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The Constitution of India in English 2026: page 287

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256                      THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
                                    (First Schedule)


 Name                                           Territories
 1[10.]   2
              [Odisha]    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.
 1[11.]   Punjab The territories specified in section 11 of the States
                  Reorganisation Act, 1956 3[and the territories referred
                  to in Part II of the First Schedule to the Acquired
                                                          e
                                                       od
                  Territories (Merger) Act, 1960] 4[but excluding the
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                  territories referred to in Part II of the First Schedule to
                  the Constitution (Ninth Amendment) Act, 1960] 5[and
                                             di
                  the territories specified in sub-section (1) of section 3,
                                         In
                  section 4 and sub-section (1) of section 5 of the Punjab
                  Reorganisation Act, 1966.]
 1
  [12.]                  The territories specified in section 10 of the States
 Rajasthan               Reorganisation Act, 1956 6[but excluding the territories
                         specified in the First Schedule to the Rajasthan and
                         Madhya Pradesh (Transfer of Territories) Act, 1959].




1. Entries 8 to 14 renumbered as entries 9 to 15 by the Bombay Reorganisation Act,
   1960 (11 of 1960), s. 4 (w.e.f. 1-5-1960).
2. Subs. by the Orissa (Alteration of Name) Act, 2011 (15 of 2011), s. 6, for "Orissa"
   (w.e.f. 1-11-2011).
3. Ins. by the Acquired Territories (Merger) Act, 1960 (64 of 1960), s. 4
   (w.e.f. 17-1-1961).
4. Added by the Constitution (Ninth Amendment) Act, 1960, s. 3 (w.e.f. 17-1-1961).
5. Added by the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966 (31 of 1966), s. 7 (w.e.f. 1-11-1966).
6. Ins. by the Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh (Transfer of Territories) Act, 1959
   (47 of 1959), s. 4 (w.e.f. 1-10-1959).
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