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S. No. Name of States Capitals Number of Districts

23. Tamil Nadu Chennai 33

24. Telangana Hyderabad 33

25. Tripura Agartala 0 8

26. Uttarakhand Dehradun 13

27. Uttar Pradesh Lucknow 75

28. West Bengal Kolkata 23

Union Territories

There are certain union territories which are directly ruled by the central
government. A Lieutenant Governor or an Administrator looks after each of
these union territories. These are listed below :

S. No. Name of Capitals Number of Districts
Union Territories

0 1. Andaman and Port Blair 0 3

Nicobar Islands

0 2. Chandigarh Chandigarh 1 0

0 3. Dadra and Nagar Silvassa 1 0
Haveli

0 4. Daman and Diu Daman 2 0

0 5. Jammu & Kashmir Srinagar 20
Jammu

0 6. Ladakh Leh 2 0

0 7. Lakshadweep Kavaratti 1 0

0 8. National Capital New Delhi

Terriotry of Delhi 11
0 9. Puducherry Puducherry 4 0

Know It!
v We may belong to different states, but we remain first and foremost—Indians. All other
identities of religion and state come later. We together salute the Tricolour and say : JAI HIND.

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