The document provides information about the Indian states and union territories by listing each one and providing 1-2 sentences about their location, borders, capital, and other key details. There are 29 states and union territories mentioned including Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, and others. For each one, brief information is given about its geographical position within India and neighboring administrative regions.
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STATES OF INDIASTATES OF INDIA
STATES CAPITAL
Andhra Pradesh Hyderabad
Arunachal Pradesh Itangar
Assam Dispur
Bihar Patna
Chhattisgarh Raipur
Goa Panaji
Gujarat Gandhinagar
Haryana Chandigarh
Himachal Pradesh Shimla
Jammu & Kashmir Srinagar & Jammu
Jharkhand Ranchi
Karnataka Bangalore
Kerala Thiruvananthapuram
Madhya Pradesh Bhopal
STATES CAPITAL
Maharashtra Mumbai
Manipur Imphal
Meghalaya Shiilong
Mizoram Aizawi
Nagaland Kohima
Orissa Bhubaneshwar
Punjab Chandigarh
Rajasthan Jaipur
Sikkim Gangtok
Tamil Nadu Chennai
Tripura Agartala
Uttaranchal Dehradun
Uttar Pradesh Lucknow
West Bengal Kolkata
8. State Capital
Andhra Pradesh Hyderabad
Arunachal Pradesh Itangar
Assam Dispur
Bihar Patna
Chhattisgarh Raipur
Goa Panaji
Gujarat Gandhinagar
Haryana Chandigarh
Himachal Pradesh Shimla
Jammu & Kashmir Srinagar & Jammu
Jharkhand Ranchi
Karnataka Bangalore
Kerala Thiruvananthapuram
Madhya Pradesh Bhopal
State Capital
Maharashtra Mumbai
Manipur Imphal
Meghalaya Shiilong
Mizoram Aizawi
Nagaland Kohima
Orissa Bhubaneshwar
Punjab Chandigarh
Rajasthan Jaipur
Sikkim Gangtok
Tamil Nadu Chennai
Tripura Agartala
Uttaranchal Dehradun
Uttar Pradesh Lucknow
West Bengal Kolkata
STATES OF INDIASTATES OF INDIA
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9. Situ on the cty southeastern coast
India's 4th largest state by area and 5th largest by population
Its capital and largest city is Hyderabad
Bordered by :
North : Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Orissa
East : Bay of Bengal
South : Tamil Nadu
West : Karnataka
Official language of Andhra Pradesh is Telugu
Co-official language is Urdu. Other languages often spoken in the state
include Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Kannada, and Oriya
GDP of Andhra Pradesh exceeds $100 billion, ranking it third among
the states of India. It is historically called the "Rice Bowl of India"
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10. Loc in northeast India
Borders :
South : states of Assam and Nagaland.
West : shares international borders with Bhutan
East : Burma
North : People's Republic of China (PRC)
Capital is Itanagar
Much of Arunachal Pradesh is covered by the Himalayas
lowest elevations, essentially at Arunachal Pradesh's border with
Assam, are Brahmaputra Valley semi-evergreen forests
In 2006 Bumla pass in Tawang was opened to traders for the first time
in 44 years
GDP for 2004 was estimated at $706 million 10
11. Dispur is the capital of Assam
Assam is located south of the eastern Himalayas. Assam comprises
the Brahmaputra and the Barak river valleys along with the Karbi
Anglong and the Dima Hasao district with an area of 30,285 square
miles (78,440 km²)
It is surrounded by 6 of the other States:
Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya
It also shares intl borders with Bhutan and Bangladesh
Famous for its natural beauty
The landscape includes :
Tea gardens, River Brahmaputra, Many Historical Monuments and Temples
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12. It is a state in eastern India and Patna is capital of Bihar
12th largest state in terms of geo size at (98,940 km²)
3rd largest by population
Almost 58% of in Bihar are below the age of 25, which is the highest
proportion in India
It lies mid-way btw West Bengal in the east and Uttar Pradesh in the
west
It is bounded by the country:
North : Nepal
South : Jharkhand
Plains are divided into two parts by the river Ganga which flows
through the middle from west to east
Forest area of 6,764.14 km²,which is 6.8% of its geo area 12
13. It is a state in Central India
Formed on Nov 1, 2000 by partitioning 16 Chhattisgarhi-speaking
southeastern dist of Madhya Pradesh
Raipur is the capital of Chhattisgarh
It is the 10th largest state in India, with an area of 135,190 km²
It ranks as the 16th most-populated state of the nation
Electricity and Steel-producing state of India
State accounts for 15% of the total steel production of the cty
Borders the states of :
Madhya Pradesh in the northwest, Maharashtra in the west, Andhra Pradesh in the
south, Orissa in the east, Jharkhand in the northeast and Uttar Pradesh in the north
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14. India's smallest state by area and 4th smallest by population
Panaji is the state's capital
Vasco da Gama is the largest city
Loc in West India in the region known as the Konkan
bounded by the states of :
North : Maharashtra
East/South : Karnataka to the east and south
Western Coast : Arabian Sea
Richest state with a GDP 2.5 that of the country as a whole
