The States restructuring Act of 1956 was a prime force in reorganizing the boundaries of India's states along linguistic lines, and bringing an alteration in the Indian Constitution whereby the three types of states, identified as Parts A, B, and C states, were amended with a sole type of state. Although extra changes have occurred in the state boundaries since 1947, the Act is still considered as an undoubted player in providing the present shapes and contours of the Indian states. In November 2000, India expands three new states –Chhattisgarh was carved out of Madhya Pradesh, Uttaranchal out of Uttar Pradesh, and Jharkhand out of Bihar.
The establishment distributes governmental powers among the Parliament and state legislatures. The Parliament is bicameral - the lower house is identified as the Lok Sabha (House of the People) and the upper house is notorious as the Rajya Sabha (Council of States). At state level several legislatures are bicameral and are run along the lines of the two houses of the nationwide Parliament.
States:
1. Andhra Pradesh 2. Arunachal Pradesh 3. Assam 4. Bihar 5. Chhattisgarh 6. Goa 7. Gujarat
8. Haryana 9. Himachal Pradesh 10. Jammu and Kashmir 11. Jharkhand 12. Karnataka 13. Kerala
14. Madhya Pradesh 15. Maharashtra 16. Manipur 17. Meghalaya 18. Mizoram 19. Nagaland
20. Orissa 21. Punjab 22. Rajasthan 23. Sikkim 24. Tamil Nadu 25. Tripura 26. Uttar Pradesh
27. Uttarakhand 28. West Bengal
Union Territories:
A. Andaman and Nicobar Islands
B. Chandigarh
C. Dadra and Nagar Haveli
D. Daman and Diu
E. Lakshadweep
F. National Capital Territory of Delhi
G. Puducherry