Question: total number of states and union territories in india 2017
Answer: Mysore ) 18 Kerala Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram Kochi 1956 -- 19 Lakshadweep Kavaratti -- Kochi 1956 -- 20 Madhya Pradesh Bhopal Bhopal Jabalpur 1956 Nagpur ( 1861 -- 1956 ) 21 Maharashtra Mumbai Nagpur ( W / 2nd ) Mumbai ( Summer ) Nagpur ( Winter ) Mumbai 1818 1960 -- 22 Manipur Imphal Imphal Imphal 1947 -- 23 Meghalaya Shillong Shillong Shillong 1970 -- 24 Mizoram Aizawl Aizawl Guwahati 1972 -- 25 Nagaland Kohima Kohima Guwahati 1963 -- 26 Odisha Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar Cuttack 1948 Cuttack ( 1936 -- 1948 ) 27 Puducherry Puducherry Puducherry Chennai 1954 Madras ( 1948 -- 1954 ) 28 Punjab Chandigarh Chandigarh Chandigarh 1966 -- 29 Rajasthan Jaipur Jaipur Jodhpur 1950 -- 30 Sikkim Gangtok Gangtok Gangtok 1890 -- 31 Tamil Nadu Chennai Chennai Chennai 1956 -- 32 Telangana Hyderabad Hyderabad Hyderabad 2014 -- 33 Tripura Agartala Agartala Agartala 1956 -- 34 Uttar Pradesh Lucknow Lucknow Allahabad 1938 -- 35 Uttarakhand Dehradun Dehradun Nainital 2000 -- 36 West Bengal Kolkata Kolkata Kolkata 1947 --