Preparation for any competitive exam, be it Railways RRB, Bank PO, Bank Clerk, LIC AAO, etc., is incomplete without having a good knowledge of Current Affairs & General Knowledge. The most trivial way through which these exams put your General Knowledge to test is by asking direct questions on States of India and Capitals. If prepared in a correct manner, they can be aced in no time whatsoever.
India is the land of diversity and currently, it has 29 states and 7 Union territories. Telangana, the last formed state in India was carved out of Andhra Pradesh in 2014 and this is how the total number of states in India reached 29 in the year 2014.
The chief minister rules the local government in each of 29 states and 2 union territories that are Delhi and Puducherry. Both have their own elected legislative assemblies and the executive councils of ministers with partially state-like function. The remaining 5 union territories are ruled by the centre through administrators, appointed by the President of India.
Below is the complete list States of India, their Capitals and its Chief Ministers:
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S.no |
States |
Capital City |
Chief Minister |
Political party |
Governor |
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(in alphabetical order) |
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1 |
Andhra Pradesh |
Amravathi (on 2nd June 2014) |
Chandrababu Naidu |
(TDP) |
E.S Lakshmi Narasimhan |
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2 |
Arunachal Pradesh |
Itanagar |
Pema Khandu |
(PPA) |
Padmanabha Acharya |
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3 |
Assam |
Dispur |
Sarbananda Sonowal |
(BJP) |
Banwarilal Purohit |
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4 |
Bihar |
Patna |
Nitish Kumar |
(JDU) |
Ram Nath Kovind |
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5 |
Chhattisgarh |
Raipur |
Raman Singh |
(BJP) |
Balram Dass Tandon |
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6 |
Goa |
Panaji |
Manohar Parrikar |
(BJP) |
Mridula Sinha |
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7 |
Gujarat |
Gandhinagar |
Vijay Rupani (BJP) – [Andiben Patel resigned on Aug 1st 2016 |
(BJP) |
Om Prakash Kohli |
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8 |
Haryana |
Chandigarh (shared with Punjab) |
Manohar Lal Khatter |
(BJP) |
Kaptan Singh Solanki |
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9 |
Himachal Pradesh |
Simla, Dharamsala |
Virbhadra Singh |
(Congress) |
Acharya Dev Vrat |
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(Second Capital in Winter) |
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10 |
Jammu & Kashmir |
Srinagar (Summer) Jammu (Winter) |
Mehbooba Mohammed Sayeed |
(PDP) |
Narinder Nath Vohra |
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11 |
Jharkhand |
Ranchi |
Raghubar Das |
(BJP) |
Draupadi Murmu |
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12 |
Karnataka |
Bangalore |
Siddaramaiah |
(Congress) |
Vajubhai Vala |
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13 |
Kerala |
Thiruvananthapuram |
Pinarayi Vijayan |
(CPM) |
P. Sathasivam |
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14 |
Madhya Pradesh |
Bhopal |
Shivraj Singh Chauhan |
(BJP) |
Om Prakash Kohli |
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15 |
Maharashtra |
Mumbai |
Devendra Fadnavis |
(BJP) |
Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao |
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16 |
Manipur |
Imphal |
Biren Singh (Ex-footballer) |
(BJP) |
Najma Heptulla |
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17 |
Meghalaya |
Shillong |
Mukul Sangma |
(Congress) |
Banwarilal Purohit |
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18 |
Mizoram |
Aizawl |
Pu Lalthanhawla |
(Congress) |
Nirbhay Sharma |
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19 |
Nagaland |
Kohima |
T.R. Zeliang |
(Nagaland People’s Front) |
Padmanabha |
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Balkrishna Acharya |
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20 |
Odisha (Orissa) |
Bhubaneshwar |
Naveen Patnaik |
(BJD) |
S.C. Jamir |
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21 |
Punjab |
Chandigarh (shared with Haryana) |
Capt Amrinder Singh |
(Congress) |
V. P. Singh Badnore |
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22 |
Rajasthan |
Jaipur |
Vasundhara Raje |
(BJP) |
Kalyan Singh |
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23 |
Sikkim |
Gangtok |
Pawan Chamling |
(SDF) |
Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil |
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24 |
Tamil Nadu |
Chennai |
Edapadi Palanisamy (AIADMK) is CM as O. Panneerselvam (AIADMK) resigns |
(AIADMK) |
C. Vidyasagar Rao |
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25 |
Telangana (29th — State of India from June 2, 2014) |
Hyderabad |
K Chandrashekhar Rao |
(TRS) |
E.S Lakshmi Narasimhan |
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26 |
Tripura |
Agartala |
Manik Sarkar |
(CPM) |
Tathagata Roy |
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27 |
Uttar Pradesh |
Lucknow |
Yogi Adityanath |
(BJP) |
Ram Naik |
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28 |
Uttarakhand |
Dehradun |
Harish Rawat |
(Congress) |
Krishan Kant Paul |
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29 |
West Bengal |
Kolkata |
Mamata Banerjee |
(Trinamool Congress) |
Keshari Nath Tripath |
Updated List of States of India with Capitals, Chief Ministers with political party names and Governors of all states knowing the Capitals, Chief Ministers And Governors of Indian States would perhaps be one of the most basic things, which may be asked in both written exams and interviews. We have listed below the same in an easy manner to revise.
We have provided the list of all chief ministers with their political party name and also the short and full name of the political party also updated the list with the newly elected chief minister and a reason behind why some of the ministers have resigned from their position which will help you to tackle the cross question.
List of the States of India, their capital and languages:
|
States |
Capital |
Languages |
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Andra Pradesh |
Hyderabad |
Telugu and Urdu |
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Arunachal Pradesh |
Itanager |
Miji, Apotanji, Merdukpen, Tagin,Adi, Honpa, Bangini-Nishi. |
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Assam |
Dispur |
Assamese |
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Bihar |
Patna |
Hindi |
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Chhattisgarh |
Raipur |
Hindi |
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Goa |
Panaji |
Marathi and Konkani |
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Gujarat |
Gandhinagar |
Gujarati |
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Haryana |
Chandigarh |
Hindi |
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Himachal Pradesh |
Shimla |
Hindi and Pahari |
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Mizoram |
Aizawl |
Mizo and English |
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Jammu & Kashmir |
Srinagar (Summer) Jammu (Winter) |
Kashmiri,Dogri, Urdu, Ladakhi, Pahari,Punjabi and Dadri |
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Jharkhand |
Ranchi |
Hindi |
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Karnataka |
Bangalore |
Kannda |
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Kerala |
Trivandrum |
Malayalam |
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Madhya Pradesh |
Bhopal |
Hindi |
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Maharashtra |
Bombay |
Marathi |
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Manipur |
Imphal |
Manipuri |
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Meghalaya |
Shillong |
Khasi, Jaintia and Garo |
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Nagaland |
Kohima |
Ao, Konyak, Angami, Sema and Lotha |
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Orissa |
Bhubaneswar |
Oriya |
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Punjab |
Chandigarh |
Punjabi |
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Rajasthan |
Jaipur |
Rajasthani and Hindi |
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Sikkim |
Gangtok |
Bhutia, Hindi, Nepali, Lepcha, Limbu |
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Tamil Nadu |
Chennai |
Tamil |
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Telangana |
Hyderabad |
Telugu and Urdu |
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Tripura |
Agartala |
Bengali, Tripuri, Manipuri, Kakborak |
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Uttar Pradesh |
Lucknow |
Hindi |
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Uttaranchal |
Dehra Dun |
Hindi |
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West Bengal |
Calcutta |
Bengali |
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