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India is a federal constitutional republic governed under a parliamentary system consisting of 28 states and 8 union territories. [ 1] All states, as well as the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, Puducherry and the National Capital Territory of Delhi, have elected legislatures and governments, both patterned on the Westminster model.
States and unionterritories of Indiaordered by. The states of India are self-governing administrative divisions, each having a state government. The governing powers of the states are shared between the state government and the union government. On the other hand, the union territories are directly governed by the union government.
In 1858, Allahabad (now Prayagraj) became the capital of India for a day when it also served as the capital of North-Western Provinces. [3] During the British Raj, until 1911, Calcutta was the capital of India. [4] By the latter half of the 19th century, Shimla had become the summer capital. [5]
Several governors, lieutenant governors and administrators pose with the President of India at the ‘2024 Governors Conference’, at Rashtrapati Bhawan, in New Delhi in August 2024. In the Republic of India, according to the Article 154 of Constitution of India, a governor is the constitutional head of each of the twenty-eight states.
Telangana ( / ˌtɛlənˈɡɑːnə /; ISO: Telaṅgāṇa Telugu: [ˈtelaŋɡaːɳa] ⓘ) is a state in India situated in the southern-central part of the Indian peninsula on the high Deccan Plateau. [ 13] It was the eleventh largest state and the twelfth most populated state in India as per the 2011 census. [ 14]
According to the 2011 Census of India, Uttarakhand has a population of 10,086,292 comprising 5,137,773 males and 4,948,519 females, with 69.77% of the population living in rural areas. The state is the 20th most populous state of the country having 0.83% of the population on 1.63% of the land.
Odisha. / 20.27; 85.82. Odisha ( English: / əˈdɪsə /, [ 17] Odia: [oɽiˈsa] ⓘ ), formerly Orissa ( [ 18] the official name until 2011 ), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the eighth-largest state by area, and the eleventh-largest by population, with over 41 million inhabitants.
The Government of India ( ISO: Bhārata Sarakāra, legally the Union Government or Union of India[ 1] and colloquially known as the Central Government) is the central executive authority of the Republic of India, a federal republic located in South Asia, consisting of 28 states and eight union territories. The government is led by the prime ...