States Reorganisation Commission
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The States Reorganisation Commission of India (SRC) constituted by the Central Government of India in December 1953 to recommend the reorganization of state boundaries. In September 1955, after two years of study, the Commission, comprising Justice Fazal Ali, K. M. Panikkar and H. N. Kunzru, submitted its report. The commission's recommendations were accepted with some modifications and implemented in the States Reorganisation Act in November 1956. The act provided that India's state boundaries should be reorganized to form 14 states and 6 centrally administered territories. On 10 December 1948, the report of Dhar Commission was published but the issue remained unsolved.
Tables
· Background
Part A states
Part A states
Category
Part A states
Description
Former British provinces
Administrator
An elected governor and state legislature
States
9 states: Assam, Bihar, Bombay, East Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Madras, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal
Part B states
Part B states
Category
Part B states
Description
Former princely states or groups of Covenanting states
Administrator
Rajpramukh (former princes)
States
9 states: Hyderabad, Jammu and Kashmir, Madhya Bharat, Mysore, Patiala and East Punjab States Union (PEPSU), Rajasthan, Saurashtra, Travancore-Cochin, and Vindhya Pradesh
Part C
Part C
Category
Part C
Description
Former princely states and provinces
Administrator
Chief commissioner
States
10 states: Ajmer, Coorg, Cooch-Behar, Bhopal, Bilaspur, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Kutch, Manipur, and Tripura
Part D
Part D
Category
Part D
Description
Union Territory
Administrator
Governor appointed by the Indian president
States
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
| Category | Description | Administrator | States |
| Part A states | Former British provinces | An elected governor and state legislature | 9 states: Assam, Bihar, Bombay, East Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Madras, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal |
| Part B states | Former princely states or groups of Covenanting states | Rajpramukh (former princes) | 9 states: Hyderabad, Jammu and Kashmir, Madhya Bharat, Mysore, Patiala and East Punjab States Union (PEPSU), Rajasthan, Saurashtra, Travancore-Cochin, and Vindhya Pradesh |
| Part C | Former princely states and provinces | Chief commissioner | 10 states: Ajmer, Coorg, Cooch-Behar, Bhopal, Bilaspur, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Kutch, Manipur, and Tripura |
| Part D | Union Territory | Governor appointed by the Indian president | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |
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