Union Territories of India – An Overview
An overview on Union Territories of India include the following:
Union Territory |
Capital |
Area |
Establishment |
Andaman and Nicobar Islands |
Port Blair |
Approx 8,249 sq.km |
1956 |
Delhi |
New Delhi |
Approx 1,484 sq. km |
1956, In 1992, Delhi was redesignated as the National Capital Territory of Delhi. |
Lakshadweep |
Kavaratti |
Approx 32.63 sq. km. It is the smallest Union Territory of India |
1956 |
Chandigarh |
Chandigarh |
Approx 114.2 sq. km |
1966 |
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, and Daman and Diu. |
Daman |
Approx 603 sq. km |
Dadra and Nagar Haveli–1961, Daman and Diu–1962. It got merged into a single Union Territory after Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Merger of Union Territories Act, 2019 |
Puducherry |
Pondicherry |
Approx 479 sq. km |
1962 |
Jammu and Kashmir |
Srinagar in Summer Jammu in Winter |
Approx 125.535 sq. km |
2019 |
Ladakh |
Leh |
Approx 96,701sq.km |
2019 |
8 Union Territories of India
8 Union Territories of India: India has 8 union territories at present. India is a union of states, which includes characteristics of sovereign, socialist, secular, and democratic republics along with a Parliamentary system of Government. The President is the constitutional head of the Executive of the Union. The State of Jammu and Kashmir lost its statehood and was converted into a separate union territory and Ladakh was carved out of Jammu and Kashmir and created as a separate union territory on 31st October 2019. Union territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli also Daman and Diu were established on 26 January 2020, merging them and hence India has 8 union territories and not 9.
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Table of Content
- Union Territories of India
- 8 Union Territories of India – Capitals, Area and Population
- Largest Union Territories of India
- Union Territories of India and Their Capitals
- Union Territories of India: Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Union Territories of India: Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
- Union Territories of India: Lakshadweep
- Union Territories of India: Puducherry (Pondicherry)
- Union Territories of India: NCT of Delhi
- Union Territories of India: Chandigarh
- Union Territories of India: Ladakh
- Union Territories of India: Jammu and Kashmir