Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000 is an Act of the

Parliament of India The Parliament of India (ISO 15919, ISO: ) is the supreme legislative body of the Government of India, Government of the Republic of India. It is a bicameralism, bicameral legislature composed of the Rajya Sabha (Council of States) and the Lok ...

enacted in 2000 for creation of the state of

Uttarakhand Uttarakhand (, ), also known as Uttaranchal ( ; List of renamed places in India, the official name until 2007), is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. The state is bordered by Himachal Pradesh to the n ...

, then tentatively named Uttaranchal, out of

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh ( ; UP) is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. With over 241 million inhabitants, it is the List of states and union territories of India by population, most populated state in In ...

. The law was introduced by NDA government headed by PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee to fulfil an election promise. Then President Kocheril Raman Narayanan signed the bill on 1 August 2000 and on 9 November 2000 Uttarakhand became the 27th state of the Republic of India.

Resulting changes

References

Acts of the Parliament of India 2000 Vajpayee administration initiatives Reorganisation of Indian states History of Uttarakhand (1947–present) History of Uttar Pradesh (1947–present) {{India-law-stub