How may States and Union Territories in India?

Do you know, how may states and union Territories are there in India? Do you know, in which terms and conditions India has divided its states and union territories? Do you know, who has the major power of control over the states and union territories?

    At present India consists of 28 states and 8 union territories. This number was not same when India got its freedom. For the adminstration purpose, the Indian government has power to split/merge the state(s) or Union Territory(ies) and can change the status of a state or Union territory. Example, Jammu and Kashmir was a State before 2020, but after 2020 it was divided into two union territories as Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.

    Before freedom, India had multiple provinces which was mostly ruled by kings and governors appointed by the British and other foreign rulers like Portugal,French etc.,. 

    After freedom, India's landscape was rearranged on the basis of linguistics (languages). The status of being a state or union territory depends on the population, culture significance or historical importance of that territory.

    In states, the major power is held by the elected state government; but in union territories some are under the direct control of center government, for example Andaman and Nicobar islands, and some are under the control of elected government, for example Puducherry. 

    Here we are going to see the list of states and union territories in India.

States in India:

States	Capitals
Tamil Nadu	Chennai
Kerala	Thiruvananthapuram
Karnataka	Bangalore
Andhra Pradesh	Amaravati
Telangana	Hyderabad
Maharashtra	Mumbai
Goa	Panaji
Chhattisgarh	Raipur
Odisha	Bhubaneshwar
Gujarat	Gandhinagar
Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal
Rajasthan	Jaipur
Punjab	Chandigarh
Haryana	Chandigarh
Himachal Pradesh	Shimla
Uttarakhand	Dehradun
Uttar Pradesh	Lucknow
Bihar	Patna
Jharkhand	Ranchi
West Bengal	Kolkata
Sikkim	Gangtok
Assam	Dispur
Meghalaya	Shillong
Arunachal Pradesh	Itanagar
Nagaland	Kohima
Manipur	Imphal
Mizoram	Aizawl
Tripura	Agartala

Union Territories in India:

Union Territories	Capitals
Andaman and Nicobar Islands	Port Blair
Lakshadweep	Kavaratti
Puducherry	Puducherry
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu	Daman
Chandigarh	Chandigarh
The Government of NCT of Delhi	Delhi
Jammu & Kashmir	Srinagar-S*, Jammu-W*
Ladakh	Leh