Three territories were founded with the creation of the States Reorganization Act of 1956.
The States Reorganisation Act, 1956 created the Union Territory of Delhi from its predecessor, the Chief Commissioner's Province of Delhi. It became part of India in 1950 and was declared as a union territory of the nation in 1956. It was made a Union Territory in 1956. and a fully-fledged State in 1972. 1956 
