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                               EIGHTH SCHEDULE
                              [Articles 344(1) and 351]
                                     Languages

       1. Assamese.
       2. Bengali.
       1
        [3. Bodo.
       4. Dogri.]
       2
        [5.] Gujarati.
       3
        [6.] Hindi.
       3
        [7.] Kannada.                                     e
       3
         [8.] Kashmiri.
                                                    od
       4 3
         [ [9.] Konkani.]                       aC
       1
         [10. Maithili.]                   di
       5
           [11.] Malayalam.             In
       4 6
         [ [12.] Manipuri.]
       6
         [13.] Marathi.
       4 6
           [ [14.] Nepali.]
       6
         [15.] 7[Odia].
       6
         [16.] Punjabi.
       6
           [17.] Sanskrit.



1. Ins. by the Constitution (Ninety-second Amendment) Act, 2003, s. 2 (w.e.f. 7-1-2004).
2. Entry 3 renumbered as entry 5 by s. 2, ibid. (w.e.f. 7-1-2004).
3. Entries 4 to 7 renumbered as entries 6 to 9 by s. 2, ibid. (w.e.f. 7-1-2004).
4. Ins. by the Constitution (Seventy-first Amendment) Act, 1992, s. 2 (w.e.f. 31-8-1992).
5. Entry 8 renumbered as entry 11 by the Constitution (Ninety-second Amendment) Act,
   2003, s. 2 (w.e.f. 7-1-2004).
6. Entries 9 to 14 renumbered as entries 12 to 17 by s. 2, ibid. (w.e.f. 7-1-2004).
7. Subs. by the Constitution (Ninety-sixth Amendment) Act, 2011, s. 2, for "Oriya"
   (w.e.f. 23-9-2011).


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