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254                   THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
                                  (First Schedule)


 Name                                          Territories
                      1
 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 (a) 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
                                                          e
                     section 3 of the Bihar and West Bengal
                                                     od
                     (Transfer of Territories) Act, 1956, and the territories
                     specified in clause (b) of aC    sub-section (1) of section
                     3 of the first mentioned Act 2[and the territories
                                            di
                     specified in section 3 of the Bihar Reorganisation Act,
                     2000].]
                                        In
 3
     [4. Gujarat   The territories referred to in sub-section (1) of section 3 of
                     the Bombay Reorganisation Act, 1960.]
 5. 4[Keralam]       The territories specified in sub-section (1) of section 5
                     of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956.
 6. Madhya           The territories specified in sub-section (1) of section 9 of
    Pradesh          the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 5[and the First
                     Schedule to the Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh (Transfer
                     of Territories) Act, 1959], 6[but excluding the territories
                     specified in section 3 of the Madhya Pradesh
                     Reorganisation Act, 2000].


1. Subs. by the Bihar and Uttar Pradesh (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1968
   (24 of 1968), s. 4, for the former entry (w.e.f. 10-6-1970).
2. Added by the Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000 (30 of 2000), s. 5 (w.e.f. 15-11- 2000).
3. Subs. by the Bombay Reorganisation Act, 1960 (11 of 1960), s. 4 (w.e.f. 1-5-1960).
4. Subs. by the Kerala (Alteration of Name) Act, 2026 (18 of 2026), s. 6, for “Kerala”
   (w.e.f. 25-8-2026).
5. Ins. by the Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh (Transfer of Territories) Act, 1959
   (47 of 1959), s. 4 (w.e.f. 1-10-1959).
6. Added by the Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000 (28 of 2000), s. 5
   (w.e.f. 1-11-2000).

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