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Indian States and their capitals

India is divided into twenty-eight states and seven union territories (UTs). States have their own government, whereas union territories are administered by the Central government. As per the Constitution of India, the central government can also empower a union territory with a legislature. As of 2008, two union territories, the National Capital Territory of Delhi andPuducherry have their own legislatures.

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The state and union territory capitals are sorted according to the administrative, legislative and judicial capitals. The administrative capital is where executive government offices are located, the legislative capital is where the state assembly convenes, and the judicial capital is the location of the territorial High Courts of India.

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Union Territories: 1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands 2. Chandigarh 3. Dadra and Nagar Haveli 4. Daman and Diu 5. Lakshadweep 6. National Capital Territory of Delhi 7. Puducherry

Andra Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Assam Bihar Chhattisgarh Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Mizoram Jammu & Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Manipur

Hyderabad Itanager Dispur Patna Raipur Panaji

Telugu and Urdu

Gandhinagar Chandigarh Shimla Aizawl

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Srinagar (Summer) Jammu (Winter) Ranchi

Bangalore

Trivandrum Bhopal Mumbai Imphal Shillong

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Assamese Hindi Hindi Gujarati Kannda Malayalam Marathi Manipuri

Miji, Apotanji, Merdukpen, Tagin,Adi, Honpa, Bangini-Nishi.

Marathi and Konkani

Hindi and Pahari Mizo and English Kashmiri, Dogri, Urdu, Ladakhi, Pahari,Punjabi and Dadri

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State List

Name of Capital

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Nagaland Orissa Punjab Rajasthan Sikkim Tamil Nadu Tripura Uttar Pradesh Uttaranchal West Bengal

Kohima Bhubaneswar Chandigarh Jaipur Gangtok Chennai Agartala Lucknow Dehra Dun Kolkata

Ao, Konyak, Angami, Sema and Lotha Oriya Punjabi Rajasthani and Hindi

Bhutia, Hindi, Nepali, Lepcha, Limbu Tamil

Bengali, Tripuri, Manipuri, Kakborak

Hindi

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