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Uttarakhand, earlier known as [Uttaranchal] was carved out of Uttar Pradesh on 9th November 2000, as 27th state of India. It was the successful culmination of 70 year old struggle of the people of the hilly region for a separate state.
Lack of development in geographically unique region (93% of the areas in the hilly region & 64% of the total areas is forest area) and rising unemployment gave impetus to the age old demand for a separate state.
It all started in 1930 when residents of the hill region had moved a resolution by majority vote claiming for a separate of Uttarakhand. Later in 1973, there was Uttarakhand Rajya Parishad formed and became a platform for statehood struggle. This got transformed into Uttaranchal Kranti Dal in 1979. Later in 1994, the then CM Mulayam Singh Yadav set up a committee for evaluating demands of Uttarakhand. The committee favoured the formation of the state. Uttaranchal, later to be renamed Uttarakhand in 2006-7, became the 27th state of the union on 9 November 2000.