Q. Consider the following statements with reference to the reorganization of states of India since Independence:
1. The 7th Constitutional Amendment removed the distinction between Part A and Part B states and Part C states were abolished.
2. The States Reorganization Act (1956) established the new state of Kerala.
3. In the States Reorganization Act 1956, the state of Bombay was divided into two separate states of Maharashtra and Gujrat.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Exp) Option c is the correct answer.
The State Reorganization Commission formed in 1953 gave its report in 1955 to reorganize states into 16 states and 3 union territories.
Statement 1 is correct: By the States Reorganization Act (1956) and the 7th Constitutional Amendment Act (1956), the distinction between Part A and Part B states was done away with and Part C states were abolished. Some of them were merged with adjacent states and some other were designated as union territories. As a result, 14 states and 6 union territories were created on November 1, 1956.
Statement 2 is correct: The States Reorganization Act (1956) established the new state of Kerala by merging the Travancore-Cochin State with the Malabar District of Madras state and Kasargode of South Canara (Dakshina Kannada).
Statement 3 is incorrect: In the Bombay Reorganization Act, 1960 (not States Reorganization Act, 1956) bilingual state of Bombay was divided into two separate states– Maharashtra for Marathi speaking people and Gujarat for Gujarati speaking people. Gujarat was established as the 15th state of the Indian Union.
