Reorganization of
States
A Bill seeking to create a new state or alter boundaris of existing States can be introduced in eit-ther House of the Parliament, only on the recommendation of the President.
President refers the state Reorganization Bill to the state Legislature concerned for its option, fi-xing a time limet.
Parliament is not bound to accept or act upon the views of the state Legislature on a state Reorg-anization Bill. The state Reorganization Bill requires simple majority in both Houses of the Parlia-ment.
It is not necessary to obtain the views of legislatures of Union territories before a bill affecting their boundaries or name is introduced.
The state Reorganization Act, 1956 reorganised the boudaries of different States to establish a new State of Kerala and merge the former States of Madhya Bharat,pepsu,Saurashtra,Travancore
,Cochin,Ajmer,Bhopal,Coorg, Kutch and Vindhya Pradesh in other adjoining States and thus 14 st-ates and 6 Union Territories were established in india.
The Bombay Reorganization Act, 1960m, divided the State of Bombay to establish two State of
Gujarat and Maharashtra.
In 1962 Nagaland was created as a separate State.
In 1966, Punjab was divideed into Punjab and Haryana.
Union Territory of Himachal Pradesh was made the State of Himachal Pradesh by an Act of 1970.
States of Manipur, Tripura, Meghalaya and union Territories of Mizoream and Arunachal Pradesh
were established in 1971. Later Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh achieved statehood in 1986.
Sikkim was made part of india by 36th Amendment of the Constitution .
In 1987 Goa was made a sparate State of the Union.
Chhattisgarh came into existance on 1st November 2000.
Uttaranchal (now Uttarakhand) came into existance on 8th november, 2000.
The state of Jaharkhand, which was established on 15th November, 2000 is the 28th state of india
Bifurcating Andhara Pradesh, `Telangana' came into being on the 2nd June, 2014 as the 29th state. It is the outcome of 15th lok Sabha
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