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The latter name was retained at independence. In 1950, the commonly used initials U.P. were preserved by adoption of the name Uttar Pradesh, meaning "Northern Province" in Hindi. Uttarakhand (27) उत्तराखण्ड : Northern Land: From Sanskrit, uttara ("north") and khaṇḍa ("land"). West Bengal (28)
Union territory Motto Language English transliteration English translation Andaman and Nicobar Islands: सत्यमेव जयते Sanskrit: Satyameva Jayate: Truth alone triumphs: Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu: Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir: Ladakh: Puducherry
The literal Hindi translation of the English term "Union territory" is Sanghashasit Pradesh, where Sangha or Sangh denotes to the "Union". The Hindi word Kendrashasit Pradesh would translate into "Centrally-administered territory". — Hemant Dabral Talk 14:52, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
The former Union Territory of Nagaland achieved statehood on 1 December 1963. [11] The Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966 resulted in the creation of Haryana on 1 November and the transfer of the northern districts of Punjab to Himachal Pradesh. [12] The act designated Chandigarh as a union territory and the shared capital of Punjab and Haryana. [13]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 21 January 2025. Form of administrative division in India This article is about the union territories of India. For other uses, see Federal territory and Union territory (disambiguation). Union territory National Capital Territory Jammu and Kashmir Ladakh Andaman and Nicobar Islands Chandigarh Dadra and ...
Being the official script for Hindi, Devanagari is officially used in the Union Government of India as well as several Indian states where Hindi is an official language, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, and the Indian union territories of Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Dadra and Nagar Haveli ...
The administrative divisions of India are subnational administrative units of India; they are composed of a nested hierarchy of administrative divisions.. Indian states and territories frequently use different local titles for the same level of subdivision (e.g., the mandals of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana correspond to tehsils of Uttar Pradesh and other Hindi-speaking states but to talukas of ...
India has 28 states and eight union territories, which are divided into divisions comprising several districts. Subdistricts are most commonly referred to as tehsils, which comes under a sub-division of a district. The current terms have replaced earlier geographical terms, such as pargana and thana. [1]