Ranked the best placed state by the 11th Finance Commission for its infrastructure
Ranked on top for the best quality of life in India by the National Commission
Renowned for its beaches, places of worship and world heritage architecture 14
15. It is in western India
It has an :
Area(196,030 km²)
Coastline of 1,600 km
Population in excess of 60 million
The state is bordered by :
North : Rajasthan
South : Maharashtra
East : Madhya Pradesh
West : Arabian Sea as well as the Pak province of Sindh
Capital is Gandhinagar
Largest city is Ahmedabad. Gujarat is home to the Gujarati-speaking people of India
The state has major sites of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization
Lothal and Dholavira. Lothal is believed to be one of the world's first ports 15
16. State was constituted in 1966, it is one of two newly created states
carved out of the greater Punjab province as a means of creating a
stronger national identity
Bordered by :
North : Punjab and Himachal Pradesh
West and South : Rajasthan
River Yamuna defines its eastern border with Uttarakhand and Uttar
Pradesh. Haryana also surrounds Delhi on three sides, forming the
northern, western and southern borders of Delhi
Capital of the state is Chandigarh which is administered as a union territory and is
also the capital of Punjab
Haryana is one of the wealthiest states of India and has the third
highest per capita income in the cty
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17. It is a state in Northern India
It was a part of Nepal
Spread over 55,670 km²
Bordered by :
North : Jammu and Kashmir
West /South West: Punjab
South : Haryana and Uttar Pradesh
South East : Uttarakhand
East : Tibet Autonomous Region
Himachal Pradesh is known to be abundant in natural beauty
After the war between Nepal and Britain also known as Anglo Gorkha War, the British
colonial govt came into power and In 1950 Himachal was declared as a union territory
but after the State of Himachal Pradesh Act 1971, Himachal emerged as the 18th state
of the Republic of India . Himachal Pradesh has been ranked fourth in the list of the
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18. It is the northern most state of India
It is situ mostly in the Himalayan mountains
Shares a border with the states of :
South : Himachal Pradesh and Punjab
North/East : Internationally with the People's Republic of China
West/North West : Pak-adm territories of Azad Kashmir and Gilgit–Baltistan, to the
west and northwest respectively
Jammu and Kashmir consists of three regions :
Jammu
The Kashmir valley
Ladakh
Kashmir valley is famous for its beautiful mountainous landscape
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19. It is a state in eastern India. It was carved out of the southern part of
Bihar on 15 Nov 2000
It shares its border with the states of :
North : Bihar
West : Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh
South : Orissa
East : West Bengal
It has an area of 79,714 km²
Industrial city of Ranchi is its capital
Dumka is sub capital
Jamshedpur is the largest and the biggest industrial city of the state
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20. It is a state in South West India
Capital and largest city is Bangalore
Karnataka is bordered by :
West : Arabian Sea
North West : Goa
North : Maharashtra
East : Andhra Pradesh
South East :Tamil Nadu
South West : Kerala
The state covers an area of 191,976 sq km
5.83% of the total geo area of India. It is the 8th largest Indian state by area
With over 61 million inhabitants , Karnataka is the 9th largest state by population,
comprising 30 dist
Kannada is the most widely spoken and official language of the state
About 38,724 km² of Karnataka is covered by forests
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21. It is loc on the Malabar coast of south-west India
The state has :
an area of 38,863 km²
Bordered by :
North/North East : Karnataka
East / South : Tamil Nadu
West : Arabian Sea
Thiru-vanantha-puram is the state capital. Kochi, the financial &
Industrial hub
Kerala stands unique among the Indian states with the highest Human Dev
Index in India, comparable with that of many dev ctys
With 93.91% literacy, the state is the most literate in India. A survey
conducted in 2005 by Transparency Inttl ranked Kerala as the least corrupt
state in the cty
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22. Madhya Pradesh is often called the Heart of India
It is a state in central India
Its capital is Bhopal and the largest city is Indore
Madhya Pradesh is the 2nd largest state by area
75 million population makes it sixth largest state in India
It borders the states of :
North East : Uttar Pradesh
South East : Chhattisgarh
South : Maharashtra
West : Gujarat
North West : Rajasthan
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23. It is the 2nd most populous state after Uttar Pradesh
3rd largest state by area in India
It is the richest state in India, contributing 15% of the country's
industrial output and 13.3% of its GDP.
