How many states are there in India?
Ans. 28 There are 28 states in India viz. Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal and West Bengal.
There are 28 states in India and 7 union territories: Andhra Pradesh Assam Chhattisgarh Gujarat Himachal Pradesh Jharkhand Kerala Maharashtra Meghalaya Nagaland Punjab Sikkim Tripura Uttaranchal Arunachal Pradesh Bihar Goa Haryana Jammu & Kashmir Karnataka Madhya Pradesh Manipur Mizoram Orissa Rajasthan Tamilnadu Uttar Pradesh West Bengal
27 only & not 28 as it is claimed b coz Jammu & Kashmir is a DISPUTED TERRITORY & NOT a part of India as other states are. Actually, India has only 60 % part of Kashmir & that too got by muscle flexing through military occupation against people’s wishes b coz people overthrew the so called (illegal) ruler(despot) & tried to kill him & his entire family who fled in night’s darkness on 26 th October, 1947, at 11.00 pm in his car by switching off head lights which was stranded for 3 days at Bannihal Pass at 15,000 feet altitude b coz the road was broken & the onset of winter at that height frozen snow on the treacherous road. He was NOT competent to sign the merger with India which he never did, rather, he never did accession for 3 subjects only too. Is it morally justified to hold election in that state whose 40 % part is not with that ? UNO declared Kashmir to be NOT A PART OF INDIA in its UNEQUIVOCAL resolution dated 5 th Jan. , 1949, which India never allowed to be implemented & says
