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States and Capitals list of India 2022 The Indian States and Capitals List 2022 consists of 28 states and 8 union territories. In this article, we are giving you the latest update on the States and Capitals of India. States and Capitals list of India 2022 S.NO State Capital CM Governor 1 Andhra Pradesh Amaravati YS Jagan Mohan Reddy Biswa Bhusan Harichandan 2 Arunachal Pradesh Itanagar Pema Khandu B. D. Mishra 3 Assam Dispur Himanta Biswa Sarma Jagdish Mukhi 4 Bihar Patna Nitish Kumar Phagu Chauhan 5 Chhattisgarh Raipur Bhupesh Baghel Sushri Anusuiya Uikey 6 Goa Panaji Pramod Sawant P.S. Sreedharan Pillai 7 Gujarat Gandhinagar Bhupendra Patel Acharya Dev Vrat 8 Haryana Chandigarh Manohar Lal Bandaru Dattatraya 9 Himachal Pradesh Shimla Jairam Thakur Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar 10 Jharkhand Ranchi Hemant Soren Ramesh Bais 11 Karnataka Bengaluru Basavaraj Bommai Thaawarchand Gehlot 12 Kerala Thiruvananthapuram Pinarayi Vijayan Arif Mohammed Khan 13 Madhya Pradesh Bhopal Shivraj Singh Cho

*A buffer state is a country lying between two rival or potentially hostile greater powers. It's existance can sometimes be thought to prevent conflict between them.  * It's concept coined in the 17th Century, when the major Europeans powers of England, France, Spain and Portugal started exploring and exploting vast tracts of land on foreign continents, and establishing their own empire.  * Poland and other states between Germany and the Soviet Union have sometimes been described as buffer states, with reference both to when they were non-communist states before World War 2, and to when they were communist states after World War 2. * Map showing supposed Himalayan buffer states of Bhutan(Red) and Nepal(Orange) situated between global superpower India (Green) and China(Blue).