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The Constitution Of India

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Constitution of India

INDIAN CONSTITUTION

FIRST SCHEDULE

Articles 1 and 4 I

THE STATES Name Territories
1. Andhra Pradesh The territories specified in sub section ( 1 ) of section 3 of the Andhra State Act, 1953 , sub section ( 1 ) of section 3 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 , the First Schedule to the Andhra Pradesh and Madras (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1959 , and the Schedule to the Andhra Pradesh and Mysore (Transfer of Territory) Act, 1968 , but excluding the territories specified in the Second Schedule to the Andhra Pradesh and Madras (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1959
2. Assam The territories which immediately before the commencement of this Constitution were comprised in the Province of Assam, the Khasi States and the Assam Tribal Areas, but excluding the territories specified in the Schedule to the Assam (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1951 , and the territories specified in sub section ( 1 ) of section 3 of the State of Nagaland Act, 1962 and the territories specified in sections 5, 6 and 7 of the North Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971
3. Bihar The territories which immediately before the commencement of this Constitution were either comprised in the Province of Bihar or were being administered as if they formed part of that Province and the territories specified in clause ( 1 ) of sub section ( 1 ) of section 3 of the Bihar and Uttar Pradesh (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1968 , but excluding the territories specified in sub section ( 1 ) of section 3 of the Bihar and West Bengal (Transfer of Territories) Act, 1956 , and the territories specified in clause (b) of sub section ( 1 ) of section 3 of the first mentioned Act
4. Gujarat The territories referred to in sub section ( 1 ) of section 3 of the Bombay Reorganisation Act, 1960
5. Kerala The territories specified in sub section ( 1 ) of section 5 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956
6. Madhya Pradesh The territories specified in sub section ( 1 ) of section 9 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 and the First Schedule to the Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh (Transfer of Territories) Act, 1959
7. Tamil Nadu The territories which immediately before the commencement of this Constitution were either comprised in the Province of Madras or were being administered as if they formed part of that Province and the territories specified in section 4 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 , and the Second Schedule to the Andhra Pradesh and Madras (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1959 but excluding the territories specified in sub section ( 1 ) of section 3 and sub section ( 1 ) of section 4 of the Andhra State Act, 1953 and the territories specified in clause (b) of sub section ( 1 ) of section 5, section 6 and clause (d) of sub section ( 1 ) of section 7 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 and the territories specified in the First Schedule to the Andhra Pradesh and Madras (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1959
8. Maharashtra The territories specified in sub section ( 1 ) of section 8 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 , but excluding the territories referred to in sub section ( 1 ) of section 3 of the Bombay Reorganisation Act, 1960
9. Karnataka The territories specified in sub section ( 1 ) of section 7 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 but excluding the territory specified in the Schedule to the Andhra Pradesh and Mysore (Transfer of Territory) Act, 1968
10. Orissa The territories which immediately before the commencement of this Constitution were either comprised in the Province of Orissa or were being administered as if they formed part of that Province
11. Punjab The territories specified in section 11 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 and the territories referred to in Part II of the First Schedule to the Acquired Territories (Merger) Act, 1960 but excluding the territories referred to in Part II of the First Schedule to the Constitution (Ninth Amendment) Act, 1960 and the territories specified in sub section ( 1 ) of section 3, section 4 and sub section ( 1 ) of section 5 of the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966
12. Rajasthan The territories specified in section 10 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 but excluding the territories specified in the First Schedule to the Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh (Transfer of Territories) Act, 1959
13. Uttar Pradesh The territories which immediately before the commencement of this Constitution were either comprised in the Province known as the United Provinces or were being administered as if they formed part of that Province, the territories specified in clause (b) of sub section ( 1 ) of section 3 of the Bihar and Uttar Pradesh (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1968 , and the territories specified in clause (b) of sub section ( 1 ) of section 4 of the Haryana and Uttar Pradesh (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1979 , but excluding the territories specified in clause (a) of sub section ( 1 ) of section 3 of the Bihar and Uttar Pradesh (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1968 , and the territories specified in clause (a) of sub section ( 1 ) of section 4 of the Haryana and Uttar Pradesh (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1979
14. West Bengal The territories which immediately before the commencement of this Constitution were either comprised in the Province of West Bengal or were being administered as if they formed part of that Province in the territory of Chandernagore as defined in clause (c) of section 2 of the Chandernagore (Merger) Act, 1954 , and also the territories specified in sub section ( 1 ) of section 3 of the Bihar and West Bengal (Transfer of Territories) Act, 1956
15. Jammu and The territory which immediately before the commencement of this Constitution are comprised in the Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir
16. Nagaland The territories specified in sub section ( 1 ) of section 3 of the State of Nagaland Act, 1962
17. Haryana The territories specified in sub section ( 1 ) of section 3 of the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966 and the territories specified in clause (a) of sub section ( 1 ) of section 4 of the Haryana and Uttar Pradesh (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1979 , but excluding the territories specified in clause (b) of sub section ( 1 ) of section 4 of that Act
18. Himachal Pradesh The territories which immediately before the commencement of this Constitution were being administered as if they were Chief Commissioners Provinces under the names of Himachal Pradesh and Bilaspur and the Territories specified in sub section ( 1 ) of section 5 of the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966
19. Manipur The territory which immediately before the commencement of this Constitution was being administered as if it were a Chief Commissioners Province under the name of Manipur
20. Tripura The territory which immediately before the commencement of this Constitution was being administered as if it were a Chief Commissioners Province under the name of Tripura
21. Meghalaya The territories specified in section 5 of the North Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971
22. Sikkim The territories which immediately before the commencement of the Constitution (Thirty sixth Amendment) Act, 1975 , were comprised in Sikkim
23. Mizoram The territories specified in section 6 of the North Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971
24. Arunachal Pradesh The territories specified in section 7 of the North Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971
25. Goa The territories specified in section 3 of the Goa, Daman and Diu Reorganisation Act, 1987 II THE UNION TERRITORIES
1. Delhi The territory which immediately before the commencement of this Constitution was comprised in the Chief Commissioners Province of Delhi
2. The Andaman and The territory which immediately before the commencement of this Constitution was comprised in the Chief Commissioners Province of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
3. Lakshadweep The territory specified in section 6 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956
4. Dadra and Nagar The territory which immediately before the eleventh day of August, 1961 was comprised in Free Dadra and Nagar Haveli
5. Daman and Diu The territories specified in section 4 of the Goa, Daman and Diu Reorganisation Act, 1987
6. Pondicherry The territories which immediately before the sixteenth day of August, 1962 , were comprised in the French Establishments in India known as Pondicherry, Karikal, Mahe and Yanam
7. Chandigarh The territories specified in section 4 of the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966

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