Talk:States and territories of India

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changes by Alokchakrabarti:

I have reverted the changes since the context of the spellings is imp here. French India knew the places by their colonial names, and hence they should be directed to the resp page. Reverting to the original Indian names only subverts the historical context.

Pizzadeliveryboy 19:59, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

Delhi should be included in the list of Union Territories. There is no such thing called a National Capital Territory. There are only states and union territories. It is incorrect to say that Delhi is no longer a Union Territory. Delhi still has an entry in the First Schedule, Part II of the Constitution of India (Union Territories).

"1. Delhi...The territory which immediately before the commencement of this Constitution was comprised in the Chief Commissioner’s Province of Delhi."

What the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Act, 1991 did was to change the name of the territory (besides introducing an elected assembly, etc.), it did not change the classification of the territory. Under the Constitution (Article I, Section 3):

"(3) The territory of India shall comprise— (a) the territories of the States; (b) the Union territories specified in the First Schedule; and (c) such other territories as may be acquired."

Delhi is neither (a) or (c).

Also, Article 239AA of the Constitution says:

"239AA. Special provisions with respect to Delhi.—(1) As from the date of commencement of the Constitution (Sixty-ninth Amendment) Act, 1991, the Union territory of Delhi shall be called the National Capital Territory of Delhi (hereafter in this Part referred to as the National Capital Territory) and the administrator thereof appointed under article 239 shall be designated as the Lieutenant Governor." (emphasis added)

This substantiates my claim that only the name was changed, not the classification.

So the correct way to refer to Delhi would be:

Union Territories:

... National Capital Territory of Delhi

or

Delhi (National Capital Territory)

--Manojb 03:52, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

One thing seems clear -- Delhi should be listed as "G" and not as "F". The alphabetization has led to switching it with Pondicherry.

--Major Danby 18 Feb 2006

[edit] Map

What's the deal with the map? There used to be a very clear one, but it seems to have been replaced by that bizarre one we have now. Anyone know what the story is? john k 19:13, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

No idea, but I have now replaced the colourless map with a clearer one here. //Big Adamsky 19:33, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
Good job, thanks. john k 07:29, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

The map is really really nice. Wachholder0 01:16, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Union territory vs state

New Delhi is now the capital of the State of Delhi. It is no longer a union administered territory and has its own legislative assembly.

This is true. Delhi and Pondicherry now qualify to be states (they elect their own legislatures). Hence the correct division is 30 states and 5 UT's Gamesmaster G-9 19:19, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

r u sure abt it?? R there any reliables srcs? --Aravind
That is, indeed, simply wrong. —Nightstallion (?) 09:29, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

New delhi is definitely a state. It has a state assembly, which has elections. Sheila Dixit is the first mister of the state of Delhi. I am not sure that is the case with Pondicherry (Puducherry) - Mowgli

It's still officially a union territory, full stop. —Nightstallion (?) 16:10, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] List of Indian states

Hi. I am making a list of Indian states ranked based on several criteria based on the NFHS-3 survey published on the website http://www.nfhsindia.org/factsheet.html. I think it makes some sense to give links to those lists from this article...I would like to know the opinion of you guys....Fair and Honest_India —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vcpkumar (talk • contribs) 19:52, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

I've brought up the question of these articles at Wikipedia talk:Noticeboard for India-related topics. You're welcome to participate in the discussion there. Thanks. - BillCJ (talk) 19:58, 17 December 2007 (UTC)