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Union, State and Territory

Article 1: Name and Territory

(1) India, that is Bharat, shall be a Union of States.

(2) The States and the territories thereof shall be as specified in the First Schedule.

(3) The territory of India shall comprise

             (a) the territories of the States;

                       (b) the Union territories specified in the First Schedule; and

             (c) such other territories as may be acquired.

Article 2: Admission of states

Parliament may by law admit into the Union, or establish, new States on such terms and conditions as it thinks fit.

Article 3: Alteration of States

Parliament may by law— 

(a) form a new State by separation of territory from any State or by uniting two or more States or parts of States or by uniting any territory to a part of any State;

(b) increase the area of any State;

(c) diminish the area of any State;

(d) alter the boundaries of any State;

(e) alter the name of any State:

Article 4 

(2) No such law as aforesaid shall be deemed to be an amendment of this Constitution for the purposes of article 368.

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Important Points to remember

1. Part 1 of the constitution deals with the Union and its territory.
2. The First Schedule consists of the names of the States, Union territories and their territorial jurisdiction.
3. Andhra pradesh is the first linguistic state formed after independence in October 1953.

4. Committees related with State reorganisation
   	Appointed	Report	Remarks
   S K Dhar Commission	June 1948	Dec 1948	Rejected language as the basis for reorganisation
   JVP Committee	Dec 1948	April 1949	Rejected language as the basis for reorganization
   Fazl Ali Commission	Dec 1953	Sept 1955	Accepted language as the basis for reorganization

5. States Reorganisation Act - 1956

6. States and Year of its Formation
   1960	15th State	Gujarat
   1963	16th State	Nagaland
   1966	17th State	Haryana
   1971	18th State	Himachal Pradesh
   1972	19th State	Manipur
   	20th State	Tripura
   	21st  State	Meghalaya
   1975	22nd State	Sikkim*
   1987	23rd State	Mizoram
   	24th State	Arunachal Pradesh
   	25th State	Goa
   2000	26th State	Chhattisgarh
   	27th State	Uttarakhand
   	28th State	Jharkhand
   2014	29th State	Telengana

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