On the recommendation of which commision the Punjab Reorganization Act 1966 was passed ........

Punjab Polity and Governance

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On the recommendation of which commision the Punjab Reorganization Act 1966 was passed ?

Sarkaria Commision

Radcliffe Commission

Shah Commission

Rajeev-Longowal Accord

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Explanation:

1.There was a demand for a separate ‘Sikh Homeland’ (Punjabi Subha) raised by the Akali Dal under the leadership of Master Tara Singh.
2. On the recommendation of the Shah Commission (1966), the punjabi- speaking areas of State of Punjab were combined into a unilingual state of Punjab, the Hindi-speaking areas were merged into the State of Haryana and the hill areas were merged with the neighboring union territory of Himachal Pradesh.
3. In 1966, Punjab gave rise to Haryana, the 17th state of the Indian Union, and the union territory of Chandigarh.
4. In 1971, the union territory of Himachal Pradesh was made the 18th state of the Indian Union.