States Reorganisation Act, 1956

E168020

The States Reorganisation Act, 1956 was a landmark Indian law that extensively redrew state boundaries primarily on linguistic lines, reshaping the political map of post-independence India.

All labels observed (7)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of India ⓘ
Indian federal legislation ⓘ
affectedEntity Andhra Pradesh ⓘ
Bhopal State ⓘ
Bombay State ⓘ
Hyderabad State ⓘ
Kerala ⓘ
Kutch State ⓘ
linked to: Kutch

Madhya Pradesh ⓘ
Mysore State ⓘ
linked to: Karnataka

Punjab ⓘ
Rajasthan ⓘ
Saurashtra State ⓘ
Travancore-Cochin ⓘ
country India ⓘ
createdState Andhra Pradesh (reorganised) ⓘ
linked to: Andhra Pradesh

Kerala ⓘ
Mysore State (later Karnataka) ⓘ
linked to: Karnataka
createdUnionTerritory Andaman and Nicobar Islands ⓘ
Delhi (as Union Territory) ⓘ
linked to: Delhi

Himachal Pradesh (as Union Territory) ⓘ
linked to: Himachal Pradesh

Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands (later Lakshadweep) ⓘ
Manipur (as Union Territory) ⓘ
linked to: Manipur

Tripura (as Union Territory) ⓘ
linked to: Tripura
dateOfCommencement 1956-11-01 ⓘ
dateOfEnactment 1956-08-31 ⓘ
impact reshaped political map of India along linguistic lines ⓘ
inspiredBy States Reorganisation Commission (1953–1955) ⓘ
languageOfLegislation English ⓘ
legalStatus in force (with amendments) ⓘ
legislature Parliament of India ⓘ
longTitle An Act to provide for the reorganisation of the States of India and for matters connected therewith ⓘ
mergedRegionIntoState Kannada-speaking districts of Bombay, Madras and Hyderabad into Mysore State ⓘ
Malabar district of Madras State into Kerala ⓘ
Marathwada region of Hyderabad into Bombay State ⓘ
Telugu-speaking areas of Hyderabad State into Andhra Pradesh ⓘ
Vidarbha region into Madhya Pradesh ⓘ
objective to create linguistically homogeneous states ⓘ
to reorganise state boundaries in India ⓘ
partOf post-independence constitutional development of India ⓘ
precededBy States Reorganisation Commission Report ⓘ
primaryBasisOfReorganisation linguistic principle ⓘ
relatedTo Article 3 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
resultedIn alteration of existing state boundaries ⓘ
creation of new states ⓘ
redrawing of state boundaries in India ⓘ
reorganisation of Indian Union into 14 states and 6 union territories ⓘ
separatedRegionFromState Tamil-speaking regions from Travancore-Cochin to form part of Madras State ⓘ
shortName States Reorganisation Act ⓘ
yearOfEnactment 1956 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (35)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Telangana (parts) → postIndependenceReorganisation → States Reorganisation Act, 1956 ⓘ
Kerala → formedBy → States Reorganisation Act, 1956 ⓘ
Union territories of India → changedBy → States Reorganisation Act, 1956 ⓘ
Rajasthan High Court → establishedBy → State Reorganisation Act, 1956 ⓘ
linked to: States Reorganisation Act, 1956
Bombay Legislative Assembly → dissolvedAsConsequenceOf → States Reorganisation Act, 1956 ⓘ
Madhya Pradesh High Court → establishedBy → States Reorganisation Act, 1956 ⓘ
Bombay State → legalBasis → States Reorganisation Act 1956 ⓘ
linked to: States Reorganisation Act, 1956
Saurashtra State → dissolvedBy → States Reorganisation Act, 1956 ⓘ
States Reorganisation era of India → relatedAct → States Reorganisation Act, 1956 ⓘ
States Reorganisation Act, 1956 → shortName → States Reorganisation Act ⓘ
linked to: States Reorganisation Act, 1956
States Reorganisation Act, 1956 → longTitle → An Act to provide for the reorganisation of the States of India and for matters connected therewith ⓘ
linked to: States Reorganisation Act, 1956
Travancore-Cochin → dissolutionEvent → States Reorganisation Act, 1956 ⓘ
South Canara (part) → resultOf → States Reorganisation Act, 1956 ⓘ
Madras State in Rajya Sabha → dissolvedDueTo → States Reorganisation Act, 1956 ⓘ
States of India → createdBy → States Reorganisation Act, 1956 ⓘ
Government of Madhya Pradesh → establishedUnder → States Reorganisation Act, 1956 ⓘ
Government of Andhra Pradesh → formedUnder → States Reorganisation Act, 1956 ⓘ
Merger Agreement → relatedTo → States Reorganisation Act 1956 ⓘ
linked to: States Reorganisation Act, 1956
Madhya Bharat → reorganizedUnder → States Reorganisation Act, 1956 ⓘ
Governor of Madhya Pradesh → createdBy → States Reorganisation Act, 1956 ⓘ
Madhya Pradesh–Maharashtra border → createdBy → States Reorganisation Act, 1956 ⓘ
States Reorganisation Commission → recommendedLegislation → States Reorganisation Act, 1956 ⓘ
States Reorganisation Commission → relatedTo → States Reorganisation Act, 1956 ⓘ
Article 4 of the Constitution of India → authorizes → Parliament to make incidental provisions when forming new states ⓘ
linked to: States Reorganisation Act, 1956
Seventh Amendment to the Constitution of India → relatedAct → States Reorganisation Act, 1956 ⓘ
Rajpramukh → abolishedAsResultOf → States Reorganisation Act, 1956 ⓘ
Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000 → isPartOfSeries → State Reorganisation Acts of India ⓘ
linked to: States Reorganisation Act, 1956
Article 3 of the Constitution of India → historicallyUsedIn → States Reorganisation Act, 1956 ⓘ
Maharashtra → borderDisputeHistoricalBasis → States Reorganisation Act 1956 ⓘ
linked to: States Reorganisation Act, 1956
Bombay Karnataka → reorganizationBasis → States Reorganisation Act 1956 ⓘ
linked to: States Reorganisation Act, 1956
Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly → relatedToEvent → States Reorganisation Act, 1956 ⓘ
Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly → jurisdictionEnd → States Reorganisation Act, 1956 ⓘ
Thiru–Kochi → reasonForDissolution → States Reorganisation Act, 1956 ⓘ
Thiru–Kochi → legalBasisOfReorganisation → States Reorganisation Act, 1956 ⓘ
Chief Minister of Bhopal State → endCause → States Reorganisation Act, 1956 ⓘ