Articles amended in the 7th Amendment of Indian Constitution
Several articles were amended due to the Seventh Amendment Act. These include:
- Article 1: This article has been updated to reflect the changes as the names and territory of the newly created states were adjusted by the Seventh Amendment.
- Eighth Schedule: The reorganization of states along linguistic lines led to the addition of new languages in the Eighth Schedule that reflects the linguistic diversity of the newly formed states.
- Article 4: Article 4 was amended to provide the President of India with the authority to make regulations for the peace and good government of the reorganized states.
7th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1956
The Indian Constitution’s Seventh Amendment Act, 1956 was passed to solve the problem of state reorganization in India, which is primarily caused by linguistic/language and cultural reasons. India had a number of provinces and princely states before it gained its independence in 1947. Demands for the reorganization of states to better reflect the diversity of languages and cultures across the nation arose as a result of the previous administrative boundaries’ inconsistent alignment with linguistic and cultural regions. For instance, Karnataka was created for Kannada speakers, Tamil Nadu for Tamil speakers, and Kerala for Malayalam speakers.
Table of Content
- What is the 7th Amendment of Indian Constitution, 1956?
- Why 7th Amendment of Indian Constitution was Formed?
- Major Provisions of the 7th Amendment of Indian Constitution
- Impact of the 7th Amendment of Indian Constitution
- Articles amended in the 7th Amendment of Indian Constitution
- Articles newly inserted by 7th Amendment of Indian Constitution
- Articles Substituted in 7th Amendment of Indian Constitution
- Advantages of 7th Amendment of Indian Constitution
- Criticisms of 7th Amendment of Indian Constitution