the number of states in india is 29.
the number of states in india is 29.
what is the number of states in india?
29
in the intervening period the dominion government of india had set up a constitution assembly to formulate a new constitution for india. simultaneously each of the independent indian rulers and rajpramukhs of covenanting states had set up constituent assemblies for their respective states and also sent their representatives to the constituent assembly of india so as to make uniform laws for their respective states. the thinking among the india leaders at that time was that each princely state or covenanting state would remain independent as a federal state along the lines suggested originally by the 1935 act. but as the drafting of the constitution progressed and the idea of forming a republic took concrete shape, it was decided that all the princely states/covenanting states would merge with the indian republic, and all the maharajas would be provided with a privy purse and privileges as enjoyed by them on 15 august 1947 by constitutional guarantees. hence art. 294, art 362, art 366, art 363 were incorporated. besides it was also decided that the maharaja of mysore, the maharaja of jammu & kashmir, the nizam of hyderabad, and the rajpramukhs of the covenanting states would continue to be the constitutional heads of their respective states. by 26 october 1949 the constituent assembly had finalised a new constitution for india and all the acceding indian states and the covenanting states merged with the new republic of india. in accordance with constitutional provisions all the maharajas entered into another agreement with the governor general of india to provide for the specific privy purse amount, the right to their personal properties (as distinct from state properties), and the right to succession in accordance with the practice in their territories. these agreements were entered into before 26 january 1950 so as to bring them within the ambit of art. 363. on 26 january 1950, india became a republic. the new constitution created four types of administrative divisions in india: nine part a states, the former british provinces, which were ruled by an appointed governor and state legislature; eight part b states, former princely states or groups of covenanting states, which were governed by a rajpramukh; ten part c states, including both former princely states and provinces, which were governed by a chief commissioner; and a union territory ruled by a governor appointed by the indian president.
rajpramukh
the 123 agreement signed between the united states of america and the republic of india is known as the u.s.–india civil nuclear agreement or indo-us nuclear deal. the framework for this agreement was a july 18, 2005, joint statement by then indian prime minister manmohan singh and then u.s. president george w. bush, under which india agreed to separate its civil and military nuclear facilities and to place all its civil nuclear facilities under international atomic energy agency (iaea) safeguards and, in exchange, the united states agreed to work toward "full" civil nuclear cooperation with india. this u.s.-india deal took more than three years to come to fruition as it had to go through several complex stages, including amendment of u.s. domestic law, especially the atomic energy act of 1954, a civil-military nuclear "separation plan" in india, an india-iaea safeguards (inspections) agreement and the grant of an exemption for india by the nuclear suppliers group, an export-control cartel that had been formed mainly in response to india's first nuclear test in 1974. in its final shape, the deal places under permanent safeguards those nuclear facilities that india has identified as "civil" and permits broad civil nuclear cooperation, while excluding the transfer of "sensitive" equipment and technologies, including civil enrichment and reprocessing items even under iaea safeguards. on august 18, 2008 the iaea board of governors approved, and on february 2, 2009, india signed an india-specific safeguards agreement with the iaea. after india brought this agreement into force, inspections began in a phased manner on the 35 civilian nuclear installations india has identified in its separation plan. the deal is seen as a watershed in u.s.-india relations and introduces a new aspect to international nonproliferation efforts. on august 1, 2008, the iaea approved the safeguards agreement with india, after which the united states approached the nuclear suppliers group (nsg) to grant a waiver to india to commence civilian nuclear trade. the 48-nation nsg granted the waiver to india on september 6, 2008 allowing it to access civilian nuclear technology and fuel from other countries. the implementation of this waiver made india the only known country with nuclear weapons which is not a party to the non-proliferation treaty (npt) but is still allowed to carry out nuclear commerce with the rest of the world.
india–united states civil nuclear agreement