Part I & II — Union, States & Citizenship

Article 1 — India

Union of States

Article 1 — Territory of India

States + Union Territories + acquired territories

Article 2 — New States

Parliament may admit or establish new States

Article 3 — New States

Formation & alteration of areas, boundaries or names

Article 3 — Bill for State Reorganisation

Requires President's recommendation

Article 4 — Articles 2 & 3 Laws

Not treated as amendment under Article 368

Article 4 — Amendment Type

Simple majority

Berubari Union Case — Year

1959

Berubari Union Case — Cession of Indian Territory

Article 368 applicable

Indo-Bangladesh Agreement — Year

2014

Indo-Bangladesh Agreement — Constitutional Amendment

100th Amendment

S. K. Dhar Commission — Year

1948

S. K. Dhar Commission — State Formation Basis

Administrative convenience

S. K. Dhar Commission — Linguistic Basis

Rejected

JVP Committee — Year

1948

JVP Committee — Members

Nehru, Vallabhbhai Patel & Pattabhi Sitaramayya

JVP Committee — Linguistic States

Rejected

Potti Sriramulu — Fast

56 days

Potti Sriramulu — Death

Led to formation of Andhra Pradesh

First Linguistic State — Year

1953

First Linguistic State

Andhra Pradesh

First Linguistic State — Language

Telugu

Fazal Ali Commission — Year

1953

Fazal Ali Commission — Chairman

Fazal Ali

Fazal Ali Commission — Members

K. M. Panikkar & H. N. Kunzru

Fazal Ali Commission — Linguistic Basis

Accepted

Fazal Ali Commission — One Language One State

Rejected

States Reorganisation Act — Year

1956

Sikkim — Full Statehood

36th Amendment, 1975

Sikkim — Associate State

35th Amendment, 1974

Goa — Statehood

1987

Arunachal Pradesh — Statehood

1987

Mizoram — Statehood

1987

Citizenship — Articles

5–11

Citizenship — Regulated By

Parliament

Single Citizenship — Source

UK

Article 5 — Citizenship

Citizenship at commencement of Constitution

Article 6 — Citizenship

Persons migrated to India from Pakistan

Article 7 — Citizenship

Certain migrants to Pakistan

Article 8 — Citizenship

Persons of Indian origin residing outside India

Article 9 — Citizenship

Voluntarily acquiring foreign citizenship

Article 10 — Citizenship

Continuance of citizenship rights

Article 11 — Citizenship

Parliament regulates citizenship by law

Citizenship Act — Year

1955

Citizenship — Acquisition

Birth, descent, registration, naturalisation & incorporation of territory

Citizenship — Loss

Renunciation, termination & deprivation

Renunciation — Meaning

Voluntary giving up of citizenship

Termination — Meaning

Voluntarily acquiring citizenship of another country

Deprivation — Meaning

Citizenship taken away under specified conditions