States of India

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constituent political unit federal subject first-level administrative division

The States of India are the primary constituent political units of the Republic of India, each with its own government, legislature, and defined territorial jurisdiction within the federal union.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
States of India canonical 6
Seven Sister States of India 1

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constituent political unit ⓘ
federal subject ⓘ
first-level administrative division ⓘ
alterationRequires constitutional amendment or law under Article 3 ⓘ
canBeAlteredBy Parliament of India ⓘ
changedBy Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 ⓘ
country India ⓘ
surface form: Republic of India
createdBy States Reorganisation Act, 1956 ⓘ
distinctFrom Union territories of India ⓘ
governedUnder Constitution of India ⓘ
hasAutonomyIn State List subjects ⓘ
hasCeremonialHead Governor ⓘ
hasDefined territorial jurisdiction ⓘ
hasExecutiveHead Chief Minister ⓘ
hasFiscalPowersOver state taxes ⓘ
hasGovernmentType state government ⓘ
hasHigherDegreeOfAutonomyThan Union territories of India ⓘ
hasJudiciary state high court ⓘ
hasLegislature state legislature ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguagePolicy state language policy ⓘ
hasOwn state budget ⓘ
state civil services ⓘ
state police ⓘ
State Public Service Commissions ⓘ
surface form: state public service commission
hasRepresentationIn Lok Sabha ⓘ
Rajya Sabha ⓘ
includes Andhra Pradesh ⓘ
Arunachal Pradesh ⓘ
Assam ⓘ
Bihar ⓘ
Chhattisgarh ⓘ
Goa ⓘ
Gujarat ⓘ
Haryana ⓘ
Himachal Pradesh ⓘ
Jharkhand ⓘ
Karnataka ⓘ
Kerala ⓘ
Madhya Pradesh ⓘ
Maharashtra ⓘ
Manipur ⓘ
Meghalaya ⓘ
Mizoram ⓘ
Nagaland ⓘ
Orissa ⓘ
surface form: Odisha

Punjab ⓘ
Rajasthan ⓘ
Sikkim ⓘ
Tamil Nadu ⓘ
Telangana ⓘ
Tripura ⓘ
Uttar Pradesh ⓘ
Uttarakhand ⓘ
West Bengal ⓘ
locatedIn India ⓘ
numberOfStates 28 ⓘ
partOf Union of India ⓘ
previousNumberOfStatesBefore2019 29 ⓘ
reorganisedOnBasisOf linguistic lines ⓘ
sharesPowersOn Concurrent List subjects ⓘ
subordinateTo Union Government ⓘ
surface form: Union Government of India

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Article 80 of the Constitution of India → appliesTo → States of India ⓘ
State Governments of India → govern → States of India ⓘ
Article 315 of the Constitution of India → appliesTo → States of India ⓘ
Article 54 of the Constitution of India → bindingOn → States of India ⓘ
Don Bosco Museum → regionServed → States of India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Seven Sister States of India
Article 341 of the Constitution of India → appliesTo → States of India ⓘ
Part XIV of the Constitution of India → jurisdiction → States of India ⓘ