Question

Identify the correct chronological order in which the following States were created in India from the codes given below:

1. Andhra Pradesh

2. Himachal Pradesh

3. Haryana

4. Sikkim

1. 1, 2, 3, 4
2. 1, 3, 2, 4
3. 4, 3, 1, 2
4. 3, 4, 1, 2

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : 1, 3, 2, 4

The correct answer is 1, 3, 2, 4.

• Formation of Indian States in Chronological order:
  • Andhra Pradesh - 1 November 1956
  • Haryana - 1 November 1966
  • Himachal Pradesh - 25 January 1971
  • Sikkim - 15 May 1975
• Goa, Puducherry, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, and Sikkim were not a part of India at the time of independence.
• Goa was liberated from Portuguese occupation in 1961.
• Puducherry along with Karaikal, Mahe, and Yanam, were transferred to India in 1954 by the French.
• Dadra & Nagar Haveli were liberated in 1954 from the Portuguese.
• Sikkim became a part of India in 1974.

• During the reign of the Britishers, India was divided into about 556 princely states and provinces.
• When India got Independence by the Indian Independence Act, 1947, these states were given the option of either joining India or Pakistan.
• Depending on their geographical and also on “religion” orientation some states went with India and some with Pakistan.
• Hyderabad, which was at that time one most the most prosperous province, chose to be independent but India using its military power annexed Hyderabad and thus Hyderabad also became a part of the Indian Federation.
• Between 1947 and 1950 these provinces were legally changed into “States” but the States of Mysore, Hyderabad, Bhopal, and Bilaspur were given the special status of “Independent” States.
• With the Commencement of The Constitution of India from 26th January 1950, India became a Union of States and Union territories.
• At that time, the Constitution of India recognized three types of States, which were; first; “Part A” States, these states were those states which had a Governor as their executive head before Independence i.e. during the British reign, these type of states included states like Bombay, Madras, and U.P., etc.
• The second category of states was known as “Part B” States, these were the states which were previously known as the Princely Provinces, these type of states included Hyderabad, Mysore, and Rajasthan, etc.
• And the last category was of the “Part C” states comprising a mixture of states which in the past had either been a Princely State or a state being governed by a Chief Commissioner.