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Here are the chronicles of the formation of these Indian

states: 
 Andhra Pradesh -- 1 November 1956 -- The state was formed after it was
separated from the then Madras Presidency following a series of agitations and
sacrifices. The Telangana region, which was then part of Hyderabad state, later merged
with Andhra state and formed a complete state of Andhra Pradesh. 
 Tamil Nadu --  1 November 1956 --  A part of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and
Kerala were separated from Madras Presidency. The death of Tamil scholar and
Gandhian, K Sankaralinganar after a 75-day indefinite fast in October 1956 pushed the
then administration for the passage of the Linguistic Reorganisation of States in 1956
bill in the state assembly and secure parliamentary nod. 
 Kerala -- 1 November 1956 -- along with Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka on
November 1, 1956, got separated from the Madras Presidency, after the passage of
Linguistic Reorganisation of States in 1956 and merger of Malabar, Cochin and
Travancore provinces.
 Chhattisgarh -- 1 November 2000 -- The state was formed by partitioning ten
Chhattisgarhi and six Gondi speaking southeastern districts of Madhya Pradesh. after
the then President gave his consent to the Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act 2000
on 25 August 2000.
 Madhya Pradesh -- 1 November 1956 -- As per the States Reorganization Act,
the states of Madhya Bharat, Vindhya Pradesh, and Bhopal were merged into Madhya
Pradesh, and the Marathi-speaking southern region Vidarbha was ceded to Bombay
State.
 Karnataka -- 1 November 1956 -- the Kannada language-speaking regions of
South India were merged to form the state of Karnataka. The princely state of Mysore
was merged with the Kannada-speaking areas of the Bombay and Madras
presidencies, as also of the principality of Hyderabad, to create a unified Kannada-
speaking sub-national entity.
 Haryana -- 1 November 1966 -- According to Punjab Reorganisation Act (1966)
under the chairmanship of Justice JC Shah, Shah Commission divided the existing state
of Punjab and determine the boundaries of the new state of Haryana.
 Punjab -- 1 November 1966 -- In 1956 this was integrated with the state of East
Punjab to create a new, enlarged Indian state called simply "Punjab". However, after
carving out Haryana state on a linguistic basis, Punjabi speaking population formed the
state under Punjab Reorganisation Act (1966).

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