State of Madras. Kurnool was the capital and high court was established at Guntur.

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 Travancore and Cochin areas

Karnataka

Created from the Princely State of Mysore 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, Manipur and Tripura

First carved out as a ‘sub-State’ or ‘autonomous state’ within the State of Assam by 22nd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1969. Later in 1971, it received the status of a full-fledged State by the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act 1971.

Both these States were elevated from the status of Union-Territories by the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act 1971. The two union territories of Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh (originally known as North-East Frontier Agency—NEFA) came into being.

Sikkim

Sikkim was originally a Protectorate of India. Sikkim was first given the Status of Associate State by the 35th Constitutional Amendment Act 1974 while it was under the rule of ‘Chogyal’. It got the status of a full State in 1975 by the 36th Amendment Act, 1975 which was passed after Sikkim assembly adopted a resolution in 1975, abolishing the institution of the Chogyal (royalty) and declaring Sikkim as a constituent unit of India..

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

Telangana

Formed by Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014. The new states were created on June 2, 2014.