What is true about The States Reorganization Commission? (a) With regard to north India, it sought to divide the huge Hindi - speaking belt into four states: Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. (b) In the East, the existing provinces could stay as they were, with minor adjustments. (c) The Commission rejected the demand for tribal status to be carved out of Bihar and Assam. (d) The Commission did not agree with the creation of a Sikh State.

The Correct answer is More than one of the above . Important Points The States Reorganisation Commission (SRC) constituted by the Central Government of India on 22 December 1953 to recommend the reorganisation of state boundaries . In 1955, after nearly two years of study, the Commission recommended that India's state boundaries should be reorganised to form 14 states and 6 territories. States Reorganisation Commission consisted of Fazal Ali, K. M. Panikkar and H. N. Kunzru . Some of its recommendations were implemented in the States Reorganisation Act of 1956. The Commission submitted its report on 30 September 1955 , with the following recommendations The three-tier (Part-A/B/C) state system should be abolished The institution of Rajapramukh and special agreement with former princely states should be abolished . The general control vested in the Government of India by Article 371 should be abolished Only the following 3 states should be the Union Territories: Andaman & Nicobar, Delhi and Manipur. The other Part-C/D territories should be merged with the adjoining states. With regard to north India, it sought to divide the huge Hindi - speaking belt into four states: Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. In the East, the existing provinces could stay as they were, with minor adjustments. The Commission rejected the demand for tribal status to be carved out of Bihar and Assam. The Sikh State should not create. ​The report was tabled in the Lok Sabha on 14 December 1955. In Part II of Report of the States Reorganisation Commission (SRC) 1955, titled "Factors Bearing on Reorganisation", the Commission clearly said that " it is neither possible nor desirable to reorganise States on the basis of the single test of either language or culture, but that a balanced approach to the whole problem is necessary for the interest of our national unity.