page_title: Proposed states and union territories of India
hierarchical_section_title: Proposed states and union territories of India
context_page_description: The constitutional power to create new states and union territories in India is solely reserved to the Parliament of India. Parliament can do so by announcing new states / union territories, separating territory from an existing state or by merging two or more states / union territories or parts thereof. In addition to the existing twenty eight states and eight union territories some new states and union territories of India have been proposed to be established over time.
context_section_description: The constitutional power to create new states and union territories in India is solely reserved to the Parliament of India. Parliament can do so by announcing new states / union territories, separating territory from an existing state or by merging two or more states / union territories or parts thereof. In addition to the existing twenty eight states and eight union territories some new states and union territories of India have been proposed to be established over time.
caption: The states of India in 1951. Note that Sikkim was independent until 1975.