India After Independence — Social Studies STD 8 — Question
CBSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 8Social StudiesIndia After Independence2 Marks
Question
What was States Reorganisation Commission?
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Answer
A States Reorganisation Commission was set up which submitted its report in 1956, recommending the redrawing of district and provincial boundaries to form compact provinces of Assamese, Bengali, Oriya, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu speakers respectively.
The large Hindi-speaking region of North-India was also to be broken up into several states.
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