Bordered by :
West : Arabian Sea
North West : Gujarat and the Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli
North East : Madhya Pradesh
East : Chhattisgarh
South : Karnataka
South East : Andhra Pradesh
South West : Goa
The state covers an area of 307,731 Mumbai, the capital city of the
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24. It is a state in northeastern India
Imphal as its capital
Manipur consist of Kangleipak kingdom and Meitei Pangal and the hills
of the tribals.
Bounded by the states of :
North : Nagaland
South : Mizoram
West : Assam
East : It borders Burma
It covers an area of 22,347 km²
Geographically, it falls under the Southeast Asia region
Total area covered by the state is 22,347 km²
Manipur is considered a sensitive border state
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25. It is a hilly strip in the eastern part of the country about 300 km long
(east-west) and 100 km wide, with a total area of about 22,720 km²
The population numbered 21,75,000 in 2000
The state is bounded:
North : Assam
South : Bangladesh
The capital is Shillong also known as the Scotland of the East, which
has a population of 260,000
About one third of the state is forested
The forests of Meghalaya are notable for their bio diversity of
mammals, birds, and plants
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26. It is one of the Seven Sister States listed as in North Eastern India,
sharing borders with the states of Tripura, Assam, Manipur and with
the neighboring countries of Bangladesh and Myanmar Burma
Mizoram became the 23rd state of India on 20 Feb 1987
Its capital is Aizawl. Mizoram is loc in the northeast of India
Mizoram is a land of rolling hills, valleys, rivers and lakes. As many
as 21 major hills rgs or peaks of diff heights run through the length
and breadth of the state, with scattered plains
The biggest river in Mizoram is Kaladan
Mizoram lags behind economically due to the geo loc and lack of
markets and raw materials
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27. Nagaland is a state in the far north-eastern part of India
It borders the state of :
West : Assam
North : Arunachal Pradesh and part of Assam
East : Burma
South : Manipur
The state capital is Kohima, and the largest city is Dimapur
The state of Nagaland has an area of 16,579 km² with a population
of 1,980,602 as per the 2011 census making it one of the smallest
states of India
The state is mostly mtns except those areas bordering Assam valley
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28. Orissa is loc on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal
Bhubaneswar is the capital of Orissa, and home to nearly a thousand
temples
The modern state of Orissa was estb on 1 April 1936, as a province in
British India
Consisted predominantly of Oriya speakers
Orissa is the 9th largest state by area in India, and the 11th largest by
population
It has a relatively unintended coastline (about 480 km long) and
lacked good ports, except for the deep-water facility at Paradip, until
the recent launch of the Dhamara Port
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29. It is a state in the northwest of the Republic of India, forming part of
the larger Punjab region
State is bordered by :
East : Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the east
South / South East : Haryana to the south and southeast
West / South West : Rajasthan as well as the Pak province of Punjab
North : Jammu and Kashmir
The state capital is Chandigarh, which is a Union Territory and also
the capital of neighbouring state of Haryana
Agriculture is the largest industry in Punjab; it is the largest single
provider of wheat to India
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30. It is the largest state of the Republic of India by area
Jaipur is the capital and the largest city of the state
It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the
area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert, which has an
edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with Pak
The state is bordered by :
West : Pakistan
South West : Gujarat
South East : Madhya Pradesh
North East : Uttar Pradesh and Haryana
North : Punjab
Rajasthan covers 10.4% of India, an area of 342,269 km²
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31. Sikkim is a landlocked Indian state located in the Himalayan
mountains
The state borders Nepal to the west, China's Tibet Autonomous
Region to the north and east, and Bhutan to the southeast, while the
state of West Bengal lies to the south
With around 607,000 inhabitants as of 2011, Sikkim is the least
populous state in India and the second-smallest state after Goa in
total area, covering approx 7,096 km² (2,740² mi)
Sikkim is nonetheless geographically diverse due to its location in
the Himalayas; the climate ranges from subtropical to high alpine,
and Kanchenjunga, the world's third-highest peak, is located on
Sikkim's border with Nepal 31
32. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and
is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of
Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh
Its capital is Chennai, the largest city in Tamil Nadu
It is bound by the Eastern Ghats in the north, the Nilgiri, the
Anamalai Hills, and Palakkad on the west, by the Bay of Bengal in the
east, the Gulf of Myannamar, the Palk Strait in the south east, and by
the Indian Ocean in the south
Tamil Nadu is the eleventh largest state in India by area and the 7th
most populous state
It is the 2nd
largest state economy in India as of 2012
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33. Tripura is the third-smallest state of India, it occupies an area of
10,490 km²
The state capital is Agartala
Tripura is surrounded by Bangladesh on the north, south, and west.
