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Which state has Panaji as its capital?
Goa
Which state is known as 'Dev Bhoomi'?
Uttarakhand
Which city is the capital of Telangana?
Hyderabad
Which state shares its borders with Myanmar?
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Which union territory has its capital at Port Blair?
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Which union territory was reconstituted into two separate union territories in 2019?
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States of India
- There are 28 states in India, listed as follows:
- Andhra Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh
- Chhattisgarh
- Goa
- Gujarat
- Haryana
- Himachal Pradesh
- Jharkhand
- Karnataka
- Kerala
- Madhya Pradesh
- Maharashtra
- Manipur
- Meghalaya
- Mizoram
- Nagaland
- Odisha
- Punjab
- Rajasthan
- Sikkim
- Tamil Nadu
- Telangana
- Tripura
- Uttar Pradesh
- Uttarakhand
- West Bengal
Capitals of States
- The capitals of each state are:
- Andhra Pradesh: Danigar
- Arunachal Pradesh: Disput (Raipur)
- Chhattisgarh: Raipur
- Goa: Panaji
- Gujarat: Gandhinagar
- Haryana: Chandigarh
- Himachal Pradesh: Shimla
- Jharkhand: Ranchi
- Karnataka: Bengaluru
- Kerala: Thiruvananthapuram
- Madhya Pradesh: Bhopal
- Maharashtra: Mumbai
- Manipur: Imphal
- Meghalaya: Shillong
- Mizoram: Aizawl
- Nagaland: Kohima
- Odisha: Bhubaneswar
- Punjab: Chandigarh
- Rajasthan: Jaipur
- Sikkim: Gangtok
- Tamil Nadu: Chennai
- Telangana: Hyderabad
- Tripura: Agartala
- Uttar Pradesh: Lucknow
- Uttarakhand: Dehradun
- West Bengal: Kolkata
Union Territories
- There are 8 Union Territories in India, listed as follows:
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Chandigarh
- Lakshadweep
- Puducherry
- Daman and Diu
- Dadra and Nagar Haveli
- Jammu and Kashmir
- Ladakh
- National Capital Territory of Delhi
Capitals of Union Territories
- The capitals of each Union Territory are:
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Port Blair
- Chandigarh: Chandigarh
- Lakshadweep: Kavaratti
- Puducherry: Puducherry
- Daman and Diu: Daman
- Dadra and Nagar Haveli: Silvassa
- Jammu and Kashmir: Srinagar (summer capital) and Jammu (winter capital)
- Ladakh: Leh
- National Capital Territory of Delhi: Delhi
Additional Facts
- Ladakh is the largest Union Territory, while Lakshadweep is the smallest.
- The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, reconstituted the state of Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories, namely, Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh, effective from 31 October 2019.
