Article 1, 2 of Constitution of India 1949

What is Preamble? What is Name and territory of the Union? What is the procedure for Admission or establishment of new States? Preamble, Article 1 and 2 of Constitution of India, 1949

Preamble, Name and territory of the Union Admission or establishment of new States are defined under preamble, Article 1 and Article 2 of Constitution of India 1949. Provisions under these Articles are:

 

 

"Preamble"

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.

 

Article 1 of Constitution of India "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-

1. The territories of the States; the Union territories specified in the First Schedule; and such other territories as may be acquired.

 

Article 2 of Constitution of India "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