*3 STATES* –>
“GUJARAT”
“MAHARASHTRA”
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*2 UNION TERRITORIES* –>
*’DADRA’ + ‘NAGAR HAVELI’*
*’DAMAN’ + ‘DIU’*
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(the states have been grouped into 6 zones having an advisory council to foster cooperation among these states)
(5 zonal councils were set up vide part-III of the states ‘re-organization act of 1956”)
(the “north-eastern states’ special problems are addressed by another statutory body – ‘the north eastern council’ – created by the ‘north-eastern council act of 1971’)
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(the present composition of each of these ‘zonal councils’ “is as under”)
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☜*“THE 6 INDIAN ZONAL COUNCILS”* ☞ 
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