States Reorganisation Act, 1956 - Wikipedia States Reorganisation Act, 1956 States Reorganisation Act, 1956 Enacted by Parliament of India Date enacted 1956 Status : In force Part of a series on the History of India Ancient Madrasian Culture Soanian, c. 500,000 BCE Neolithic, c. 7600 -- c. 3300 BCE Bhirrana 7570 - 6200 BCE Jhusi 7106 BCE Lahuradewa 7000 BCE Mehrgarh 7000 - 2600 BCE Indus Valley Civilization, c. 3300 -- c. 1700 BCE Post Indus Valley Period, c. 1700 -- c. 1500 BCE Vedic Civilization, c. 1500 -- c. 500 BCE Early Vedic Period Rise of Śramaṇa movement Later Vedic Period Spread of Jainism - Parshvanatha Spread of Jainism - Mahavira Rise of Buddhism Mahajanapadas, c. 500 -- c. 345 BCE Nanda Dynasty, c. 345 -- c. 322 BCE Classical Maurya Dynasty, c. 322 -- c. 185 BCE Shunga Dynasty, c. 185 -- c. 75 BCE Kanva Dynasty, c. 75 -- c. 30 BCE Kushan Dynasty, c. 30 -- c. 230 CE Satavahana Dynasty, c. 30 BCE -- c. 220 CE Gupta Dynasty, c. 200 -- c. 550 CE Early medieval Chalukya Dynasty, c. 543 -- c. 753 CE Harsha 's Dynasty, c. 606 CE -- c. 647 CE Karakota Dynasty, c. 724 -- c. 760 CE Arab Invasion, c. 738 CE Tripartite Struggle, c. 760 -- c. 973 CE Gurjara - Pratihara Dynasty Rastrakuta Dynasty Pala Dynasty Chola Dynasty, c. 848 -- c. 1251 CE 2nd Chalukya Dynasty, c. 973 -- c. 1187 CE Late medieval Delhi Sultanate, c. 1206 -- c. 1526 CE Slave Dynasty Khalji Dynasty Tugluq Dynasty Sayyid Dynasty Lodhi Dynasty Pandyan Dynasty, c. 1251 -- c. 1323 CE Vijayanagara, c. 1336 -- c. 1646 CE Bengal Sultanate, c. 1342 -- c. 1576 CE Early modern Mughal Dynasty, c. 1526 -- c. 1540 CE Suri Dynasty, c. 1540 -- c. 1556 CE Mughal Dynasty, c. 1556 -- c. 1857 CE Bengal Subah, c. 1576 -- c. 1757 CE Maratha Empire, c. 1674 -- c. 1818 CE Company Raj, c. 1757 -- c. 1858 CE Kingdom of Mysore, c. 1760 -- c. 1799 CE Sikh Empire, c. 1799 -- c. 1849 CE Modern The Great Rebellion, c. 1857 -- c. 1858 CE British Raj, c. 1858 -- c. 1947 CE Independence Movement Independent India, c. 1947 CE -- present Related articles Timeline of Indian History Dynasties in Indian History Economic History Demographic History Linguistic History Architectural History Art History Literary History Philosophical History History of Religion Musical History Education History Coinage History Science and Technology History List of Inventions and Discoveries Military History Naval History Wars involving India The States Reorganisation Act, 1956 was a major reform of the boundaries of India 's states and territories, organising them along linguistic lines. Although additional changes to India 's state boundaries have been made since 1956, the States Reorganisation Act of 1956 remains the single most extensive change in state boundaries since the independence of India in 1947. The Act came into effect at the same time as the Constitution ( Seventh Amendment ) Act, 1956, which ( among other things ) restructured the constitutional framework for India 's existing states and the requirements to pass the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 under the provisions of Part I of the Constitution of India, Articles 3 & 4. Contents 1 Political integration after independence and the Constitution of 1950 2 Movement for linguistic states 3 States Reorganisation Commission 4 Related changes by other legislation 5 Effect of the changes 5.1 States 5.2 Union territories 6 See also 7 References 8 External links Political integration after independence and the Constitution of 1950 This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( October 2014 ) Main article : Political integration of India Administrative divisions of India in 1951. Note that Sikkim was independent until 1975. The British Indian Empire, which included present - day India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, was divided into two types of territories : the Provinces of British India, which were governed directly by British officials responsible to the Governor - General of India ; and the Indian States, under the rule of local hereditary rulers who recognised British suzerainty in return for local autonomy, in most cases as established by treaty. As a result of the reforms of the early 20th century, most of the British provinces had directly elected legislatures as well as governors, although some of the smaller provinces were governed by a chief commissioner appointed by the Governor - General. Major reforms put forward by the British in the 1930s also recognised the principle of federalism, which was carried forward into the governance of independent India. On 15 August 1947, British