List of regions in India
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What follows is a list of unofficial, or quasi-official regions of India. Some are geographic regions, others ethnic, linguistic, dialect, or cultural regions, and some correspond to historic countries, states or provinces. For ecological regions, see Ecoregions of India.
A few of these regions have movements dedicated to forming new Indian states out of their respective regions, e.g. Telangana, Gondwana and Vindhya Pradesh.
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Eastern India
Himalayas (Eastern)
Himalayas (Western)
- Kashmir (Jammu and Kashmir)
- Ladakh (Jammu and Kashmir)
- Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir)
- Chamba-Kangra (Himachal Pradesh)
- Garhwal (Uttaranchal)
- Kumaon (Uttaranchal)
Islands
- Amindivi Islands (Lakshadweep)
- Andaman Islands (Andaman and Nicobar Islands)
- Laccadive Islands (Lakshadweep)
- Minicoy Islands (Lakshadweep)
- Nicobar Islands (Andaman and Nicobar Islands)
North and Central India
- Awadh (Uttar Pradesh)
- Doab/Braj (Uttar Pradesh)
- Harit Pradesh (Uttar Pradesh)
- Purvanchal (Uttar Pradesh)
- Rohilkhand (Uttar Pradesh)
- Bagelkhand (Madhya Pradesh)
- Bundelkhand (Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh)
- Gondwana (Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra)
- Mahakoshal (Madhya Pradesh)
- Malwa (Madhya Pradesh)
- Nimar (Madhya Pradesh)
- Vindhya Pradesh (Madhya Pradesh)
Northeastern India
South India
- Carnatic (Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu)
- Chera Nadu (Kerala)
- Chettinad (Tamil Nadu)
- Chola Nadu (Tamil Nadu)
- Coastal Andhra (Andhra Pradesh)
- Coromandel Coast (southern coastal Andhra Pradesh, northern coastal Tamil Nadu)
- Deccan (Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka)
- Kongu Nadu (Tamil Nadu)
- Kuttanad (Kerala)
- Maidan (Karnataka)
- Malabar Coast (coastal Karnataka, Kerala)
- Malnad (Karnataka)
- Northern Circars (northern coastal Andhra Pradesh, southern coastal Orissa)
- Pandya Nadu (Tamil Nadu)
- Raichur Doab (Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka)
- Rayalaseema (Andhra Pradesh)
- Telangana (Andhra Pradesh)
- Thondai Nadu (Tamil Nadu)
- Tulu Nadu (southern coastal Karnataka)
Western India
- Desh (Maharashtra)
- Kandesh (Maharashtra)
- Konkan (Goa, coastal Maharashtra)
- Marathwada (Maharashtra)
- Vidarbha/Berar (Maharashtra)
- Kathiawar/Saurashtra (Gujarat)
- Kutch (Gujarat)
- Mallani (Rajasthan)
- Marwar (Rajasthan)
- Mewar (Rajasthan)
- Shekhawati (Rajasthan)
- Thar Desert (Rajasthan)