States Reorganisation Commission

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Government commission Indian government body

The States Reorganisation Commission was a mid-1950s Indian government body that recommended redrawing state boundaries largely on linguistic lines, fundamentally reshaping the country’s internal map.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
States Reorganisation Commission (1953–1955)	1
States Reorganisation Commission Report	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Government commission ⓘ Indian government body ⓘ
appointedBy	Jawaharlal Nehru NERFINISHED ⓘ
chairperson	Fazal Ali NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
criterionForReorganisation	Administrative convenience ⓘ Economic viability ⓘ Linguistic principle ⓘ
dateDissolved	1955-09-30 ⓘ
dateFormed	1953-12-29 ⓘ
establishedBy	Government of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
field	Administrative reform ⓘ Territorial reorganisation ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Post-independence India ⓘ
impact	Fundamental reshaping of India’s internal political map ⓘ Strengthening of linguistic identity in state formation ⓘ
influenced	Creation of linguistic states in India ⓘ Redrawing of state boundaries in India ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
legalBasisForAction	Terms of reference issued by Government of India ⓘ
location	New Delhi NERFINISHED ⓘ
member	Fazal Ali NERFINISHED ⓘ H. N. Kunzru NERFINISHED ⓘ K. M. Panikkar NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	JVP Committee on linguistic provinces ⓘ
purpose	To examine the question of the reorganisation of states in India ⓘ To recommend the redrawing of state boundaries ⓘ
recommendedAbolitionOf	Part A, Part B, Part C state classification ⓘ
recommendedCreationOf	Andhra Pradesh NERFINISHED ⓘ Assam (reorganised) NERFINISHED ⓘ Bihar (reorganised) NERFINISHED ⓘ Bombay State (reorganised) NERFINISHED ⓘ Kerala NERFINISHED ⓘ Madhya Pradesh (reorganised) NERFINISHED ⓘ Mysore State NERFINISHED ⓘ Punjab (reorganised) NERFINISHED ⓘ Rajasthan (reorganised) NERFINISHED ⓘ Uttar Pradesh (reorganised) NERFINISHED ⓘ West Bengal (reorganised) NERFINISHED ⓘ
recommendedLegislation	States Reorganisation Act, 1956 NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Indian Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ States Reorganisation Act, 1956 NERFINISHED ⓘ
reportSubmissionDate	1955-09-30 ⓘ
reportTitle	States Reorganisation Commission Report NERFINISHED ⓘ
significance	Key step in transition from colonial provinces to linguistically based Indian states ⓘ
submittedReportTo	Government of India NERFINISHED ⓘ Parliament of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
yearDissolved	1955 ⓘ
yearFormed	1953 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Samyukta Maharashtra movement → influencedBy → States Reorganisation Commission ⓘ

States Reorganisation era of India → relatedCommission → States Reorganisation Commission ⓘ

States Reorganisation Act, 1956 → inspiredBy → States Reorganisation Commission ⓘ

this entity surface form: States Reorganisation Commission (1953–1955)

States Reorganisation Act, 1956 → precededBy → States Reorganisation Commission ⓘ

this entity surface form: States Reorganisation Commission Report

Andhra movement → influenced → States Reorganisation Commission ⓘ