diff --git a/src/Faker/Provider/en_IN/Address.php b/src/Faker/Provider/en_IN/Address.php
index dd8d247b7e..0f839093b3 100644
--- a/src/Faker/Provider/en_IN/Address.php
+++ b/src/Faker/Provider/en_IN/Address.php
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 class Address extends \Faker\Provider\Address
 {
-
     protected static $city = array(
         'Agra','Ahmedabad','Ajmer','Alwar',
         'Bengaluru','Bhubhaneshwar','Bhopal','Bikaner',
@@ -28,6 +27,39 @@ class Address extends \Faker\Provider\Address
         'Warangal',
     );
 
+    protected static $state = array(
+        
+        // States
+        'Andhra Pradesh', 'Arunachal Pradesh', 'Assam',
+        'Bihar',
+        'Chhattisgarh',
+        'Goa', 'Gujarat',
+        'Haryana', 'Himachal Pradesh',
+        'Jammu and Kashmir',
+        'Jharkhand',
+        'Karnataka', 'Kerala',
+        'Madhya Pradesh', 'Maharashtra', 'Manipur', 'Meghalaya', 'Mizoram',
+        'Nagaland',
+        'Odisha',
+        'Punjab',
+        'Rajasthan',
+        'Sikkim',
+        'Tamil Nadu', 'Telangana', 'Tripura',
+        'Uttar Pradesh', 'Uttarakhand',
+        'West Bengal',
+        
+        // Union Territories
+        'Andaman and Nicobar Islands',
+        'Chandigarh',
+        'Dadra and Nagar Haveli', 'Daman and Diu', 'Delhi',
+        'Lakshadweep',
+        'Puducherry'
+    );
+
+    protected static $stateAbbr = array(
+       'AP', 'AR', 'AS', 'BR', 'CG', 'GA', 'GJ', 'HR', 'HP', 'JK', 'JH', 'KA', 'KL', 'MP', 'MH', 'MN', 'ML', 'MZ', 'NL', 'OD', 'PB', 'RJ', 'SK', 'TN', 'TS', 'TR', 'UP', 'UK', 'WB', 'AN', 'CH', 'DN', 'DD', 'DL', 'LD', 'PY'
+    );
+
     protected static $country = array(
         'Afghanistan', 'Albania', 'Algeria', 'American Samoa', 'Andorra', 'Angola', 'Anguilla', 'Antarctica (the territory South of 60 deg S)', 'Antigua and Barbuda', 'Argentina', 'Armenia', 'Aruba', 'Australia', 'Austria', 'Azerbaijan',
         'Bahamas', 'Bahrain', 'Bangladesh', 'Barbados', 'Belarus', 'Belgium', 'Belize', 'Benin', 'Bermuda', 'Bhutan', 'Bolivia', 'Bosnia and Herzegovina', 'Botswana', 'Bouvet Island (Bouvetoya)', 'Brazil', 'British Indian Ocean Territory (Chagos Archipelago)', 'British Virgin Islands', 'Brunei Darussalam', 'Bulgaria', 'Burkina Faso', 'Burundi',
@@ -74,7 +106,7 @@ class Address extends \Faker\Provider\Address
     protected static $postcode = array(
         '1#####','2#####','3#####','4#####','5#####',
     );
-    protected static $localityFormats = array (
+    protected static $localityFormats = array(
         '{{firstName}}{{areaSuffix}}',
         '{{localityName}}'
     );
@@ -131,4 +163,20 @@ public function areaSuffix()
     {
         return static::randomElement(static::$areaSuffix);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @example 'Delhi'
+     */
+    public static function state()
+    {
+        return static::randomElement(static::$state);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @example 'DL'
+     */
+    public static function stateAbbr()
+    {
+        return static::randomElement(static::$stateAbbr);
+    }
 }