India was granted independence as the separate dominions of India and Pakistan. The British dissolved their treaty relations with more than five hundred princely states, who were encouraged to accede to either India or Pakistan, while under no compulsion to do so. Most of the states acceded to India, and a few to Pakistan. Bhutan, Hyderabad and Kashmir opted for independence, although the armed intervention of India conquered Hyderabad and brought it into the Indian Union. South Indian states prior to the States Reorganisation Act Between 1947 and about 1950, the territories of the princely states were politically integrated into the Indian Union. Most were merged into existing provinces ; others were organised into new provinces, such as Rajputana, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Bharat, and Vindhya Pradesh, made up of multiple princely states ; a few, including Mysore, Hyderabad, Bhopal, and Bilaspur, became separate provinces. The Government of India Act 1935 remained the constitutional law of India pending adoption of a new Constitution. The new Constitution of India, which came into force on 26 January 1950, made India a sovereign democratic republic. The new republic was also declared to be a `` Union of States ''. The constitution of 1950 distinguished between three main types of states and a class of territories : Part A states, which were the former governors ' provinces of British India, were ruled by a governor appointed by the president and an elected state legislature. The nine Part A states were Assam, Bihar, Bombay, Madhya Pradesh ( formerly Central Provinces and Berar ), Madras, Orissa, Punjab ( formerly East Punjab ), Uttar Pradesh ( formerly the United Provinces ), and West Bengal. Part B states, which were former princely states or groups of princely states, governed by a rajpramukh, who was usually the ruler of a constituent state, and an elected legislature. The rajpramukh was appointed by the President of India. The eight Part B states were Hyderabad, Jammu and Kashmir, Madhya Bharat, Mysore, Patiala and East Punjab States Union ( PEPSU ), Rajasthan, Saurashtra, and Travancore - Cochin. Part C states included both the former chief commissioners ' provinces and some princely states, and each was governed by a chief commissioner appointed by the President of India. The ten Part C states were Ajmer, Bhopal, Bilaspur, Coorg, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Cutch, Manipur, Tripura, and Vindhya Pradesh. The sole Part D territory was the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, which were administered by a lieutenant governor appointed by the central government. Movement for linguistic states The demand for states to be organised on a linguistic basis was developed even before India achieved independence from British rule. A first - of - its - kind linguistic movement started in 1895, in what is now Odisha. The movement gained momentum in later years with the demand for a separate Orissa Province to be formed by bifurcating the existing Bihar and Orissa Province. Due to the efforts of Madhusudan Das, the Father of Oriya nationalism, the movement eventually achieved its objective in 1936, when Orissa Province became the first Indian state ( pre-independence ) to be organised on the basis of common languages. The post-independence period saw the ascent of political movements for the creation of new states developed on linguistic lines. The movement to create a Telugu - speaking state out of the northern portion of Madras State gathered strength in the years after independence, and in 1953, the sixteen northern Telugu - speaking districts of Madras State became the new State of Andhra. During the 1950 -- 1956 period, other small changes were made to state boundaries : the small state of Bilaspur was merged with Himachal Pradesh on 1 July 1954 ; and Chandernagore, a former enclave of French India, was incorporated into West Bengal in 1955. However, post-independence, the first state to be created on a linguistic basis was Andhra in 1953, created out of the Telugu - speaking northern parts of Madras State. States Reorganisation Commission Main article : States Reorganisation Commission The States Reorganisation Commission was preceded by the Linguistic Provinces Commission ( aka Dhar Commission ), which was set up in June 1948. Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru appointed the States Reorganisation Commission in December 1953, with the remit to reorganise the Indian states. The new commission was headed by the retired Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Fazal Ali ; its other two members were H.N. Kunzru and K.M. Panikkar. The efforts of the commission were overseen by Govind Ballabh Pant, who served as the Home Minister from December 1954. The States Reorganisation Commission submitted a report on September 30, 1955, with recommendations for the reorganisation of India 's states, which was then debated by the Indian parliament. Subsequently, bills were passed to make changes to the constitution and to administer the reorganisation of the states. Indian states after the States Reorganisation Act Related changes by other legislation The States Reorganisation Act was enacted on 31 August 1956. Before it came into effect on 1 November, an important amendment was made to the Constitution of India. Under the Seventh Amendment, the existing distinction among Part A, Part B, Part C, and Part D states was abolished. The distinction between Part A and Part B states was removed, becoming known simply as `` states ''. A new type of entity, the Union Territory, replaced the classification as a Part C or Part D state. A further Act also came into effect on 1 November, transferring certain territories from Bihar to West Bengal. Effect of the changes The following list sets out the states and union territories of India as reorganised on 1 November 1956 : States Andhra Pradesh : formed by the merger of Andhra State ( 1953 - 56 ) with the Telugu - speaking areas of Hyderabad State ( 1948 -- 56 ). Assam : No change of boundary in 1956. Bihar : reduced slightly by the transfer of minor territories to West Bengal. Bombay State : the state was enlarged by the addition of Saurashtra State and Kutch State, the Marathi - speaking districts of Nagpur Division of Madhya Pradesh and Marathwada region of Hyderabad State. The southernmost districts of the Bombay Presidency were transferred to Mysore State. Jammu and Kashmir : No change of boundary in 1956. Kerala : formed by the merger of Travancore - Cochin state with the Malabar district and Kasaragod taluk of South Canara district of the Madras Presidency. The southern part of Travancore - Cochin, Kanyakumari district was transferred to Madras State. Madhya Pradesh : Madhya Bharat, Vindhya Pradesh, and Bhopal State were merged into Madhya Pradesh ; the Marathi - speaking districts of Nagpur Division were transferred to Bombay State. Madras State : Malabar District was transferred to the new state of Kerala, and a new union territory, Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands, was created. The southern part of Travancore - Cochin, Kanyakumari district was added to the state. Mysore State : enlarged by the addition of Coorg State and the Kannada speaking districts from western Madras Presidency, southern Bombay Presidency and western Hyderabad State. Orissa : No change of boundary in 1956. Punjab : enlarged by addition of the Patiala and East Punjab States Union. Rajasthan : enlarged by the addition of Ajmer state and parts of Bombay and Madhya Bharat states. Uttar Pradesh : No change of boundary in 1956. West Bengal : enlarged by addition of minor territory previously forming part of Bihar. Union territories Andaman and Nicobar Islands Delhi Manipur Tripura Himachal Pradesh Laccadive, Minicoy & Amindivi Islands See also Unification of Karnataka Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966 Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000 Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000 Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000 Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 List of proposed states and territories of India Administrative divisions of India States and union territories of India Political integration of India References Jump up ^ `` Explainer : The reorganization of states in India and why it happened ''. Jump up ^ `` Seventh Amendment ''. Indiacode.nic.in. Archived from the original on 1 May 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2011. Jump up ^ `` Article 1 ''. Constitution of India. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Jump up ^ `` Archived copy ''. Archived from the original on 1 May 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2011. Jump up ^ `` Demand of separate province for Oriya ''. The Telegraph. Jump up ^ States Politics in India. Jump up ^ `` Reorganisation of states '' ( PDF ). Economic Weekly. 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Question: which commission was appointed for the creation of new states on the basis of language
Answer: The States Reorganisation Commission