capitals and Chief Ministers/ Lieutenant Governors/ Administrators.
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List of the Indian States and Capitals
Below is the complete list of the Indian States and their Capitals, along with their Chief Ministers.
Capital: Amaravati
Chief Minister: Shri YS Jagan Mohan Reddy
Capital: Itanagar
Chief Minister: Shri Pema Khandu
Capital: Dispur
Chief Minister: Shri Himanta Biswa Sarma
Capital: Patna
Chief Minister: Shri Nitish Kumar
Capital: Raipur
Chief Minister: Shri Bhupesh Baghel
Capital: Panaji
Chief Minister: Shri Pramod Sawant
Capital: Gandhinagar
Chief Minister: Shri Bhupendra Patel
Capital: Chandigarh
Chief Minister: Shri Manohar Lal Khattar
Capital: Shimla (summer), Dharamshala (winter)
Chief Minister: Shri Jairam Thakur
Capital: Ranchi
Chief Minister: Shri Hemant Soren
Capital: Bengaluru
Chief Minister: Sri Siddaramaiah
Capital: Thiruvananthapuram
Chief Minister: Shri Pinarayi Vijayan
Capital: Bhopal
Chief Minister: Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Capital: Mumbai (summer), Nagpur (winter)
Chief Minister: Shri Uddhav Thackeray
Capital: Imphal
Chief Minister: Shri N. Biren Singh
Capital: Shillong
Chief Minister: Shri Conrad Kongkal Sangma
Capital: Aizawl
Chief Minister: Shri Pu Zoramthanga
Capital: Kohima
Chief Minister: Shri Neiphiu Rio
Capital: Bhubaneswar
Chief Minister: Shri Naveen Patnaik
Capital: Chandigarh
Chief Minister: Shri Charanjit Singh Channi
Capital: Jaipur
Chief Minister: Shri Ashok Gehlot
Sikkim
Capital: Gangtok
Chief Minister: Shri PS Golay
Capital: Chennai
Chief Minister: Shri M. K. Stalin
Capital: Hyderabad
Chief Minister: Shri K Chandrasekhar Rao
Capital: Agartala
Chief Minister: Shri Biplab Kumar Deb
Capital: Lucknow
Chief Minister: Shri Yogi Adityanath
Capital: Bhararisain (summer), Dehradun (winter)
Chief Minister: Shri Pushkar Singh Dhami
Capital: Kolkata
Chief Minister: Smt Mamata Banerjee
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List of the Union Territories and Capitals
Below is the complete list of the Union Territories and their capitals, along with their Chief Ministers/ Lieutenant Governors/ Administrators.
Capital: Port Blair
Lieutenant Governor: Shri Devendra Kumar Joshi
Capital: Chandigarh
Administrator: Shri Banwarilal Purohit
Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
Capital: Daman
Administrator: Shri Praful Patel
Capital: Kavaratti
Administrator: Shri Praful Patel
Capital: Puducherry
Chief Minister: Shri N. Rangaswamy
Lieutenant Governor: Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan
National Capital Territory of Delhi
Capital: Delhi
Chief Minister: Shri Arvind Kejriwal
Lieutenant Governor: Shri Anil Baijal
Jammu and Kashmir
Capital: Srinagar (summer), Jammu (winter)
Lieutenant Governor: Shri Manoj Sinha
Ladakh
Capital: Leh (summer), Kargil (winter)
Lieutenant Governor: Shri Radha Krishna Mathur
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List of Indian States and UTs and their Capitals
| State | Capital | Chief Minister |
| Andhra Pradesh | Amaravati | YS Jagan Mohan Reddy |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar | Pema Khandu |
| Assam | Dispur | Himanta Biswa Sarma |
| Bihar | Patna | Nitish Kumar |
| Chhattisgarh | Raipur | Bhupesh Baghel |
| Goa | Panaji | Pramod Sawant |
| Gujarat | Gandhinagar | Bhupendra Patel |
| Haryana | Chandigarh | Manohar Lal Khattar |
| Himachal Pradesh | Shimla (summer) Dharamshala (winter) | Jairam Thakur |
| Jharkhand | Ranchi | Hemant Soren |
| Karnataka | Bengaluru | Basavaraj Bommai |
| Kerala | Thiruvananthapuram | Pinarayi Vijayan |
| Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal | Shivraj Singh Chouhan |
| Maharashtra | Mumbai (summer) Nagpur (winter) | Uddhav Thackeray |
| Manipur | Imphal | N. Biren Singh |
| Meghalaya | Shillong | Conrad Kongkal Sangma |
| Mizoram | Aizawl | Pu Zoramthanga |
| Nagaland | Kohima | Neiphiu Rio |
| Odisha | Bhubaneswar | Naveen Patnaik |
| Punjab | Chandigarh | Charanjit Singh Channi |
| Rajasthan | Jaipur | Ashok Gehlot |
| Sikkim | Gangtok | PS Golay |
| Tamil Nadu | Chennai | M. K. Stalin |
| Telangana | Hyderabad | K Chandrasekhar Rao |
| Tripura | Agartala | Biplab Kumar Deb |
| Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow | Yogi Adityanath |
| Uttarakhand | Bhararisain (summer) Dehradun (winter) | Pushkar Singh Dhami |
| West Bengal | Kolkata | Mamata Banerjee |
| Union Territory | Capital | Chief Minister/ Lieutenant Governor/ Administrator |
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands | Port Blair | Devendra Kumar Joshi (LG) |
| Chandigarh | Chandigarh | Banwarilal Purohit (Administrator) |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | Daman | Praful Patel (Administrator) |
| Lakshadweep | Kavaratti | Praful Patel (Administrator) |
| Puducherry | Puducherry | N. Rangaswamy (CM) Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan (LG) |
| National Capital Territory of Delhi | Delhi | Arvind Kejriwal (CM) Anil Baijal (LG) |
| Jammu and Kashmir | Srinagar (summer) Jammu (winter) | Manoj Sinha (LG) |
| Ladakh | Leh (summer) Kargil (winter) | Radha Krishna Mathur (LG) |
The Indian Constitution is federal in nature but unitary in a method which means States in India do not have the right to secede from the union. Hence, India has both unitary features (like appointing governor, concurrent list, single citizenship, single constitution) and federal features (Union List, State List, State Election, etc.). So, it is quasi-federal.
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