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The 23 pages that link to States Reorganisation Act, 1956, each with the reason it gives.

• KarnatakaRelated: It joined Kannada-speaking regions into the enlarged state that became Karnataka.

• MaharashtraRelated: It created the bilingual Bombay State from which Maharashtra later separated.

• West BengalRelated: It transferred territories to West Bengal and helped shape its present outline.

• Madras PresidencyRelated: It ended the old presidency’s territorial legacy by reshaping its successor state.

• Princely stateRelated: It further dissolved many administrative units inherited from princely-state integration.

• KeralaRelated: The act established Kerala by joining Malayalam-speaking regions into one state.

• Tamil NaduRelated: It established boundaries that shaped the territory of modern Tamil Nadu.

• Hyderabad StateRelated: It divided former Hyderabad State among Andhra Pradesh, Bombay, and Mysore.

• GujaratRelated: It set the national framework for the later division that created Gujarat.

• RajasthanRelated: It finalized important adjustments to Rajasthan’s boundaries after earlier mergers.

• Uttar PradeshRelated: It altered Uttar Pradesh’s boundaries, including the transfer of the hill region that later became Uttarakhand.

• Instrument of AccessionRelated: It reshaped the internal map created through the earlier integration of princely states.

• Madhya PradeshRelated: It established Madhya Pradesh in a form that included several former regions.

• Tamil Nadu politicsRelated: It reshaped the territory and linguistic basis of the state whose politics followed.

• Andhra PradeshRelated: It merged Andhra State with Telugu-speaking areas of Hyderabad State to create Andhra Pradesh.

• TravancoreRelated: The act transferred most of Travancore-Cochin into the newly formed Kerala.

• South IndiaRelated: It established much of the modern state map of southern India.

• Himachal PradeshRelated: The act changed the state's constitutional status without ending its separate administration.

• Indore StateRelated: It dissolved Madhya Bharat and placed Indore within the enlarged Madhya Pradesh.

• Gwalior StateRelated: It dissolved Madhya Bharat and incorporated its territory into the reorganized Madhya Pradesh.

• History of Andhra PradeshRelated: It merged Andhra State with Telangana to create Andhra Pradesh.

• History of Tamil NaduRelated: It reshaped the territory of Madras State before its renaming as Tamil Nadu.