List of Indian Sates with Capital Cities (March, 2017)
| S. No. | State | Created from | Year of Formation | Capital |
| 1 | Andhra Pradesh | Hyderabad State (first to be created along linguistic lines, for the Telugu speaking people) | 1953 | Hyderabad (Suggested Amaravati) |
| 2 | Arunachal Pradesh | Converted from Union Territory to Sate | 1987 | Itanagar |
| 3 | Assam | 1950 | Patna | |
| 4 | Bihar | 1950 | Patna | |
| 5 | Chchattisgarh | Madhya Pradesh | 2000 | Raipur |
| 6 | Goa | Converted from Union Territory to State | 1967 | Panaji |
| 7 | Gujarat | Bombay State | 1960 | Gandhi Nagar |
| 8 | Haryana | Punjab | 1966 | Chandigarh |
| 9 | Himachal Pradesh | Punjab | 1966 | Shimla |
| 10 | Jammu and Kashmir | 1947 | Srinagar (Summer) & Jammu (Winter) | |
| 11 | Jharkhand | Bihar | 2000 | Ranchi |
| 12 | Karnataka | Madras Presidency | 1956 | Bengaluru |
| 13 | Kerala | Madras Presidency | 1956 | Thiruvananthapuram |
| 14 | Madhya Pradesh | Central Provinces | 1950 | Bhopal |
| 15 | Maharashtra | Bombay State | 1960 | Mumbai |
| 16 | Manipur | Converted from Union Territory to tate | 1972 | Imphal |
| 17 | Meghalaya | Assam | 1969 | Shillong |
| 18 | Mizoram | Union Territory reorganized as State | 1986 | Aizawl |
| 19 | Nagaland | Assam | 1962 | Kohima |
| 20 | Odisha | Orissa Province | 1947 | Bhubaneshwar |
| 21 | Punjab | 1966 | Chandigarh | |
| 22 | Rajasthan | Princely state of Rajputana | 1950 | Jaipur |
| 23 | Sikkim | Annexed to India | 1975 | Gangtok |
| 24 | Tamil Nadu | Madras Presidency | 1956 | Chennai |
| 25 | Telangana | Hyderabad | 2014 | Hyderabad |
| 26 | Tripura | Union Territory reorganized as state | 1972 | Agartala |
| 27 | Uttar Pradesh | 1950 | Lucknow | |
| 28 | Uttarakhand | Uttar Pradesh | 2000 | Dehradun |
| 29 | West Bengal | Bengal Province (after partition) | 1947 | Kolkata |
List of Indian Union Territories With Capitals (March, 2017)
| S. No. | Union Territory | Capital |
| 1 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | Port Blair |
| 2 | Chandigarh | Chandigarh |
| 3 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | Silvassa |
| 4 | National Capital Territory of India | Delhi |
| 5 | Daman & Diu | Daman |
| 6 | Lakshadeep | Kavaratti |
| 7 | Pondicherry | Pondicherry |
