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List of Indian States: Capitals, Chief Ministers and Governors

India has 28 states and 8 union territories (UTs) at present. The capitals of Indian states and union territories, their Chief Ministers (CMs) and Governors are commonly asked questions in the general knowledge segment of many competitive examinations held over India. As the list of states and union territories, their capitals, Chief Ministers and Governors changes over a period of time, we need to keep updated with the list.



States and their Capitals, CMs and Governors

The following list shows the 28 States of India, their capitals, Chief Ministers and their Governors. The states of India are arranged from North to South.


State Name Capital Chief Minister Governor
1. Himachal Pradesh Shimla Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu Kavinder Gupta
2. Punjab Chandigarh Bhagwant Mann Gulab Chand Kataria
3. Uttarakhand Dehradun (Winter)
Gairsain (Summer)		 Pushkar Singh Dhami Gurmit Singh
4. Haryana Chandigarh Nayab Singh Saini Ashim Kumar Ghosh
5. Uttar Pradesh Lucknow Yogi Adityanath Anandiben Patel
6. Rajasthan Jaipur Bhajan Lal Sharma Haribhau Bagade
7. Arunachal Pradesh Itanagar Pema Khandu Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik
8. Sikkim Gangtok Prem Singh Tamang Om Prakash Mathur
9. Assam Dispur Himanta Biswa Sarma Lakshman Acharya
10. West Bengal Kolkata Mamata Banerjee R. N. Ravi
11. Bihar Patna Nitish Kumar Syed Ata Hasnain
12. Madhya Pradesh Bhopal Mohan Yadav Mangubhai C. Patel
13. Nagaland Kohima Neiphiu Rio Nand Kishore Yadav
14. Meghalaya Shillong Conrad Sangma C. H. Vijayashankar
15. Manipur Imphal Yumnam Khemchand Singh Ajay Kumar Bhalla
16. Jharkhand Ranchi Hemant Soren Santosh Kumar Gangwar
17. Gujarat Gandhinagar Bhupendrabhai Patel Acharya Devvrat
18. Tripura Agartala Manik Saha Nallu Indra Sena Reddy
19. Mizoram Aizawl Lalduhoma Vijay Kumar Singh
20. Chhattisgarh Raipur Vishnu Deo Sai Ramen Deka
21. Odisha Bhubaneswar Mohan Charan Majhi Kambhampati Hari Babu
22. Maharashtra Mumbai Devendra Fadnavis Jishnu Dev Varma
23. Telangana Hyderabad Anumula Revanth Reddy Shiv Pratap Shukla
24. Andhra Pradesh Amaravati N. Chandrababu Naidu Syed Abdul Nazeer
25. Karnataka Bengaluru Siddaramaiah Thawar Chand Gehlot
26. Goa Panaji Pramod Sawant P. Ashok Gajapathi Raju
27. Tamil Nadu Chennai M. K. Stalin Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar (additional charge)
28. Kerala Thiruvananthapuram Pinarayi Vijayan Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar



Union Territories and their Capitals, CMs and Lieutenant Governors

The following list shows the 8 Union Territories of India, their capitals, Chief Ministers and their Lieutenant Governors. The Union Territories of India are arranged from North to South.


Union Territory Name Capital Chief Minister Lieutenant Governor / Administrator
1. Ladakh Leh NA Vinai Kumar Saxena
2. Jammu and Kashmir Srinagar (Summer)
Jammu (Winter)		 Omar Abdullah Manoj Sinha
3. Chandigarh Chandigarh NA Gulab Chand Kataria
4. National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT) New Delhi Rekha Gupta Taranjit Singh Sandhu
5. Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu Daman NA Praful Khoda Patel
6. Puducherry Pondicherry N. Rangaswamy K. Kailashnathan
7. Lakshadweep Kavaratti NA Praful Khoda Patel (additional charge)
8. Andaman and Nicobar Islands Port Blair NA Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi

Note: NA - Not Applicable, there is no Legislative Assembly here.




States and their Capitals

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Quiz

  1. How many States and Union Territories are there in India?

    1. 28 States and 9 Union Territories

    2. 29 States and 8 Union Territories

    3. 29 States and 9 Union Territories

    4. 28 States and 8 Union Territories

    Answer

    Ans: D


  2. Match the States with their Capitals:

    1. Andhra Pradesh

    2. Meghalaya

    3. Gujarat

    4. Himachal Pradesh


    1. Gandhinagar

    2. Shimla

    3. Amaravati

    4. Shillong


    1. a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2

    2. a-1, b-3, c-4, d-2

    3. a-1, b-3, c-2, d-4

    4. a-3, b-2, c-1, d-4

    Answer

    Ans: A