India is a federal union comprising 29 states and 7 union territories, for a total of 36 entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into districts and smaller administrative divisions.
- Name Of Our Country: India
- Prime Minister of India: Narendra Modi
- President of India: Ram Nath Kovind
- Number: 29 States; 7 Union territories
Knowing the capitals, the chief ministers and governors of the Indian states will probably be one of the most basic things you are hoping to remember. It is equally important for Union Territory of India! These two can be asked in written tests or interviews. More than 90% of india’s population lives in 10 states of India. We have listed it in an easy way to modify it below.
States’ Capitals And Their Chief Minister And Governers
| # | State | Capital | Chief Minister | Governor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andhra Pradesh | Hyderabad | N. Chandra Babu Naidu | E. S. L. Narasimhan |
| 2 | Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar | Pema Khandu | Brigadier BD Mishra (retd) |
| 3 | Assam | Dispur | Sarabananda Sonowal | Jagdish Mukhi |
| 4 | Bihar | Patna | Nitish Kumar | Satyapal Malik |
| 5 | Chhattisgarh | Raipur | Dr. Raman Singh | Balram Das Tandon |
| 6 | Goa | Panaji | Manohar Parrikar | Mridula Sinha |
| 7 | Gujarat | Gandhi Nagar | Vijaybhai R. Rupani | Om Prakash Kohli |
| 8 | Haryana | Chandigargh | Manohar Lal Khattar | Kaptan Singh Solanki |
| 9 | Himachal Pradesh | Shimla | Virbhadra Singh | Acharya Dev Vrat |
| 10 | Jammu and Kashmir | Srinagar | Mehbooba Mufti Sayeed | Narinder Nath Vohra |
| 11 | Jharkhand | Ranchi | Raghuvar Das | Draupadi Murmu |
| 12 | Karnataka | Bengaluru | Siddharamaiah | Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala |
| 13 | Kerala | Thiruvanathapuram | Pinarayi Vijayan | P. Sathasivam |
| 14 | Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal | Shivraj Singh Chauhan | Om Prakash Kohli (Additional Charge) |
| 15 | Maharashtra | Mumbai | Devendra Fadnavis | C. Vidhya Sagar Rao |
| 16 | Manipur | Imphal | N Biren Singh | Najma Heptulla |
| 17 | Meghalaya | Shillong | Mukul Sangma | Ganga Prasad |
| 18 | Mizoram | Aizwal | Lal Thanhawla | Nirbhay Sharma |
| 19 | Nagaland | Kohima | T. R. Zeliang | Padmanabha Acharya |
| 20 | Odisha | Bubaneshwar | Naveen Patnaik | S. C. Jamir |
| 21 | Punjab | Chandigargh | Amarinder Singh | V P Singh Badnore |
| 22 | Rajasthan | Jaipur | Vasundhara Raje | Kalyan Singh |
| 23 | Sikkim | Gantok | Pawan Kumar Chamling | Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil |
| 24 | Tamil Nadu | Chennai | Edappadi K. Palaniswami | Banwarilal Purohit |
| 25 | Telangana | Hyderabad | K. Chandrasekhar Rao | E. S. L. Narasimhan |
| 26 | Tripura | Agartala | Manik Sarkar | Tathagata Roy |
| 27 | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow | Yogi Adityanath | Ram Naik |
| 28 | Uttarakhand | Dehra Dun | Trivendra Singh Rawat | Krishan Kant Paul |
| 29 | West Bengal | Kolkata | Mamata Banerjee | Keshari Nath Tripathi |
Now let’s have a look at the Union Territories. It is important to note that UT have a different governing structure. They are under direct control of the central government and the President of India appoints an Administrator or Lieutenant-Governor for each UT. Delhi and Puducherry are somewhat different as they get to choose their own elected legislative assemblies and the executive councils of ministers with partially state-like function. (Arvind Kejriwal and V. Narayanaswamy are the current Chief Ministers of Delhi and Puducherry respectively )
UNION TERRITORIES
| # | State | Capital | Head | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andaman and Nicobar Island | Port Blair | Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi | Lieutenant Governor |
| 2 | Chandigarh | Chandigarh | V. P. Singh Badnore | Administrator |
| 3 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli | Silvassa | Praful Khoda Patel | Administrator |
| 4 | Daman and Diu | Daman | Praful Khoda Patel | Administrator |
| 5 | Delhi | Delhi | Anil Baijal
Arvind Kejriwal(CM) |
Lieutenant Governor |
| 6 | Lakshadweep | Kavaratti | Farooq Khan | Administrator |
| 7 | Puducherry | Puducherry | Kiran Bedi
V. Narayanaswamy(CM) |
Lieutenant Governor |
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