Uttaranchal became the 27th state of the Indian union on 9th November 2000 when the Centre passed a bill for separate status of a state for Uttaranchal. The demand for a separate state had started in the early 1930s. Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India had stated that people of this region had special rights to take their decision under special circumstances.

The human movement in the region enhanced during early 1970s when a new political party namely “Uttarakhand Kranti Dal” was created. The struggle came to an end on 9th November 2000 when Uttaranchal was conferred a separate status of a state. Uttaranchal consists of 14 districts coming under two divisions – Garhwal and Kumaon.

Assembly Constituencies

1	Almora	36	Laksar
2	Badrinath	37	Laldhang
3	Bageshwar (SC)	38	Landhaura (SC)
4	Bahadrabad	39	Lansdowne
5	Bajpur	40	Laxman Chowk
6	Bhagwanpur (SC)	41	Lohaghat
7	Bhikiasain	42	Manglor
8	Bironkhal	43	Mukteshwar (SC)
9	Chakrata (ST)	44	Mussoorie
10	Champawat	45	Nainital
11	Dehradun	46	Nandprayag
12	Deoprayag	47	Narendranagar
13	Dhanolti (SC)	48	Pantnagar-Gadarpur
14	Dharchula (ST)	49	Pauri
15	Dhari	50	Pindar (SC)
16	Dhumakot	51	Pithoragarh
17	Didihat	52	Pratapnagar
18	Doiwala	53	Purola (SC)
19	Dwarahat	54	Rajpur
20	Gangolihat (SC)	55	Ramnagar
21	Gangotri	56	Ranikhet
22	Ghansali	57	Rishikesh
23	Haldwani	58	Roorkee
24	Hardwar	59	Rudraprayag
25	Iqbalpur	60	Rudrapur-Kichha
26	Jageshwar	61	Sahaspur (SC)
27	Jaspur	62	Salt
28	Kanalichhina	63	Sitarganj (SC)
29	Kanda	64	Someshwar (SC)
30	Kapkot	65	Srinagar (SC)
31	Karanprayag	66	Tehri
32	Kashipur	67	Thalisain
33	Kedarnath	68	Vikasnagar
34	Khatima (ST)	69	Yamakeshwar
35	Kotdwar	70	Yamunotri

Note: SC - Scheduled Caste, ST – Scheduled Tribe