The Indian states of Assam and Mizoram lie to its east
Tripura lies in a geo disadv loc in India as only one maj highway
connects it with the rest of India , this hinders the eco prospects of
the state
The phy is characterized by hill rgs, valleys and plains
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34. It is loc in the north western part of India
Capital city is Lucknow
Uttar Pradesh is bordered by :
West : Rajasthan
North West : Haryana
North : Uttarakhand and Delhi
East : Bihar
South East : Jharkhand
South West : Madhya Pradesh
State also shares an intl border with Nepal
The state covers an area of 93,933 sq miles or 6.88% of the total geo area of India
It is the 5th largest Indian state by area
Uttar Pradesh is the 2nd
largest state by economy in India, with a GDP of 103.5 crore
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35. It is in the northern part of India
The provisional capital of Uttarakhand is Dehradun
It is also a railhead and the largest city in the region
Uttrakhand is known for its natural beauty and wealth of the
Himalayas
It borders:
North : Tibet Autonomous Region
Mahakali Zone of Far-Western Region,
East : Nepal
South : States of Uttar Pradesh to the south
North West : Himachal Pradesh
Uttarakhand has a total area of 53,566 km², of which 93% is mtns and
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36. West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the
nation's 4th
most populous
Capital of the state is Kolkata
It is also the 7th
most populous sub-national entity in the world, with
over 91 million inhabitants
Covers a total area of 34,267² mi (88,750 km²)
It is bordered by the countries of :
Nepal, Bhutan, and Bangladesh
The Indian states of Orissa, Jharkhand, Bihar, Sikkim, and Assam
West Bengal is noted for its cultural activities
State capital Kolkata earning the subsequent "cultural capital of
India"
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38. UNION TERRITORIES
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A Union territory is a type of adm div in the Republic of
India
Unlike states, which have their own elected Govts
Union territories are ruled directly by the Union Govt (Cen
Govt), hence the name 'union territory‘
Alternatively Union territories also have the option of
having a Legislature with elected Members and a CM as in
the case of New Delhi and Puducherry. The President of
India appts an adm or Lt gov for each UT
There are seven union territories, incl Delhi, the capital of
India, and Chandigarh, the capital of both Punjab and
Haryana
Delhi and Puducherry op somewhat differently from the
other 5. Delhi and Puducherry were given partial statehood
and Delhi was redefined as the National Capital Territory of
Delhi (NCT). Delhi and Puducherry have their own elected
legislative assemblies and the executive councils of
ministers
The seven current union territories are:
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Chandigarh
Dadra and Nagar Haveli
Daman and Diu
Delhi (National Capital Territory of Delhi)
Lakshadweep
Puducherry
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The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are a gp of islands at the juncture
of the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea
The territory is 150 km (93 mi) north of Indonesia and separated from
Thailand and Burma by the Andaman Sea
It comprises two island gps, the Andaman Islands and the Nicobar
Islands
The Andamans to the north of this latitude, and the Nicobars to
the south. The Andaman Sea lies to the east and the Bay of
Bengal to the west
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The territory's capital is the Andamanese town of Port Blair. The total
land area of the territory is approx 8,073 km2
Capital of Nicobar Islands is Car Nicobar. The islands host the
Andaman and Nicobar Comd, the only tri-service geo comd of the IAF
There are 572 islands in the territory having an area of 7,950 km2
, of
these, about 34 are perm inhabited
Andamans are separated from the Nicobar gp by a ch some 150 km
(93 mi) wide
The Andaman gp has 325 islands which cover an area of 6,170 km2
while the Nicobar gp has only 24 islands with an area of 1,765 km2
42. Strategic Importance
The Andaman and Nicobar Comd is a tri-service theater
comd.
