INDIAN UNION STATESAND ELECTION SYS

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To Brief Offrs About The Indian Union

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Indian Union States

Indian Union Territories

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Indian Election Sys

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STATES OF INDIASTATES CAPITAL

Andhra Pradesh HyderabadArunachal Pradesh Itangar

Assam DispurBihar Patna

Chhattisgarh RaipurGoa Panaji

Gujarat GandhinagarHaryana Chandigarh

Himachal Pradesh ShimlaJammu & Kashmir Srinagar & Jammu

Jharkhand RanchiKarnataka Bangalore

Kerala ThiruvananthapuramMadhya Pradesh Bhopal

STATES CAPITAL

Maharashtra MumbaiManipur Imphal

Meghalaya ShiilongMizoram AizawiNagaland Kohima

Orissa BhubaneshwarPunjab Chandigarh

Rajasthan JaipurSikkim Gangtok

Tamil Nadu ChennaiTripura Agartala

Uttaranchal DehradunUttar Pradesh LucknowWest Bengal Kolkata

State

Capital

Andhra Pradesh HyderabadArunachal Pradesh Itangar

Assam DispurBihar Patna

Chhattisgarh RaipurGoa Panaji

Gujarat GandhinagarHaryana Chandigarh

Himachal Pradesh ShimlaJammu & Kashmir Srinagar & Jammu

Jharkhand RanchiKarnataka Bangalore

Kerala Thiruvananthapuram

Madhya Pradesh Bhopal

State Capital

Maharashtra MumbaiManipur Imphal

Meghalaya ShiilongMizoram AizawiNagaland Kohima

Orissa BhubaneshwarPunjab Chandigarh

Rajasthan JaipurSikkim Gangtok

Tamil Nadu ChennaiTripura Agartala

Uttaranchal DehradunUttar Pradesh LucknowWest Bengal Kolkata

STATES OF INDIA

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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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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

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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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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

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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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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

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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

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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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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 highest per capita incomes of Indian states

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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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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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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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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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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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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 state, is India's

largest city

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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

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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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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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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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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 64% is covered

by forest

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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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UNION TERRITORIES

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A Union territory is a type of adm div in the Republic of

IndiaUnlike states, which have their own elected GovtsUnion 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 UTThere 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 IslandsChandigarhDadra and Nagar HaveliDaman and DiuDelhi (National Capital Territory of Delhi)LakshadweepPuducherry

UNION TERRITORIES

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Chandigarh

Dadra and Nagar Haveli

Lakshadweep

Delhi

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

Strategic Importance

The Andaman and Nicobar Comd is a tri-service theater

comd. of the IAF, based at Port BlairIt 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

ELECTION SYSTEM

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Legislative Houses of State

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Chattisgarh Orissa

West bengal

Bihar

LucknowDelhi

RajasthanMadhya Pradesh

Maharashtra

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

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Delhi Lucknow Bihar

Rajasthan Madhya Pradesh

West bengal

Chattisgarh

OrissaMaharashtra

ELECTED MEMBERS

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Delhi Lucknow Bihar

Rajasthan Madhya Pradesh

West bengal

Chattisgarh OrissaMaharashtra

RAJYA SABHA

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LOK SABHA

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PARLIAMENT

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RESPONSIBILITIES

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