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Q44 (UPPCS/2025) Polity & Governance › Preamble, Union & Territory, Citizenship

Consider the formation of the following States of India and arrange them in correct chronological order starting from the earliest to the last.
1. Punjab
2. Arunachal Pradesh
3. Nagaland
4. Sikkim
Select the correct answer from the code given below :
Code :

Result
Your answer: —  Â·  Correct: D

Explanation

The correct chronological order of the formation of these states is as follows:

  • Nagaland: Formed on December 1, 1963, as the 16th state of the Indian Union after the Naga Hills-Tuensang Area Act.
  • Punjab: The modern state of Punjab was created on November 1, 1966, following the Punjab Reorganisation Act, which carved out Haryana and the Union Territory of Chandigarh.
  • Sikkim: It became an associate state in 1974 and a full-fledged 22nd state of India on May 16, 1975, via the 36th Constitutional Amendment Act.
  • Arunachal Pradesh: Formerly a Union Territory, it was elevated to the status of a full state on February 20, 1987.

The sequence is 3-1-4-2, which corresponds to option D.

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