Granting statehood does not mean merely the formation of the new state, it is also about giving more relatively autonomous powers and freedom of action within the federation. In order to eradicate the regional imbalances in the neglected areas and underdeveloped regions, the earlier provision of establishing Regional Development Councils proved to be failed experiment for instance in the case of Telangana, Gorkhaland and Vidarbha. As a result the demands for new states have gained fresh momentum on the assumption that smaller states do well in the lives of marginalized sections of society. At present there are demands for more than 20 separate states from all four regions of the country such as Bodoland in Assam, Gorkhaland in West Bengal, Vidarbha in Maharashtra, Coorg in Karnataka, a Kuki state of Manipur and the demand for dividing Uttar Pradesh into proposed four states such as Avadh Pradesh, Bundhelkhand, Paschim Pradesh, and Purvanchal. In this context, this work has relevance and significance to examine the patterns in the creation of new states. All these ongoing demands are mainly focusing for better ‘social inclusiveness ’and ‘good development ’in terms of administration. Therefore, there is a clear shift on demands for creation of smaller states from a language/identity to the concept of governance and good development being the new motto in the present time. The demand for creation of new states might be on the ground of identity and regional deprivation, but finally it will also lead to a politics of recognition with carrying demonstrations, bandhs hunger strikes jail bharo as a violent struggle to pursue their demands.