Talk:States and union territories of India

Skip to table of contents

This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the States and union territories of India article.
This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject.

Put new text under old text. Click here to start a new topic.
New to Wikipedia? Welcome! Learn to edit; get help.

Article policies

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Archives: 1, 2: 6 months

This article is written in Indian English, which has its own spelling conventions (colour, travelled, centre, analysed, defence) and some terms that are used in it may be different or absent from other varieties of English. According to the relevant style guide, this should not be changed without broad consensus.

This article has not yet been rated on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
It is of interest to multiple WikiProjects.

Please add the quality rating to the {{WikiProject banner shell}} template instead of this project banner. See WP:PIQA for details.

India Top‑importance

	India portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject India, which aims to improve Wikipedia's coverage of India-related topics. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page.IndiaWikipedia:WikiProject IndiaTemplate:WikiProject IndiaIndia
Top	This article has been rated as Top-importance on the project's importance scale.

Law

	Law portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Law, an attempt at providing a comprehensive, standardised, pan-jurisdictional and up-to-date resource for the legal field and the subjects encompassed by it.LawWikipedia:WikiProject LawTemplate:WikiProject Lawlaw
???	This article has not yet received a rating on the project's importance scale.

Please add the quality rating to the {{WikiProject banner shell}} template instead of this project banner. See WP:PIQA for details.

Politics Mid‑importance

	Politics portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Politics, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of politics on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.PoliticsWikipedia:WikiProject PoliticsTemplate:WikiProject Politicspolitics
Mid	This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale.

Contradiction in list of Former states

In the list of States_and_union_territories_of_India#Former_states, the geographical region of "Andhra State" is shown in two maps simultaneously during same time period - "Andhra State" (1953-56) and "Madras State" (1950-65). Please provide with sources and confirm. --Rubber Duck (☮ • ✍)

Semi-protected edit request on 13 June 2021

This edit request has been answered. Set the |answered= or |ans= parameter to no to reactivate your request.

Change number of states in India from 28 to 29 and union territories from 8 to 7 as per new changes . Your data is very very old . Please respect diversity and dignity of india , how can this data be not changed for years. 2409:4055:503:4D27:A216:8597:133F:973F (talk) 04:23, 13 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. CMD (talk) 07:59, 13 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Map

The map is not very useful since the labels are not part of the image, which means that when you click on it to zoom in, the labels disappear.Bill (talk) 20:52, 27 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 29 August 2021

This edit request has been answered. Set the |answered= or |ans= parameter to no to reactivate your request.

2409:4072:638D:8A28:587:193E:A1A3:BAA1 (talk) 01:30, 29 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

No additional offical language for tamil nadu .

Not done, this is mentioned in the source cited. CMD (talk) 01:47, 29 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 17 September 2021

This edit request has been answered. Set the |answered= or |ans= parameter to no to reactivate your request.

The page lists that india has 28 states but the country of India has 29 states 203.192.204.81 (talk) 13:38, 17 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: Obviously not — DaxServer (talk to me) 13:50, 17 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 29 September 2021

This edit request has been answered. Set the |answered= or |ans= parameter to no to reactivate your request.

Change no. Of states in india to 29 from 28. 2402:3A80:1E77:C994:0:0:0:2 (talk) 04:40, 29 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Already done — IVORK _Talk 04:52, 29 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 24 November 2021

This edit request has been answered. Set the |answered= or |ans= parameter to no to reactivate your request.

Please change Gairsain into Bhararisen, along with refrence - ^[1]^[2]^[3] 2409:4063:6D10:82:DA56:8B47:EC47:E48 (talk) 08:22, 24 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Done ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 11:49, 24 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The map of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh is distorted

Why the map of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh is distorted? Is it the government approved map? 2402:8100:3005:A423:1:1:75D1:6FE9 (talk) 14:02, 1 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

update

official language of Bihar is Bhojpuri 106.220.109.158 (talk) 15:04, 6 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

^ "Bhararisain declared as summer capital of Uttarakhand". www.timesnownews.com. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
^ "भराड़ीसैंण अब उत्तराखंड की ग्रीष्मकालीन राजधानी". Dainik Jagran (in Hindi). Retrieved 2021-11-24.
^ "Bhararisen (Garisain) district Chamoli has been declared as the summer capital of Uttarakhand: Government of Uttarakhand". Twitter. Retrieved 2021-11-24.

[1] "Bhararisain declared as summer capital of Uttarakhand". www.timesnownews.com. Retrieved 2021-11-24.

[2] "भराड़ीसैंण अब उत्तराखंड की ग्रीष्मकालीन राजधानी". Dainik Jagran (in Hindi). Retrieved 2021-11-24.

[3] "Bhararisen (Garisain) district Chamoli has been declared as the summer capital of Uttarakhand: Government of Uttarakhand". Twitter. Retrieved 2021-11-24.

[1]

[2]

[3]