evidence: In 1954, Puducherry was merged into the Republic of India after attaining independence from French Rule and became the Union Territory of Puducherry. In 1963, Puducherry was granted the status of Partial Statehood. [...] In 2019, Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 was passed by the Indian Parliament and it reconstituted the state of Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories-- UT of Jammu and Kashmir and UT of Ladakh. [...] Types of Union Territories in India