Indian States and Union Territories – Name of CMs and Governors
Total Number of UT in India: 7
Name of U.T.
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Capital
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Chief Ministers
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Lt. Governor & Administrator
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Andaman and Nicobar Island
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Port Blair
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Admiral DK Joshi (Governor)
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Chandigarh
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Chandigarh
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Shri V.P. Singh Badnore (Administrator)
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Dadra and Nagar Haveli
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Silvasa
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Shri Praful Patel (Administrator)
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Daman and Diu
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Daman
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Shri Praful Patel (Governor)
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Delhi
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Delhi
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Arvind Kejriwal
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Shri Anil Baijal (Administrator)
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Lakshadweep
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Kavarthi
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IPS Farood Khan (Administrator)
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Puducherry
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Puducherry
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V. Narayanasamy
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Dr. Kiran Bedi (Governor)
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At
present , there are 29 states in India and 9 Union Territories. List of 29
states together with the name of CM, Governor and Capital are given below:
Name of States
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Capital
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Chief Minister
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Governor
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Andhra Pradesh
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Hyderabad, Amrawati
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Shri. Nara Chandrababu
Naidu
(TDP)
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Shri E.S Lakshmi Narasimhan
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Andhra
Pradesh Famous for: Plenty of Indian Cobras, Tirupathi Balaji.
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Arunachal Pradesh
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Itanagar
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Shri Pema Khandu
(NDA – PPA)
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Retd. Brigadier B.D.Mishra
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Arunachal
Pradesh Famous for: The land of rising Sun. Tawang is the world’s second
largest Buddhist monastery.
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Assam
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Dispur
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Sarbananda Sonowal
(BJP)
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Shri Jagdish Mukhi
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Assam
Famous for: world’s largest river island - Mazuli , world’s smallest river
island – umananda temple, One horned rhino, Oil and gas reserve, assam tea, asea’s
first refinery in digboi, rang ghar and talatal ghar.
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Bihar
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Patna
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Nitish Kumar
(NDA – JDU)
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Shri Satya Pal Malik
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Bihar is known for its historic sites, silk sarees in bhagalpur,
metal industries and fruits. India's greatest dynasties - Maurya and Gupta
began from here. Its landscape is dotted with Buddhist Pilgrimages and is
famous for Bodhgaya, the place
where Lord Buddha gained enlightenment.
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Chhattisgarh
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Raipur
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Dr. Raman Singh
(BJP)
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Shri Balramji Dass Tandon
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Chhattisgarh
is famous for Bhilai steel plant.
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Goa
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Panaji
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Shri Manohar Parrikar
(BJP)
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Smt. Mridula Sinha
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Goa
famous for its beaches. Portuguese ruled Goa for more than 450 years.
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Gujarat
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Gandhinagar
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Shri Vijay Bahi Rupani
(BJP)
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Shri. Om Prakash Kohli
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Gujarat
famous for the world’s only reserve for
Asiatic lions at Gir.
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Haryana
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Chandigarh (Joint capital
of Punjab and Haryana)
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Shri Manohar Lal Khatter
(BJP)
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Prof. Kaptan Singh Solanki
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Haryana
is famous for dairy production. kurkshetra and Indraprasta are located here.
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Himachal Pradesh
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Simla (Summer Capital)
Dharamsala (Winter Capital)
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Shri Jai Ram Thakur
(BIP)
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Shri Acharya Dev Vrat
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Himachal
is famous for snow leopard.
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Jammu & Kashmir
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Srinagar (Summer Capital)
Jammu (Winter Capital)
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Mehbooba Mufti Sayeed (PDP)
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Shri Narinder Nath Vohra
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J&K
is famous for Amarnath and Vaishnodevi.
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Jharkhand
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Ranchi
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Shri Raghubar Das
(BJP)
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Smt. Draupadi Murmu
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Jharkhand
is famous for steel city Bokaro.
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Karnataka
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Bengaluru
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Shri Siddaramaiah
(Congress)
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Shri Vajubhai Vala
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Karnataka
is famous for Technology, Mysore best for food.
