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The Constitution of India in English 2026: page 288

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257                    THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
                                    (First Schedule)


 Name                                             Territories
 1                     2
  [13.] Uttar             [The territories which immediately before the
 Pradesh               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
                                                             e
                       (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1968, 3[and the territories
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                       specified in section 3 of the Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation
                                                  aC
                       Act, 2000] 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.]
                                              di
 1                     The      territories    which     immediately     before      the
  [14.] West                              In
 Bengal                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 and 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
                       4
                         [and also the territories referred to in Part III of the First
                       Schedule but excluding the territories referred to in Part III of
                       the Second Schedule to the Constitution (One Hundredth
                       Amendment) Act, 2015, notwithstanding anything contained
                       in clause (c) of section 3 of the Constitution (Ninth
                       Amendment) Act, 1960, so far as it relates to the territories
                       referred to in Part III of the First Schedule and the territories
                       referred to in Part III of the Second Schedule to the
                       Constitution (One Hundredth Amendment) Act, 2015.]



1. Entries 8 to 14 renumbered as entries 9 to 15 by the the Bombay Reorganisation Act,
   1960 (11 of 1960), s. 4 (w.e.f. 1-5-1960).
2. Subs. by the Haryana and Uttar Pradesh (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1979 (31 of
   1979), s. 5, for the entry against "13. Uttar Pradesh" (w.e.f. 15-9-1983).
3. Ins. by the Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000 (29 of 2000), s. 5 (w.e.f. 9-11-2000).
4. 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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