India is the 2nd largest country in the world by population. The Republic of India is a union of 9 union territories and 28 states. In recent development, Jammu and Kashmir bifurcated into union territories by the Government of India. In last, Telangana was established as a new state out of Andhra Pradesh. India has a diverse population, climate, culture, economic condition, and other things. It is quite different in every corner of India.
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Indian States and Their Capital, Official Language(s)
Andhra Pradesh
Capital Name: Amaravati
Official Language: Telugu
Arunachal Pradesh
Capital Name: Itanagar
Official Language: English
Assam
Capital Name: Dispur
Official Language: Assamese
Bihar
Capital Name: Patna
Official Language: Hindi
Chhattisgarh
Capital Name: Naya Raipur
Official Language: Chhattisgarhi.
Goa
Capital Name: Panaji
Official Language: Konkani
Gujarat
Capital Name: Gandhinagar
Official Language: Gujarati
Haryana
Capital Name: Chandigarh
Official Language: Haryanvi
Himachal Pradesh
Capital Name: Shimla
Official Language: Hindi
Jharkhand
Capital Name: Ranchi
Official Language: Hindi
Karnataka
Capital Name: Bangalore
Official Language: Kannada.
Kerala
Capital Name: Thiruvananthapuram
Official Language: Malayalam
Madhya Pradesh
Capital Name: Bhopal
Official Language: Hindi
Maharashtra
Capital Name: Mumbai
Official Language: Marathi
Manipur
Capital Name: Imphal
Official Language: Meiteilon (Manipuri).
Meghalaya
Capital Name: Shillong
Official Language: English
Mizoram
Capital Name: Aizawl
Official Language: Mizo
Nagaland
Capital Name: Kohima
Official Language: English
Odisha
Capital Name: Bhubaneswar
Official Language: Oriya.
Punjab
Capital Name: Chandigarh
Official Language: Punjabi
Rajasthan
Capital Name: Jaipur
Official Language: Hindi
Sikkim
Capital Name: Gangtok
Official Language: Nepali
Tamil Nadu
Capital Name: Chennai
Official Language: Tamil.
Telangana
Capital Name: Hyderabad
Official Language: Telugu, Urdu
Tripura
Capital Name: Agartala
Official Language: Bengali And Kokborok
Uttar Pradesh
Capital Name: Lucknow
Official Language: Hindi
Uttarakhand
Capital Name: Dehradun
Official Language: Hindi.
West Bengal
Capital Name: Kolkata
Official Language: Bengali.
India’s Union Territories and Their Capital, Official Language(s)
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Capital Name: Port Blair
Official Language: English
Chandigarh
Capital Name: Chandigarh
Official Language: Punjabi
Dadra and Nagar Haveli
Capital Name: Silvassa
Official Language: English
Daman and Diu
Capital Name: Daman
Official Language: Konkani, Marathi and Gujarati.
Delhi
Capital Name: New Delhi
Official Language: Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu
Jammu and Kashmir
Capital Name: Srinagar (Summer), Jammu (Winter)
Official Language: –
Ladakh
Capital Name: Leh
Official Language: Ladakhi
Lakshadweep
Capital Name: Kavaratti
Official Language: English
Puducherry
Capital Name: Puducherry
Official Language: Tamil, English.
Article first published on January 9, 2020.
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