Formation of States in Sub-Continent in chronological order: 1901: North-West Frontier Area (not to be confused with North Western Provinces) split from Punjab. 1902: Name of North Western Provinces and Oudh changed to United Provinces of Agra and Oudh. 1902-10-01: Berar merged with Central Provinces to form Central Provinces and Berar. 1905-10-16: Bengal and Assam provinces reorganized into Eastern Bengal and Assam province and West Bengal province. 1910: Native state of Benares formed by merging a number of smaller fiefs. 1911-12-12: 1905 partition of Bengal was nullified. 1912-10-01: Delhi province split from Punjab; Indian capital moved from Calcutta to Delhi. 1912: Bihar and Orissa province split from Bengal. 1931-02-10: New Delhi officially replaced Delhi as capital. 1932: Aden province split from Bombay presidency. 1935: Name of United Provinces of Agra and Oudh changed to United Provinces. 1936-04-01: Orissa province formed from parts of Bihar and Orissa province, Central Provinces and Berar province, and Madras presidency; remaining part of Bihar and Orissa renamed Bihar; status of Sind division of Bombay presidency changed to province. 1937-04-01: Aden (now in Yemen) and Burma (now Myanmar) split from India as crown colonies. 1947-08-15: Indian independence. The British provinces became part of India immediately. The native states and agencies became effectively independent. Some of them were allowed to decide whether to accede to (merge with) India or Pakistan. Others combined to form new states in the Indian Union, or merged directly with existing provinces. The process was essentially complete when the new Constitution took effect, less than 2 1/2 years later. On this date, Bengal split into West Bengal (India) and East Pakistan; Punjab split into East Punjab (India) and West Punjab (Pakistan); the presidency of Bombay, which had consisted of Bombay and Sind provinces, split, with Sind going to Pakistan; Banaras, Rampur, and Tehri-Garhwal states merged with United Provinces; Central Provinces and Berar became Madhya Pradesh.
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