History

1. REORGANISATION OF
STATES
[CHHATTISGARH, UTTARAKHAND, JHARKHAND,
TELANGANA, JAMMU-KASHMIR AND LADAKH]

2. REORGANISATION OF STATES ACT 2000
• The year 2000 proved to be important for the formation of
new states.
• The new states Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand, and Jharkhand,
Telangana, Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh were formed on the
1st, 9th, and 15th of November 2000, respectively. It changed
the count of Indian states from 25 to 28.
• Jharkhand from southern districts of Bihar with the
enforcement of Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act,
2000, Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000 and Bihar
Reorganisation Act, 2000 respectively.
• After the formations of the creation of these lingual states,
this was the first instance of formation of these states.

4. CHHATTISGARH
• The demand for forming a separate state of Chhattisgarh was put forth in the session of Indian
National Congress in Pre – Independence times.
• When the State Reorganisation Commission headed by Faizal Ali was set up in 1954, the demand
for a separate Chhattisgarh was put forward but was not accepted.
• Later in 1998, in the session of the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh, the proposal of
creating a separate state of Chhattisgarh was approved.
• . The government of India subsequently set 1 November 2000, as the day the state of Madhya
Pradesh would be divided into Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh.

5. UTTARAKHAND
• The people of Garhwal and Kumaon were demanding for a separate state since 1930,
and it was supported in the 1938 session of Indian National Congress. But got ruled out
by Fazal Ali of the State Reorganisation Commission.
• A movement was started in the demand of the people in 1957. later in 1973, ‘Uttarakhand
Parvatiya Rajya Parishad’ was established.
• In 1994 the movement got intensified and the bill for a separate state was passed by the
Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly in recognisation of the popular sentiment.
• Finally, in 2000 the state of Uttaranchal [ later named as Uttarakhand] came into being.
• The formation of Uttaranchal fulfilled the long-voiced demands of the tribal of Kumaon
and Garhwal.

6. JHARKHAND
1929
In 1929, the demand for
separate state of
Jharkhand was staged
for the first time. Later in
1947, All India Jharkhand
Party was established
and demand for a
separate state was
accelerated.
1973
In 1973, an appeal to the
Prime Minister and
President was made.
Later in 1994, The Bihar
Legislative Assembly
passed the bill of
Jharkhand Area
Autonomous Council
[JAAC].
Aug. 2000
In August 2000, a bill
providing for Bihar's
division and creation of
a separate state all
Jharkhand was passed
In the lower house of the
parliament [Lok Sabha].
15 Nov. 2000
On the day of 15th
November 2000, the
separate state
Jharkhand came in
to existence.

7. TELANGANA
• Telangana was earlier the part of the state Andhra Pradesh. Later
the state of Telangana was formed.
• ‘Telangana Rashtriya Samiti’started the movement for the creation
of a separate state of Telangana.
• In 2001 Government of India announced the decision of the separate
state of Telangana.
• In 2014 this proposal was approved in the parliament. On 2nd June
2014, the separate state of Telangana came into existence.
• As per the bill, Hyderabad would be the capital of Telangana,
while the city would also remain the capital of residual state of
Andhra Pradesh for no more than ten years.

8. JAMMMU- KASHMIR AND LADAKH
• The state of Jammu-Kashmir and Ladakh was given a
special status by ‘Article 370’ of the Constitution of
India.
• In 1947 Prem Nath Dogra established ‘Jammu Praja
Parishad’ party. Later in 1952, it was changed to ‘Ek
Desh me Do Vidhan, Do Pradhan, Do Nishan Nahi
Chalenge, Nahi Chalenge’.
• Party demanded complete accession over Jammu and
Kashmir to India.
• The party in power, National Conference, was not ready
to give up the autonomy of the state.

9. • Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee [Minister for Industry and
Supply in Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s Cabinet.]
Supported the demand of complete merger.
• In August 2019, Government of India revoked ‘Article 370’.
• From 31st October 2019 the state of Jammu and Kashmir
was restructured as two separate union territories off
‘Jammu- Kashmir’and ‘Ladakh’.
• The Parliament of India passed the Jammu and Kashmir
Reorganisation Act, which contained provisions – Jammu
and Kashmir in the west and Ladakh in the east.

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