Many Provincial Congress Committees were created on the basis of linguistic zones which did no...........

Indian Polity NCERT

Many Provincial Congress Committees were created on the basis of linguistic zones, which did not follow the administrative divisions of British India. Which among the following statements are not correct in this regard?

1. State Re-organisation Commission was appointed in 1953 to look into the question of redrawing of the boundaries of the States.

2. State Re-organisation Commission wanted India to be divided into states based on geographic contiguity.

3. Statehood for Punjab was given in 1970 when the territories of today’s Haryana and Himachal Pradesh were separated from larger Punjab State.

1 and 2

2 and 3

1 and 3

None of the above

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Explanation:

Dar Commission proposed geographic states. Later State Re-organisation Commission wanted india to be divided into states primarily based on linguistics, though culture language and all the factors were to be considered as per the recomendation. Statehood for Punjab was given in 1966.