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Comment on the basis of creation of new States in India in 2000.

  • UPSC 2013
  • Political Aspects

Chhattisgarh (1 November 2000, sixteen districts of eastern Madhya Pradesh), Uttaranchal (9 November 2000, the Kumaon and Garhwal divisions of Uttar Pradesh, renamed Uttarakhand in 2007) and Jharkhand (15 November 2000, the Chotanagpur and Santhal Pargana divisions of Bihar) were all cut from inside the Hindi belt.

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