Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966
ACT OF THE PARLIAMENT OF INDIA, SPLITS PUNJAB, CREATES HARYANA AND UT OF CHANDIGARH; ADDS TERRITORY TO HIMACHAL PRADESH; CONVERTS PUNJAB HIGH COURT TO PUNJAB & HARYANA HIGH COURT
Punjab Reorganisation Act
The Punjab Reorganisation Act was passed by the Indian Parliament on 18 September 1966, dissolving the former state of East Punjab. Out of the former East Punjab, the modern state of Punjab was created, the new state of Haryana was created; territory was transferred to Himachal Pradesh, then a Union territory; and the city of Chandigarh became a temporary Union territory to serve as the provisional capital of both the Punjab and Haryana.