Aspirant states of India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
According to Wikipedia, the aspirant states of India are:
Anga Pradesh
Telangana
Bodoland
Gorkhaland
Kodagu
Mithila
Tulu Nadu
Purvanchal
Uttara Karnatak
Vindhya Pradesh
Koshal
Miscellanea
* Andaman & Nicobar Islands
* Anga Pradesh Angika speaking state in Bihar. Angika has more than 30 Million speakers in India.[15] Angika has its own traditional script- Anga Lipi.
* Awadh state consisting of Awadhi speaking districts of central Uttar Pradesh. The population of proposed state would be approximately 5 crores (50 million people) with an area of approximately 75,000 km2 and capital at Lucknow.[2][3]
* Bhojpuri speaking state comprising Eastern Uttar Pradesh and parts of Bihar. Bhojpuri is a major language in India with over 150 million speakers and has a flourishing entertainment industry.[citation needed]
* Braj Pradesh consisting of Agra division and Aligarh division from Uttar Pradesh and districts of Bharatpur and Gwalior from Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. The proposed capital would be in Agra. [4] [5] So far, Braj has remained as a historical and cultural region, rather than a political entity. Language of Braj is Braj Bhasha.
* Bundelkhand, which encompasses 7 districts each from Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. The people of this region speak a language called Bundelkhandi.[6] Population of proposed state would be around 5 crores with an area of about 60,000 km2 and possibly capital at Jhansi.[7]
* Gondwana, which would include portions of Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, and Maharashtra.
* Harit Pradesh in Uttar Pradesh.[16] Its estimated population would be 5 crores and area 50,000 km2.
* Karaikal, which include Karaikal district of Pondicherry, demanding UT Statehood for Karaikal which is physically lying 150 km south of Puducherry.
* Kamtapur in northern parts of West Bengal. The proposed state consists of the districts of Koch Behar, Jalpaiguri, and southern plains of Darjeeling including Siliguri city.
* Karbi Anglong in Assam.
* Mithila or Mithilanchal a Maithili speaking state. Mailthili is an Indo-Aryan language with 45 million speakers. It has its own traditional script. Mathili speaking persons in Mithila are becoming in minority; due to under-numeration,Mathili is on the second position in no of speaking persons in Mithila. Interestingly, due to over-numeration Hindi is the first and Santhali is the third most speaking language in proposed Mithila as per census of 2001.
* Rayalaseema, Andhra Pradesh
* Saurashtra, Gujarat: The demand for Saurashtra has not been very acute because the Gujaratis stand united and the same language (Gujarati) is spoken in both Saurashtra and Gujarat. Moreover, non-Sorathis believe that the cultures of both the parts are same and hence they are convinced that Saurashtra will always remain an integral part of Gujarat. But see writings of Jhaverchand Meghani.