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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- The States Reorganisation Commission was a three-member body appointed by the Government of India in December 1953 to examine the redrawing of state boundaries, principally on a linguistic basis.
- Who were the three members of the States Reorganisation Commission?
- How did the SRC differ from the Dhar Commission and JVP Committee?
- What did the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 actually create?
- Why is there no Second States Reorganisation Commission?

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1. 29 December 1953

   The States Reorganisation Commission (SRC) was constituted by a resolution of the Government of India dated , in the immediate aftermath of the death of Pott…

2. 1 October 1953

   The States Reorganisation Commission (SRC) was constituted by a resolution of the Government of India dated 29 December 1953, in the immediate aftermath of t…

3. 30 September 1955

   The SRC submitted its report on .

4. 1 November 1956

   The recommendations were substantially enacted through the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, accompanied by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, wh…

5. 1 May 1960

   The Bombay question, deferred by the Commission, erupted into the Mahagujarat and Samyukta Maharashtra agitations, culminating in the Bombay Reorganisation A…

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In 2014, the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act created Telangana, reopening the Hyderabad-region question that the Fazl Ali Commission had deferred in its 1955 report.

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