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Kerala
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Thiruvananthapuram
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Shri Pinarayi Vijayan
(CPM)
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Retd. Jistice P. Sathasivam
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Kerala
is famous for decorated elephants and boat racing. Ayurveda and Coconut.
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Madhya Pradesh
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Bhopal
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Shivraj Singh Chauhan
(BJP)
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Smt. Anandiben Patel
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Madhya
Pradesh is famous for khajuraho.
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Maharashtra
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Mumbai
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Devendra Fadnavis
(BJP)
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Shri Chennamaneni
Vidyasagar Rao
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Maharashtra
is famous for Ajantha/Ellora, western ghats.
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Manipur
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Imphal
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Nongthombam Biren Singh (BJP)
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Dr. Najma Heptulla
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Manipur
is known for many things
apart from being the birthplace of Polo. It has a rich culture. The mainstay
of its economy is agriculture. Manipur, the land
popularly referred to as the 'Switzerland of India' is the right tourist
destination for nature lovers.
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Meghalaya
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Shillong
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Conrad Mukul Sangma
(Congress)
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Shri Ganga Prasad
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Meghalaya (the abode of
clouds) is known for its rain - It receives the largest amounts of rainfall
in the world in Cherrapunji and Mawsyndrum. The state's animal is Clouded
Leopard
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Mizoram
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Aizawl
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Shri Pu Lalthanhawla
(Congress)
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Lt. General Nirbhay Sharma
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Mizoram
is famous for wild water buffalo. Almost 100% literacy.
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Nagaland
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Kohima
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Shri. Neiphiu Rio
(NDA – NDPP)
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Shri Padmanabha
Balkrishna Acharya
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Nagaland
is famous for Hornbill festival.
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Odisha (Orissa)
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Bhubaneshwar
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Shri Naveen Patnaik
(BJD)
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Dr. S.C. Jamir
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Odisha
is famous for Mahanadi River, Puri Jagannath, Konark Sun Temple, Lingraaj
Temple.
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Punjab
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Chandigarh (Joint capital
of Punjab and Haryana)
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Capt Amrinder Singh
(Congress)
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Shri V. P. Singh Badnore
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Punjab
is famous for food production, dhabas, lassi, Golden temple.
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Rajasthan
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Jaipur
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Smt. Vasundhara Raje
(BJP)
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Shri Kalyan Singh
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Rajasthan is great for its palaces, tiger reserves, Jain
culture, chilies, weaving and marbles. The state is also famous for its
camels and sand dunes.
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Sikkim
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Gangtok
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Shri Pawan Shing Chamling
(NDA - SDF)
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Shri Shriniwas Dadasaheb
Patil
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Sikkim
is famous for Kanjenjunga – the tallest peak, red pandas, natual pass – one of
the biggest roads in the world, rumtek monastery of Tibetan Buddhism.
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Tamil Nadu
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Chennai
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Edapadi Palanisamy
(AIADMK)
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Banwarilal Purohit
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Tamil
Nadu is famous for Nilgiris tea, famous temples, Bharatnatyam.
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Telangana
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Hyderabad
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Shri K Chandrashekhar Rao
(TRS)
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E.S Lakshmi Narasimhan
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Telangana
is the youngest state which is famous for Charminar and Nazim’s Islamic heritage.
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Tripura
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Agartala
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Shri Biplab Kumar Deb
(BJP)
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Shri Tathagata Roy
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Tripura is famous for Tripureshwari and leaf
monkeys.
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Uttar Pradesh
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Lucknow
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Mahant Yogi Adityanath
(BJP)
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Shri Ram Naik
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Uttar
Pradesh is famous for Tajmahal, Kashi. Biggest state of India.
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Uttarakhand
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Dehradun
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Shri Trivendra Singh Rawat
(BJP)
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Dr. Krishan Kant Paul
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Uttarakhand
is famous for Skiing and Corbett National park.
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West Bengal
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Kolkata
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Smt. Mamata Banerjee
(TMC)
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Shri Keshari Nath Tripathi
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West
Bengal is famous for Sunderban forests with royal Bengal tigers, trams, jute
cloth, teas of Darjeeling.
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