Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000

Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000
Parliament of India
Citation	[1]
Enacted by	Parliament of India
Status: In force

Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000 is an Act of the Parliament of India enacted in 2000 for creation of the state of Uttarakhand, then tentatively named Uttaranchal, out of Uttar Pradesh. ^[1] 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

Entity	Undivided Uttar Pradesh (before 2000)	New
		Uttar Pradesh	Uttarakhand
Rajya Sabha Seats	34	31 (list)	3 (list)
Lok Sabha Seats	85	80 (list)	5 (list)
Legislative Assembly constituencies	473	403 (list)	70 (list)

In addition, the Uttarakhand High Court was set up under the 2000 Act.

See also

• Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000, by which Jharkhand was created
• Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000, by which Chhattisgarh was created

References

1. "The Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000" (PDF). Retrieved 24 November 2022.

Uttar Pradesh (1956–2000)