<P> Other small changes were made to state boundaries during the 1950 - 1956 period . The small state of Bilaspur was merged with Himachal Pradesh on 1 July 1954 , and Chandernagore , a former enclave of French India , was incorporated into West Bengal in 1955 . But post independence , the first state created on a linguistic basis was Andhra in 1953 , created out of the Telugu - speaking northern parts of Madras State . </P>
<P> Other small changes were made to state boundaries during the 1950 - 1956 period . The small state of Bilaspur was merged with Himachal Pradesh on 1 July 1954 , and Chandernagore , a former enclave of French India , was incorporated into West Bengal in 1955 . But post independence , the first state created on a linguistic basis was Andhra in 1953 , created out of the Telugu - speaking northern parts of Madras State . </P>
which was the first state in india to be created in linguistic basis post independence
which was the first state in india to be created in linguistic basis post independence
Andhra
Andhra