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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2019

 First Schedule - State and UTs.
 Second Schedule - Salaries and Emoluments
 Third Schedule - Oath and Affirmations.

 Fourth Schedule - Allocation of seats in the Rajya Sabha.
 Fifth Schedule - Administration and control
 Sixth Schedule - Administration of Tribal Areas
 Seventh Schedule - Distribution of Power.
 Eighth Schedule - Languages
 Ninth Schedule - Validation
 Tenth Schedule - Anti Defection Law
 Eleventh Schedule - Panchayat

EVOLUTION OF STATES AND UNION TERRITORIES

Dhar Commission
 The Constituent Assembly was appointed the SK Dhar Commission.
 It was started in June 1948.
 The reorganisation of the state was based on linguistic.
 It has threatened like national Integration.
 So the Dhar Commission was rejected.

JVP Committee
 In 1948, the congress party in Jaipur appointed three members.
 Its members were Jawaharlal Nehru, Valla Bhai Patel and Pattabhi Sitaramayya.
 These committees rejected language.

Fazl Ali Commission
 Fazl Ali Commission was constituted in 1953.
 It is also known as States Reorganization commission.
 This commission accepts the language and reject the theory of 'one-language-one state'.
 The States Reorganization Act started in 1956.
 The distinction between states was abolished.
 Some merged with adjacent state and others were designed with Union Territories.
 At last, in 1st November, 1956 14 states and 6 Union Territories were created.

Reorganisation of States
 In 1956, there were 14 states and 6 union territories.
 Andhra Pradesh in 1953.
 Kerala in 1956.
 Karnataka was created in 1956.
 Bombay was bifurcated into Gujarat and Maharashtra in 1960.
 Nagaland was created as separate states in 1963.
 Haryana was carved out of Punjab and Chandigarh
 And it became a Union Territory in 1966.
 Union Territory of Himachal Pradesh was elevated in 1970.
 Manipur, Tripura and Meghalaya were granted statehood in 1971.

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