The states reorganisation in 1956 created14 states and 6 union territories.

Goa was carved out of the earlier state of Bombay.

Meghalaya is a state in North-East India. Meghalaya was earlier a part of Assam.

The ‘Union of India’ consists of only the states; the ‘territory of India’ consists of - (a) States, (b) Union territories, and (c) Acquired territories.

The famous JVP committee was appointed in December 1948 to examine the issue of reorganization of states on linguistic basis. Earlier in 1920, the members of the Indian National Congress had agreed on the linguistic reorganization of the Indian states as one of the party's political goals.[3] The Provincial Committees of the party were set on this basis since 1920. In 1927, the Congress declared that it was committed to "the redistribution of provinces on a linguistic basis" and reaffirmed its stance several times including in the election manifesto of 1945-46. 

After independence, the demand for state reorganization on linguistic basis was raised from different regions. To make an exhaustive study of the problem, the Government of India set up the State Reorganization Commission in 1953, which was headed by Fazal Ali. Memebers of the Commission were Mr. H. N. Kanzru and Mr. K. N. Panikkar.

Under Article 3 of the Indian Constitution, the Parliament can alter the boundaries of any State or change its name. For this process, the Parliament does not require consent of the State. Besides, Article 2, 3 and 4 of Part I of the Indian Constitution deal with the relation between the Union and its territory. This relation is very flexible and biased towards the Union.

The territory of the units of the Indian federation may be altered by the parliament by a simple majority. Consent of the state legislative is not necessary before the parliament redistributes territory of the concerned state. The President’s consent is necessary for introducing a bill on redistributing territory of any state in the parliament.No specific time period within which states have to send their decision back to the centre has been mentioned in the Constitution. The central government can specify the time period while referring the matter. The Constitution does not mention that the state legislatures have to agree to the proposed creation/alteration of states. The Parliament can therefore, pass a law creating a new state even if affected states do not agree to the proposal.

Statement 1 is wrong. Statement 2 is correct: The Indian federation is not the result of agreement of independent and sovereign states, and hence the states do not have the right to secede from the Union.

Statement 1 is wrong: Article 1 of the Indian Constitution says, “India, that is Bharat, shall be a Union of States”. The word 'federation' does not find any mention in the Indian Constitution. Statement 2 is correct: India opted for the federal form of Government due to its large size and socio-cultural diversities.

The given states were carved in the under mentioned order: Nagaland - 1962 Haryana - 1966 Sikkim - 1974 Arunachal - 1986

Statement 1 is wrong: The States Reorganisation Commission under Fazal Ali did not out rightly reject the idea of linguistic states. Rather it broadly accepted language as the basis of reorganistion of states. It rejected the theory of ‘one language-one state’. Statement 2 is correct: It suggested the abolition of four-fold classification of states under the original Constitution and creation of 16 states, and 3 centrally administered territories.

After independence, the demand for state reorganization on linguistic basis was raised from different regions. To make an exhaustive study of the problem, the Government of India took following initiatives:

1. SK Dhar Commission was appointed in 1947
2. Jaipur Session of the Congress was held in 1948
3. JVP Committee was appointed in 1948
4. State Reorganization Commission was formulated in 1953

To deal with the demand for creation of states on linguistic basis, the Linguistic Provinces Committee was appointed in December 1948. This Committee consisted of Jwaharlal Nehru, Vallabhbhai Patel and Pattabhi Sitaramaiah and hence, it was also known as JVP Committee. The Committee rejected language as the basis for reorganisation of states. It proposed for 'sovereignty, unity and economic prosperity' to be the criteria for creation of new states.