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India is union comprising 29 states and 7 union territories, for a total of 36 entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided . 

States : 29 
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chhattisgarh
GOA
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Madhya Pradesh 
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odhisha
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal


Union Territories: 7
Andaman and Nicobar
Chandigarh
Dadra and Nagar Haveli
Daman and Diu
Delhi
Lakshadweep
Puducherry

India will have 9 union territories after october 30 2019 under The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 is an act of the Parliament of India. It contains provisions to reconstitute the state of Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories, one to be eponymously called Jammu and Kashmir, and the other Ladakh. The act will come into effect on 31 October 2019. A bill for the act was introduced by the Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah in the Rajya Sabha, on 5 August 2019. The bill was passed in Rajya Sabha the same day and was passed by the Lok Sabha on 6 August 2019. It received the President's assent on 9 August 2019.

Capital of India: New Delhi

National calendar of India : SAKA CALENDAR

National anthem of India : JANA GANA MANA

National song of India : Vande Mataram

National fruit of India : Mango

National river of India : Ganga

National flower of India : Lotus

National tree of India : Indain Banyan

National animal of India : Royal Bengal Tiger

National aquatic animal of India : Ganges river Dolphin

National bird of India : Indian peaful (peacock)

National currency of India : Indian Rupee (INR) Rs

National microbe of India : Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus

National reptile of India : King Cobra

National heritage animal of India : Indian Elephant

National vegetable of India : Indian Pumpkin