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The Constitution of India in English 2026: page 290

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259                       THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
                                       (First Schedule)


    Name                                            Territories
1
    [19.]     Tripura      The territory which immediately before the
                          commencement of this Constitution was being
                          administered as if it were a Chief Commissioner’s
                          Province under the name of Tripura 2[and the territories
                          referred to in Part II of the First Schedule to the
                          Constitution (One Hundredth Amendment) Act, 2015,
                          notwithstanding anything contained in clause (d) of
                          section 3 of the Constitution (Ninth Amendment) Act,
                          1960, so far as it relates to the territories referred to in
                                                                e
                          Part II of the First Schedule to the Constitution (One
                                                           od
                          Hundredth Amendment) Act, 2015.]
1
    [20.] Meghalaya                                  aC
                          The territories specified in section 5 of the North-Eastern
                          Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971] 2[and the territories referred to
                                                 di
                          in Part I of the First Schedule but excluding the territories
                                             In
                          referred to in Part II of the Second Schedule to the Constitution
                          (One Hundredth Amendment) Act, 2015.]
1 3
    [ [21.] Sikkim      The territories which immediately before the commencement of
                          the Constitution (Thirty-sixth Amendment) Act, 1975, were
                          comprised in Sikkim.]
1 4
    [ [22.] Mizoram      The territories specified in section 6 of the North-Eastern
                         Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971.]
1 5
    [ [23.] Arunachal     The territories specified in section 7 of the North-Eastern
    Pradesh               Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971.]
    1 6
     [ [24.] Goa          The territories specified in section 3 of the Goa, Daman and
                          Diu Reorganisation Act, 1987.]


1. Entries 16 to 29 renumbered as entries 15 to 28 by the Jammu and Kashmir
   Reorganisation Act, 2019 (34 of 2019), s. 6 (w.e.f. 31-10-2019).
2. 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.
3. Ins. by the Constitution (Thirty-sixth Amendment) Act, 1975, s. 2 (w.e.f. 26-4-1975).
4. Ins. by the State of Mizoram Act, 1986 (34 of 1986), s. 4 (w.e.f. 20-2-1987).
5. Ins. by the State of Arunachal Pradesh Act, 1986 (69 of 1986), s. 4 (w.e.f. 20-2-1987).
6. Ins. by the Goa, Daman and Diu Reorganisation Act, 1987 (18 of 1987), s. 5
   (w.e.f. 30-5-1987).
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