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India's Constitution of 1949 with Amendments through 2002
WE, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a SOVEREIGN SOCIALIST SECULAR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC and to secure to all its citizens: • JUSTICE, social, economic and political; • LIBERTY of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship; • EQUALITY of status and of opportunity; and to promote among them all • FRATERNITY assuring the dignity of the individual and the unity and integrity of the Nation; IN OUR CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY this twenty-sixth day of November, 1949, do HEREBY ADOPT, ENACT AND GIVE TO OURSELVES THIS CONSTITUTION.
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PART I
THE UNION AND ITS TERRITORY
1 Name and territory of the Union
(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.
2 Admission or establishment of new States
Parliament may by law admit into the Union, or establish, new States on such terms and conditions as it thinks fit.
2A
Sikkim to be associated with the Union.--Rep. by the Constitution (Thirty-sixth Amendment) Act, 1975, s. 5(w.e.f. 26-4-1975).
3 Formation of new States and alteration of areas, boundaries or names of existing 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...