How the idea of Indian Union Territories was conceived and executed
Although the original list of Union Territories mostly contained areas which were considered ‘backward’ or tribal, it went on to be altered significantly to include places like Chandigarh as well as the French and Portuguese colonies.More recently, Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh were added to the list. Adrija Roychowdhury and Srijana Siri find out how the idea of Union Territories was conceived in India and how they evolved.