States Reorganisation era of India

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The States Reorganisation era of India was the mid-20th-century period when the country’s internal boundaries were extensively redrawn, primarily along linguistic and administrative lines, to form the modern map of Indian states and union territories.

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instanceOf historical period
political process
aim accommodating linguistic diversity within the Indian Union
strengthening national integration through rational state boundaries
country India
followedBy linguistic and regional agitations for separate states
subsequent state creation movements in India
impact establishment of precedent for later state bifurcations and creations
long-term shaping of India’s federal structure
influencedBy administrative efficiency considerations
linguistic nationalism in India
regional identity movements
keyDate 1 November 1956
keyFigure Fazl Ali
H. N. Kunzru
Jawaharlal Nehru
K. M. Panikkar
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
keyPhase 1950s
1960s
legalFramework Constitution of India
mainFocus reorganisation of internal boundaries of India
mainPrinciple administrative rationalisation of states and territories
linguistic reorganisation of states
majorMovement movement for a Gujarati-speaking state
movement for a Kannada-speaking state
movement for a Malayalam-speaking state
movement for a Marathi-speaking state
movement for a Punjabi-speaking state
movement for a Telugu-speaking state
majorOutcome creation of Andhra Pradesh in 1956
reorganisation of Bombay State
reorganisation of Kerala
reorganisation of Madhya Pradesh
reorganisation of Mysore State
reorganisation of Punjab
precededBy existence of Part A, Part B, Part C and Part D states
integration of princely states into India
relatedAct States Reorganisation Act, 1956
relatedAmendment Seventh Amendment to the Constitution of India
relatedCommission States Reorganisation Commission
relatedEvent adoption of the Constitution of India
independence of India
resultedIn abolition of the classification of states into Part A, Part B, Part C and Part D
creation of largely linguistic states in India
formation of new states and union territories
modern map of Indian states and union territories
redrawing of state boundaries in India
reduction of number of Part A, Part B, Part C states and territories
startPeriod late 1940s

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