Aspirant States of India - Others

Others

• Andaman & Nicobar Islands
• Anga Pradesh Angika speaking state in Bihar. Angika has more than 30 Million speakers in India. Angika has its own traditional script- Anga Lipi.
• Awadh state consisting of Awadhi speaking districts of central Uttar Pradesh. The population of proposed state would be approximately 5crores (50 million people) with an area of approximately 75,000 km2 and capital at Lucknow.
• Braj Pradesh consisting of Agra division and Aligarh division from Uttar Pradesh and districts of Bharatpur and Gwalior from Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. The proposed capital would be in Agra. So far, Braj has remained as a historical and cultural region, rather than a political entity. Language of Braj is Braj Bhasha.

• Garoland, Meghalaya: People from Garo regions of Meghalaya are demanding for a new state Garoland.
• Gondwana, which would include portions of Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, and Maharashtra.
• Kamtapur in northern parts of West Bengal. The proposed state consists of the districts of Koch Behar, Jalpaiguri, and southern plains of Darjeeling including Siliguri city.
• Karaikal, which includes the Karaikal district of Pondicherry, lies physically 150 km to the south of Pondicherry, and has been demanding UT Statehood.
• Ladakh, comprising a sizeable chunk of eastern Jammu and Kashmir, has asked for Union Territory status as part of a desire to protect it's Buddhist culture from the influence of the mainly Muslim Kashmir Valley.
• Mithila or Mithilanchal a Maithili speaking state. Maithili is an Indo-Aryan language with 45 million speakers. It has its own traditional script. Mathili speaking persons in Mithila are becoming in minority; due to under-numeration,Mathili is on the second position in no of speaking persons in Mithila. Interestingly, due to over-numeration Hindi is the first and Santhali is the third most speaking language in proposed Mithila as per census of 2001.
• Saurashtra, Gujarat: Demands for statehood have died down for a few years and the situation is peaceful as of now.
• SeemaAndhra. Coastal region of Andhra Pradesh and Rayalseema region. B.N.Srikrishna report's option 2, 4 & 5.