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The Constitution of India in English 2026: page 284

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Source cover/preface date: 10th September, 2026. Preface amendment statement: Constitution (One Hundred and Sixth Amendment) Act, 2023. Embedded PDF title: Constitution of India_ 20 MAY 2026 (final).pdf. These are distinct source labels, not currentness or commencement approval.

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                                    1
                                        [FIRST SCHEDULE
                                          [Articles 1 and 4]
                                          I. THE STATES

 Name                                                    Territories
                          2
1.    Andhra               [The territories specified in sub-section (1) of section 3 of
      Pradesh             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
                                                                     e
                          the territories specified in the Second Schedule to the
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                          Andhra Pradesh and Madras (Alteration of Boundaries)
                          Act, 1959] 3[and the territories specified in section 3 of
                                                         aC
                          the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014].
 2. Assam
                                                    di
                          The territories which immediately before the
                          commencement of this Constitution were comprised in the
                                                In
                          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 4[and the territories
                          specified in sub-section (1) of section 3 of the State of
                          Nagaland Act, 1962] 5[and the territories specified in
                          sections 5, 6 and 7 of the North-Eastern Areas
                          (Reorganisation) Act, 1971] 6[and the territories referred
                          to in Part I of the Second Schedule to the Constitution
                          (One       Hundredth       Amendment)         Act,       2015,
                          notwithstanding               anything             contained
                          in clause (a) of section 3 of the Constitution
                          (Ninth Amendment) Act, 1960, so far as it relates to the
                          territories referred to in Part I of the Second Schedule to
                          the Constitution (One Hundredth Amendment) Act,
                          2015.]

1. Subs. by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 2, for the First Sch. (w.e.f. 1-11-1956).
2. Subs. by the Andhra Pradesh and Mysore (Transfer of Territory) Act, 1968 (36 of 1968), s. 4,
    for the former entry (w.e.f. 1-10-1968).
3. Ins. by the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 (6 of 2014), s. 10 (w.e.f. 2-6-2014).
4. Added by the State of Nagaland Act, 1962 (27 of 1962), s. 4 (w.e.f. 1-12-1963).
5. Added by the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971 (81 of 1971), s. 9 (w.e.f. 21-1-1972).
6. Added by the Constitution (One Hundredth Amendment) Act, 2015, s. 3 (w.e.f. 31-7-2015). For
    the text of the Act, see Appendix I.

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