Impact of the 7th Amendment of Indian Constitution
There are many states on which this Act impacted a lot. Some of them are:
- Andhra Pradesh: This state was established specifically for Telugu people.
- Karnataka: The previous state of Mysore was reorganized to create the state of Karnataka for Kannada-speaking people.
- Haryana: A separate state for people of the Hindi language, Haryana was created from the old state of Punjab.
- West Bengal: During the reorganization, the Darjeeling district was moved from Bihar to West Bengal.
- Bombay (now Gujarat and Maharashtra): The formerly Bombay State was split into the states of Gujarat for Gujarati people and Maharashtra for Marathi people.
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