of the IAF, based at Port Blair
It was created in 2001 to safeguard India's strategic
interests in Southeast Asia and the Strait of Malacca by inc
rapid depl of mil assets in the region
As of 2014, the comd incl 15 ships of the Indian Navy,
two navy sea bases, four air force and naval air bases and
an army bde
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Chandigarh is a city and a union territory in northern part of
India that serves as the capital of the states of Haryana and
Punjab. As a union territory, the city is ruled dir by the
Union Govt of India and is not part of either state
The city tops the list of Indian States and Union Territories
by per capita income in the cty. The city was reported to be
the cleanest in India in 2010, based on a national Govt study
As of 2011 India census, Chandigarh had a population of
960,787
Chandigarh is home to numerous inter state sporting teams
like Kings XI Punjab in The Indian Premier League (IPL)
Chandigarh
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Gujarat
It is a Union Territory in western India. Nagar Haveli is
wedged b/w Maharashtra and Gujarat
The shared capital is Silvassa
Dadra and Nagar Haveli (DNH) are in the middle of the quite
undulating watershed of the Daman Ganga River, which
after the reservoir flows through Nagar Haveli and later
forms the short southern border of Dadra. The towns of
Dadra and Silvassa lie on the north bank of the river
While the territory is landlocked, the Arabian Sea lies just
to the west in Gujarat
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Gujarat
About 43% of the land is under forest cover
The area of Dadra and Nagar Haveli is spread over 491 km2
It ranks 4th
among the Union Territories and 32nd
including
the states
On 31 Dec 1974 a treaty was signed b/w India and Portugal
on recognition of India's sovereignty over Goa, Daman, Diu,
Dadra and Nagar Haveli
Its nominal GDP inc to $360 million in the yr 2013 with a per
capita GDP of $1,050
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Gujarat
For over 450 years, the coastal exclaves of Daman and Diu
on the Arabian Sea coast were part of Portuguese India,
along with Goa and Dadra and Nagar Haveli
Goa, Daman, and Diu were incorporated into the Republic
of India on 19 Dec 1961 by mil conquest. Portugal did not
recognise the Indian annex of these territories until 1974
According to the Constitution of India, Adm of Daman and
Diu is carried out by an Adm appt by President of India. An
Adm is an agent of the President not the head of state like a
Governor
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Formerly known as the Laccadive, Minicoy, and Aminidivi
Islands is a gp of islands in the Laccadive Sea, 200 to 440
kms (120 to 270 mi) off the south western coast of India.
The archipelago is a Union Territory and is governed by the
Union Govt of India. They were also known as Laccadive
Islands, although geo this is only the name of the cen
subgp of the gp.
Lakshadweep comes from "Lakshadweepa", which means
"one hundred thousand islands
The islands form the smallest Union Territory of India: their
total surface area is just 32 sq kms (12 sq mi)
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Ten of the islands are inhabited. At the 2011 Indian census
the population of the Union Territory was 64,429. The maj of
the indigenous population is Muslim and most of them
belong to the Shafi School of the Sunni Sect
In 1956, during the reorg of Indian states, the Lakshadweep
islands were org into a separate union territory for adm
purposes
To safeguard India's vital shipping lanes to the Middle East,
and the growing relevance of the islands in security
considerations, an Indian Navy base, INS Dweeprakshak,
was commissioned on Kavaratti island
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Lakshadweep forms a single Indian district and is governed
by an adm appt by the President of India
The union territory comes under the jurisdiction of the
Kerala High Court. The territory elects one member to the
Lok Sabha (lower house of the Parliament of India)
The inhabitants are known to practice different religious
customs that were once propounded by the Saint
Ubaidullah who is believed to be the propagator of Islam
religion in Lakshadweep
There are several festivals that have originated in the island
of Lakshadweep to mark the eminence of Islam. Eid-Ul-Fitr,
Muharram, Bakra Eid and Milad-Un-Nabi are the prominent
occasions
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It is also known as the National Capital Territory and a
metropolitan region in India
It has a population of nearly 22.2m residents as of 2011, and
is the largest city in India by land area
It is a union territory, the pol adm ofDelhi today more
closely resembles that of a state of India, with its own
legislature, high court and an executive council of ministers
headed by a CM
As of July 2007, the National Capital Territory of Delhi
comprises 9 districts, 27 tehsils, 59 towns, 300 villages, and
3 statutory towns
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Members of the legislative assembly are dir elected from
territorial constituencies
Delhi is the largest commercial cen in northern India , it has
an estimated net State Domestic Product (FY 2010) of
US$27 billion
According to the 2011 census of India, the population of
Delhi is 16,753,235
According to 1999–2000 estimate, the total no of people
living below the poverty line, defined as living on US$11 or
8.23% of the total population, compared to 27.5% of India as
a whole
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The city Puducherry based on the French grid pattern and
features perpendicular streets
The town is divided into two sections:
The French Quarter ('White town')
The Indian quarter ('Black Town’)
Puducherry has almost a 100% literacy lvl
The union territory of Puducherry consists of 4 small
unconnected dist: Pondicherry, Karaikal and Yanam on the
Bay of Bengal and Mahé on the Arabian Sea
The territory has an area of 492 sq km
Its 2011 population was 1,244,464