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Dadra and Nagar Haveli
There is no separate Union Territory called “Dadra and Nagar Haveli” anymore. Since January 26, 2020, it has been merged with Daman and Diu into the single Union Territory of “Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.”
Full reasoning
This territorial name is outdated in a present-tense list.
Parliament passed the Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (Merger of Union Territories) Act, 2019, which created a single union territory named "Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu". The merger took effect on January 26, 2020. Current Government of India listings use only the merged name.
So referring to "Dadra and Nagar Haveli" as though it were still a separate current union territory is incorrect.
2 sources
- Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (Merger of Union Territories) Act, 2019
On and from the appointed day, there shall be formed a new Union territory to be known as the Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu comprising the territory of the existing Union territories.
- Holiday Calendar | National Portal of India
The National Portal of India lists the current Union Territory as 'Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (UT)'.
23 official languages
India does not have 23 official languages. The Constitution’s Eighth Schedule lists 22 scheduled languages, and Article 343 says the official language of the Union is Hindi in Devanagari script.
Full reasoning
This claim conflates scheduled languages with official languages, and it also gets the count wrong.
- Article 343(1) of the Constitution of India states that "the official language of the Union shall be Hindi in Devanagari script." That is the Constitution’s language about the Union’s official language.
- Separately, the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution lists 22 languages. Those are scheduled/recognized languages, not "23 official languages."
So the statement "India has 23 official languages" is inaccurate on two levels: it overstates the number in the Eighth Schedule, and it treats scheduled languages as though they were all official languages of India.
2 sources
- The Constitution of India — Part XVII (Official Language)
343. Official language of the Union.—(1) The official language of the Union shall be Hindi in Devanagari script.
- The Constitution of India — Eighth Schedule
The Eighth Schedule lists 22 languages: Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Odiya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santhali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu.
29 Indian states
India has had 28 states, not 29, since the reorganisation of Jammu and Kashmir took effect on October 31, 2019.
Full reasoning
This number is out of date.
India no longer has 29 states. Under the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, the former state of Jammu and Kashmir was reorganised into two union territories—Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh—with effect from October 31, 2019. Current Government of India listings show 28 states and 8 union territories.
So the phrase "29 Indian states" is incorrect in the present tense.
2 sources
- The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 / related Gazette material (Ministry of Home Affairs)
The principal Act was enacted to provide for reorganisation of the existing State of Jammu and Kashmir into the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the Union Territory of Ladakh; and the 31st day of October, 2019 has been notified as the appointed day.
- Holiday Calendar | National Portal of India
The current Government of India portal lists the states as Andhra Pradesh through West Bengal (28 names total) and separately lists 8 Union Territories: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Lakshadweep, Puducherry, and Ladakh.