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[[File:Zonal_Councils.svg|thumb|300px|Southern India Zonal Council in ''red'']]<br />
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'''Southern Zonal Council''' is a [[zonal council]] that comprises the states and union territories of [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Karnataka]], [[Kerala]], [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]], [[Tamil Nadu]], and [[Telangana]] <br />
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[[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]], [[Lakshadweep]] are not members of any of the Zonal Councils.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://interstatecouncil.nic.in/iscs/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/states_reorganisation_act.pdf |title=The States Reorganisation Act, 1956 (Act No.37 Of 1956)|accessdate=16 November 2020}}</ref> However, they are presently special invitees to the Southern Zonal Council.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://interstatecouncil.nic.in/iscs/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/COMPOSITION-OF-SOUTHERN-ZONAL-COUNCIL.pdf|title=Present Composition of the Southern Zonal Council|accessdate=16 November 2020}}</ref><br />
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The states of India have been grouped into six zones with an Advisory Council that aims to foster cooperation among these states. Five Zonal Councils were set up vide Part-III of the [[States Reorganisation Act]], 1956.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://necouncil.nic.in/ |title=NEC -- North Eastern Council |accessdate=25 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415001111/http://necouncil.nic.in/ |archivedate=15 April 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://interstatecouncil.nic.in/genesis/|title=Genesis &#124; ISCS}}</ref><ref name="auto"/><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Northern Zonal Council]]<br />
* [[North-Eastern Zonal Council]]<br />
* [[Central Zonal Council]]<br />
* [[Eastern Zonal Council]]<br />
* [[Western Zonal Council]]<br />
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