States in India created after 1950

Andhra
Pradesh

Created
by the State of Andhra Pradesh Act 1953 by carving our some areas from Madras Presidency. Andhra
Pradesh was created by adding the telangana region of Hyderabad princely
State to the then Andhra State in 1956 through States Reorganisation Act.

Gujarat
and Maharashtra

The State
of Mumbai was divided into two States i.e. Maharashtra and Gujarat by the
Mumbai (Reorganisation) Act 1960

Kerala

Created
by the State Reorganisation Act, 1956. It comprised Travancor and Cochin
areas

Karnataka

Created
from the Princely State of Mysuru by the State Reorganisation Act, 1956. It
was renamed Karnataka in 1973

Nagaland

It was
carved out from the State of Asom by the State of Nagaland Act, 1952

Haryana

It was
carved out from the State of Punjab by the Punjab (Reorganisation) Act, 1966

Himachal
Pradesh

The Union
Territory of Himachal Pradesh was elevated to the status of State by the
State of Himachal Pradesh Act, 1970

Meghalaya

First
carved out as a sub-State within the State of Asom by 23 Constitutional
Amendment Act, 1969. Later in 1971, it received the status of a full-fledged
State by the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act 1971

Manipura
and Tripura

Both
these States were elevated from the status of Union-Territories by the
North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act 1971

Sikkim

Sikkim
was first given the Status of Associate State by the 35th Constitutional
Amendment Act 1974. It got the status of a full State in 1975 by the 36th
Amendment Act, 1975

Mizoram

It was
elevated to the status of a full State by the State of Mizoram Act, 1986

Arunachal
Pradesh

It
received the status of a full state by the State of Arunachal Pradesh Act,
1896

Goa

Goa was
separated from the Union-Territory of Goa, Daman and Diu and was made a
full-fledged State of Goa, Daman and Diu Reorganisation Act 1987. But Daman
and Diu remained as Union Territory

Chhattisgarh

Formed by
the Constitutional Amendment Act, 2000 by dividing Madhya Pradesh on November
1, 2000

Uttarakhand

Formed by
the Constitutional Amendment Act, 2000 by dividing Uttar Pradesh on November
9, 2000

Jharkhand

Formed by
the Constitutional Amendment Act, 2000 by dividing Bihar on November 15, 2000