The Punjab Reorganisation Act was passed by the Indian Parliament on 18 September 1966, separating territory from the state of Punjab, India, Punjab, most of which formed the new state of Haryana. Some was transferred to Himachal Pradesh, then a Union territory; while Chandigarh, the capital of Punjab, was made a temporary Union territory to serve as the provisional capital of both Punjab and Haryana. The larger state of Punjab had been formed under the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 by merging East Punjab and PEPSU. The 1966 separation was the result of the Punjabi Suba movement, which agitated for the creation of a Punjabi language, Punjabi-speaking state (the modern state of Punjab); in the process a majority Hindi-speaking state was created (effectively, Haryana).
The territorial changes as a result of the reorganisation of the erstwhile composite Punjab State are listed below :
# Entire districts of Hisar district, Hisar, Rohtak district, Rohtak, Gurgaon district, Gurgaon, Karnal district, Karnal and Mahendragarh district, Mahendra-garh, complete tahsils of Ambala district, Ambala, Jagadhri, Naraingarh and 153 villages along with Kalka, Kalka town of Kharar, SAS Nagar, Kharar tahsil of Ambala district and two tahsils viz., Jind and Narwana of Sangrur district, Sangrur District (44,222.0 Square kilometre, kmsq.) were transferred from the composite Punjab, India, Punjab for formation of the newly created State of Haryana on 1 November 1966.
# Entire districts of Kangra district, Kangra, Shimla, Simla, Lahaul and Spiti district, Lahaul and Spiti, three towns viz. Bakloh, Bakloh(C.B.), Dalhousie, India, Dalhousie(M.C) and Dalhousie Cantonment, Dalhousie Cantt. town (14.3 Kilometre, kmsq.) of Gurdaspur district, complete Nalagarh, Nalagarh tahsil of Ambala district and 290 villages along with Una, Himachal Pradesh, Una town of the Una tahsil of Hoshiarpur district (27,277.3 Square kilometre, kmsq.) were transferred to Himachal Pradesh.
# 36 villages, Mani Majra, Manimajra and Chandigarh, Chandigarh towns of Kharar tahsil of Ambala district (114.0 Square kilometre, kmsq. were lumped together to come out a separate administrative unit stuled as Union Territory of Chandigarh.
# Entire districts of Amritsar district, Amritsar, Bathinda district, Bathinda, Kapurthala district, kapurthala, Jalandhar district, Jalandhar, Ludhiana district, Ludhiana, Firozpur district, Firozpur, Patiala district, Patiala and Complete tahsil of Barnala district, Barnala, Malerkotla district, Malerkotla & Sangrur tahsil of Sangrur district and Gurdaspur district without Bakloh, Dalhousie, India, Dalhousie and Dalhousie Cantonment, Dalhousie Cantt. town, Complete tahsils of Dasuya, Garhshankar, Hoshiarpur, 237 villages with Nangal, Naya Nangal and Anandpur Sahib towns of the Una, Himachal Pradesh, Una tahsil of Hoshiarpur district, Entire tahsil of Rupnagar, Ropar, 282 villages along with Kharar, SAS Nagar, Kharar and Kurali towns Kharar, SAS Nagar, Kharar tahsil of composite Ambala district remain in Punjab.
Within the Chandigarh Capitol Complex, the Palace of Justice hosts a sole Punjab and Haryana High Court as the common state supreme court for both states; the Palace of Assembly houses both the Punjab Legislative Assembly and the Haryana Legislative Assembly; and the Secretariat Building, Chandigarh, Secretariat Building hosts the offices of the Chief secretary (India), Chief Secretaries of both states. The Governor (India), state governors' residences, Punjab Raj Bhavan and Haryana Raj Bhavan, are next to each other on Sukhna Lake.
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Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966as passed, with schedules; from ''India Code'', National Informatics Centre
Acts of the Parliament of India 1966
Reorganisation of Indian states
1960s in Punjab, India
1960s in Haryana
1960s in Himachal Pradesh
Government of Himachal Pradesh
Government of Haryana
Government of Punjab, India
1960s in Chandigarh
Government of Chandigarh