List of state and union territory capitals in India

India is a federal constitutional republic governed under a parliamentary system consisting of 28 states and 8 union territories. All states, as well as the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, Puducherry and the National Capital Territory of Delhi, have elected legislatures and governments, both patterned on the Westminster model. The remaining five union territories are directly ruled by the central government through appointed administrators. In 1956, under the States Reorganisation Act, states were reorganised on a linguistic basis. Their structure has since remained largely unchanged. Each state or union territory is further divided into administrative districts.

The legislatures of three states Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra and Uttarakhand meet in different capitals for their summer and winter sessions. Ladakh has both Leh and Kargil as its administrative capitals.

List The state and union territory capitals are sorted according to administrative, legislative and judicial capitals. The administrative capital is where the executive government offices are located. The legislative capital is where the legislative assembly is located and the judicial capital is where the states or union territories' high courts are located.

States State Administrative/Executive capital Legislative capital Judicial capital Year ofestablishment Former capitalAndhra Pradesh Amaravati Amaravati Amaravati 2014Hyderabad (1956–2014)Arunachal Pradesh Itanagar Itanagar Guwahati 1987 —AssamDispurDispurGuwahati 1972Shillong (1950–1972)BiharPatna Patna Patna 1950 —ChhattisgarhRaipur RaipurBilaspur 2000 —GoaPanajiPorvorimMumbai 1987 —GujaratGandhinagar GandhinagarAhmedabad 1960 Ahmedabad (1960–1970)HaryanaChandigarh Chandigarh Chandigarh 1966 —Himachal PradeshShimla Shimla (Summer)Dharamshala (Winter) Shimla 1971 —JharkhandRanchi Ranchi Ranchi 2000 —KarnatakaBengaluru Bengaluru Bengaluru 1956 —KeralaThiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram Kochi 1956 —Madhya PradeshBhopal BhopalJabalpur 1956 —MaharashtraMumbaiMumbai (Summer)Nagpur (Winter) Mumbai 1960 —ManipurImphal Imphal Imphal 1972 —MeghalayaShillong Shillong Shillong 1972 —MizoramAizawl AizawlGuwahati 1987 —NagalandKohima KohimaGuwahati 1963 —OdishaBhubaneswar BhubaneswarCuttack 1950 —Punjab Chandigarh Chandigarh Chandigarh 1966 —RajasthanJaipur JaipurJodhpur 1950 —SikkimGangtok Gangtok Gangtok 1975 —Tamil NaduChennai Chennai Chennai 1956 —TelanganaHyderabad HyderabadHyderabad2014 —TripuraAgartala Agartala Agartala 1972 —Uttar PradeshLucknow LucknowPrayagraj 1950  —UttarakhandDehradunBhararisain (summer)Dehradun (winter)Nainital 2000 —West BengalKolkata Kolkata Kolkata 1950 —

Union territories Union Territory Administrative/Executive capitalLegislative capital Judicial capital Year ofestablishmentAndaman and Nicobar IslandsPort Blair –Kolkata1956ChandigarhChandigarh –Chandigarh1966Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and DiuDaman –Mumbai2020Jammu and KashmirSrinagar (summer)Jammu (winter)Srinagar (summer)Jammu (winter)Srinagar (summer)Jammu (winter)2019LadakhLeh Kargil (Joint capital)–Srinagar (summer)Jammu (winter)2019LakshadweepKavaratti –Kochi1956DelhiNew DelhiNew DelhiNew Delhi1956PuducherryPondicherryPondicherryChennai 1951

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External links List of states in India