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Indian states and union territories.

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Maharashtra

Maharashtra Maharashtra is a state in the western and central peninsular region of India. It is the third-largest Indian state by area and the second-most populous, with Mumbai as its capital and Nagpur as its winter ...

Odisha

Odisha Odisha is a state on the eastern coast of India, bordered by West Bengal to the northeast, Jharkhand to the north, Chhattisgarh to the west, Andhra Pradesh to the south, and the Bay of Bengal to the east. The s...

Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh is a state on the south-eastern coast of India. It is bordered by Odisha to the north-east, Chhattisgarh to the north, Telangana to the west and north-west, Karnataka to the south-west, T...

Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu is a state in the southern part of India, lying along the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal. It is the home of the Tamil people and the Tamil language, one of the longest-surviving classical ...

Jharkhand

Jharkhand Jharkhand is a state in eastern India, formed on 15 November 2000 by carving out the southern districts of Bihar. The name Jharkhand translates roughly as "land of forests". The state is known for its minera...

Karnataka

Karnataka is a state in the south-western region of India. Formed on 1 November 1956 under the States Reorganisation Act, it was originally known as the State of Mysore and was renamed Karnataka on 1 November 1973. Th...

Haryana

Haryana is a state in northern India, formed on 1 November 1966 through the reorganisation of the erstwhile state of Punjab on a linguistic basis. It is bordered by Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to the north, Uttarakhan...

Gujarat

Overview Gujarat is a state in western India, situated along the country's longest coastline on the Arabian Sea. It is bordered by Rajasthan to the north-east, Madhya Pradesh to the east, Maharashtra and the union ter...

Assam

Assam Assam is a state in north-eastern India, situated south of the eastern Himalayas along the valleys of the Brahmaputra and Barak rivers. It is the largest state in the North East Region by population and one of t...

Telangana

Telangana is a state in southern India, formed on 2 June 2014 as the 29th state of the Indian Union after its bifurcation from Andhra Pradesh. It occupies the central portion of the Deccan Plateau and is bordered by M...

Bihar

Bihar Bihar is a state in eastern India, situated in the lower-middle Gangetic plain. It is bordered by Nepal to the north, West Bengal to the east, Jharkhand to the south, and Uttar Pradesh to the west. The state is ...

West Bengal

West Bengal West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India, situated along the Bay of Bengal. It is bordered by the Indian states of Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, Sikkim, and Assam, and shares international boundar...

Rajasthan

Rajasthan Rajasthan is a state in the northwestern part of India. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. The state shares an international border with Pakistan to the west and no...

Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh is a state in central India, often referred to by the epithet "the Heart of India" because of its central location on the Indian subcontinent. The state is the second largest in India by ...

Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (often abbreviated UP) is a state in northern India. It is the most populous state in the country and the fourth largest by area. The state shares an international border with Nepal to the ...

India

India, officially the Republic of India is a country in the Indian Subcontinent, also known as South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area; the most populous country from June 2023 onwards; and since it...