सध्या दक्षिण भारतात प्रामुख्याने चार राज्यांचा समावेश केला जातो ती म्हणजे आंध्र प्रदेश, <MASK>, केरळ आणि तमिळनाडू तसेच पुदुच्चेरी व  लक्षद्वीप ह्या केंद्रशासीत प्रदेशांचा देखील समावेश केला जातो. Together with Pondicherry, each South Indian state has an elected state government, while the Lakshadweep islands are centrally administered by the President of India.  The modern states of South India were created as a result of the States Reorganisation Act (1956), which established states and union territories based on linguistic boundaries.  As a result of this act:
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