Govt releases new map of India with Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh

New Delhi: Two days after Jammu and Kashmir was officially bifurcated into the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh, the Union Home Ministry on Saturday released the new political map of the country showing 28 states and nine Union Territories. Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday transitioned from a state into the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh — nearly three months after Parliament revoked the state's special status by abrogating Article 370. Advertisement The Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir will have a legislature like Puducherry, while Ladakh will be a Union Territory without a legislature like Chandigarh. Both will be headed by separate Lieutenant Governors. The L-Gs of the newly formed Union Territories were sworn in on Friday, along with the Chief Justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court. The central government has appointed serving IAS officer of Gujarat cadre Girish Chandra Murmu as the L-G of Jammu and Kashmir, and retired bureaucrat of Tripura cadre Radha Krishna Mathur as the L-G of Ladakh. Here's a list of the 28 states in India: 1. Andhra Pradesh 2. Arunachal Pradesh 3. Assam 4. Bihar 5. Chhattisgarh 6. Goa 7. Gujarat 8. Haryana 9. Himachal Pradesh 10. Jharkhand 11. Karnataka 12. Kerala 13. Madhya Pradesh 14. Maharashtra 15. Manipur 16. Meghalaya 17. Mizoram 18. Nagaland 19. Odisha 20. Punjab 21. Rajasthan 22. Sikkim 23. Tamil Nadu 24. Telangana 25. Tripura 26. Uttar Pradesh 27. Uttarakhand 28. West Bengal List of Union Territories: 1. Andaman and Nicobar 2. Chandigarh 3. Daman and Diu 4. Dadar and Nagar Haveli 5. Delhi 6. Jammu and Kashmir 7. Ladakh 8. Lakshadweep 9. Puducherry Source: News 18