Indian States After Independance

The political map of India have been altered a lot after Independence. Some of the major alterations / formation of the states are as :

Union of States : Articles 1-4

Main articles related to the "Union of States" :

Union of States : Details of Article 1-4

Article 1 describes India as Union of States rather than Federation of States. And according to the President of the Constituent Assemble, Dr. B.R.Ambedkar "Union of States has been preferred to the Federation of states because the Indian Federation is not the result of an agreement

Evolution of States and Union Territories

At the time of independence, India had 2 types of political units, namely, the British Provinces and the Princely States. Later on, the Indian Independence Act of 1947 led to the

Dhar Commision, JVP Committee and Fazl Ali Commission

Dhar Commission 

There was a demand from different regions, mainly South India, for reorganization of  States on linguistic basis. Consequently, in June 1948, the Government of India appointed the Linguistic Provinces Commission under the chairmanship of S.K.Dhar to study the feasibility of organizing states on Linguistic basis.