List of most populous cities in India

The following is the list of most populous cities in India. (Census 2011)

Rank	City	State
1.	Mumbai	Maharashtra
2.	Delhi	Delhi
3.	Bangalore	Karnataka
4.	Hyderabad	Andhra Pradesh
5.	Ahmedabad	Gujarat
6.	Chennai	Tamil Nadu
7.	Kolkata	West Bengal
8.	Surat	Gujarat
9.	Pune	Maharashtra
10.	Jaipur	Rajasthan
11.	Lucknow	Uttar Pradesh
12.	Kanpur	Uttar Pradesh
13.	Nagpur	Maharashtra
14.	Indore	Madhya Pradesh
15.	Thane	Maharashtra
16.	Bhopal	Madhya Pradesh
17.	Visakhapatnam	Andhra Pradesh
18.	Pimpri-Chinchwad	Maharashtra
19.	Patna	Bihar
20.	Vadodara	Gujarat
21.	Ghaziabad	Uttar Pradesh
22.	Ludhiana	Punjab
23.	Agra	Uttar Pradesh
24.	Nashik	Maharashtra
25.	Faridabad	Haryana
26.	Meerut	Uttar Pradesh
27.	Rajkot	Gujarat
28.	Kalyan-Dombivali	Maharashtra
29.	Vasai-Virar	Maharashtra
30.	Varanasi	Uttar Pradesh
31.	Srinagar	Jammu and Kashmir
32.	Aurangabad	Maharashtra
33.	Dhanbad	Jharkhand
34.	Amritsar	Punjab
35.	Navi Mumbai	Maharashtra
36.	Allahabad	Uttar Pradesh
37.	Ranchi	Jharkhand
38.	Howrah	West Bengal
39.	Coimbatore	Tamil Nadu
40.	Jabalpur	Madhya Pradesh
41.	Gwalior	Madhya Pradesh
42.	Vijayawada	Andhra Pradesh
43.	Jodhpur	Rajasthan
44.	Madurai	Tamil Nadu
45.	Raipur	Chhattisgarh
46.	Kota	Rajasthan
47.	Guwahati	Assam
48.	Chandigarh	Chandigarh
49.	Solapur	Maharashtra
50.	Hubballi-Dharwad	Karnataka

Text list of Indian States and Capitals

India Capital: New Delhi

States

S.No.	State	Capital
1.	Andhra Pradesh (AP)	Hyderabad
2.	Arunachal Pradesh (AR)	Itanagar
3.	Assam (AS)	Dispur
4.	Bihar (BR)	Patna
5.	Chhattisgarh (CG)	Raipur
6.	Goa (GA)	Panjim
7.	Gujarat (GJ)	Gandhinagar
8.	Haryana (HR)	Chandigarh (shared, Union Territory)
9.	Himachal Pradesh (HP)	Shimla
10.	Jammu and Kashmir (JK)	Srinagar (summer) Jammu (winter)
11.	Jharkhand (JH)	Ranchi
12.	Karnataka (KA)	Bangalore
13.	Kerala (KL)	Thiruvananthapuram
14.	Madhya Pradesh (MP)	Bhopal
15.	Maharashtra (MH)	Mumbai
16.	Manipur (MN)	Imphal
17.	Meghalaya (ML)	Shillong
18.	Mizoram (MZ)	Aizawl
19.	Nagaland (NL)	Kohima
20.	Odisha (OR)	Bhubaneswar
21.	Punjab (PB)	Chandigarh (shared, Union Territory)
22.	Rajasthan (RJ)	Jaipur
23.	Sikkim (SK)	Gangtok
24.	Tamil Nadu (TN)	Chennai
25.	Tripura (TR)	Agartala
26.	Uttar Pradesh (UP)	Lucknow
27.	Uttarakhand (UK)	Dehradun
28.	West Bengal (WB)	Kolkata

UNION TERRITORIES OF INDIA

29.	Andaman and Nicobar Islands (AN)	Port Blair
30.	Chandigarh (CH)	Chandigarh
31.	Dadra and Nagar Haveli(DN)	Silvassa
32.	Daman and Diu (DD)	Daman
33.	National Capital Territory of Delhi (DL)	Delhi
34.	Lakshadweep (LD)	Kavaratti
35.	Pondicherry (PY)	Pondicherry

Political System of India

GOVERNMENTS OF, BY AND FOR THE PEOPLE

The Union Parliament

        In the modern democratic States, the functions are performed by distinct wings of the Government which are more or less independent in their respective spheres. The law-making wing is called the Legislature, the governing wing is called the Executive and the wing that dispenses justice is called the Judiciary. India, the largest democracy of the world, has the same setup.

The Federation in India has two levels of government - one at the centre and the other in States and Union Territories. Both the Central and State governments have three organs: Executive, Legislature and Judiciary.

The Parliament is the supreme legislative body of the country in England and India.

In India, contrary to other Federations (like United States) there is only one citizenship, one flag, and one constitution. There is also single judiciary, not divided between the union and the states.

Parliament is the legislative organ of the government. The central Legislature or the Indian Parliament consists of three constituents-

==> the Lok Sabha

==> the Rajya Sabha

==> the President

The Lok Sabha represents the people of the country, the Rajya Sabha represents the Federating States.

The Lok Sabha

The Lower House of the Parliament of India is called House of the People or the 'Lok Sabaha', which is the representative body of the people.The maximum number of members of this House was fixed at 550 (After 1971 Census). All of its members are directly elected by citizens of India on the basis of universal adult franchise, except two who are appointed by the President of India. Every citizen of India who is over 18 years of age, irrespective of gender, caste, religion or race, who is otherwise not disqualified, is eligible to vote for the Lok Sabha.

The Rajya Sabha

The Rajya Sabha is also known as "Council of States" or the upper house. Rajya Sabha is a permanent body and is not subject to dissolution. However, one third of the members retire every second year, and are replaced by newly elected members. Each member is elected for a term of six years. Its members are indirectly elected by members of legislative bodies of the States.

   The Rajya Sabha can have a maximum of 250 members in all. Elections to it are scheduled and the chamber cannot be dissolved. Each member has a term of 6 years and elections are held for one-third of the seats after every 2 years. 238 members are to be elected from States and Union Territories and 12 are to be nominated by President of India 

President of India

The President of India is the head of state of the Republic of India. The President is the formal head of the executive, legislature and judiciary of India and is the commander-in-chief of the Indian Armed Forces.

The President is indirectly elected by the people through elected members of the Parliament of India (Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha) as well as of the state legislatures (Vidhan Sabhas and Vidhan Parishad) and serves for a term of five years. Historically, ruling party (majority in the Lok Sabha) nominees (for example, United Progressive Alliance nominee Shri Pranab Mukherjee) have been elected or largely elected unanimously.