Indian Constitution 5

ഭരണഘടനയുടെ ഒന്നാം ഭാഗം, സംസ്ഥാനങ്ങളുടെ രൂപീകരണം, പുനരേകീകരണം തുടങ്ങിയ കാര്യങ്ങളാണ് ഇന്നത്തെ പാഠത്തിൽ ഉൾപ്പെടുത്തിയിരിക്കുന്നത്.

• Article 1 of India constitution defined India as

                  India, that is Bharat, shall be a Union of states

• Indian constitution is described as 

                  Federal in term but unitary in nature

• Nature of Indian constitution is called as 

                  Quasi-Federal

• First part of Indian constitution is discussing about 

                  Union and its Territory

• Who have the privilage to form new states, alter the boundaries, rename states etc 

                  Parliament

• Reason for calling India as "Indestructible union of destructible states"

                  The very existence of a state depends upon Parliamnet\Centre

• Example of "Indestructible union of Indestructible states"

                  American Federation

• Majority needed to form a new state by the parliament is 

                  Simple Majority

• Article deals with formation of new states

                  Article 3

• Parliament bill related to the formation\alteration of states needs prior recommendation from

                  The President

• No of princely states at the time of Indian Independencd

                  565

• The three princely states which not joined Indian union at the time of Independence

                  Kashmir, Junagarh, Hyderabad

• Princely state which was added to India through the Instrument of Accession

                  Kashmir

• Princely state which was added to India through referendum

                  Junagarh

• Princely state which was added to India through Military operation

                  Hyderabad

• Military operation by India to annex Hyderabad to the Union

                  Operation Polo

• Man behind the unification of India

                  Sardar Vallabhai Patel

• Secretary to the department of states which formed for the unification of princely states

                  VP Menon

• Malayali who supported Sardar Patel for the unification of princely states

                  VP Menon

• Chairman of the linguistic provinces commision appointed by Govt of India in 1948

                  SK Dhar

• Members of the linguistic provinces committee (JVP Committee) appointed by INC 1948

                  Jawaharlal Nehru, Vallabhai Pattel, Pattabhi Sita Ramayya

• First state formed on the base of language

                  Andhra

• Andhra state formed on 

                  1953 October 1st

• Revolutionary who lost his life in hunger strike for Andhra state

                  Potty Sreeramulu (56 days hunger strike)

• Revolutionary who called as "Amarajeevi"

                  Potty Sreeramulu

• Chairman of State re-organization commission appointed by Govt of India in 1953

                  Fazal Ali

• Other members of Fazal Ali commission

                  Sardar KM Panicker and HN Khunsru

• State re-organization Act 1956 is recommended by

                  Fazal Ali Commission

• No of states and Union Territories formed on 1956 Nov 1

                  14 states and 6 Union Territories

• States and formed on 1956 Nov 1

                  Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bombay, Jammu and Kashmir, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Madras, Mysore, Orissa, Punjab. Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal

• Union Territories formed on 1956 Nov 1

                  Himachal Pradesh, Andaman Nicobar, Delhi, Lakshadweep, Manipur and Tripura

• Criterion for State re-organization in 1956 was

                  Language

• 15th State of India

                  Gujarat (1960)

• 25th State of India

                  Goa (1987)

• Goa liberated from Portuguese in 

                  1961

• 26th State of India

                  Utharakhand (2000)

• 27th State of India

                  Chathisgad (2000)

• 28th State of India

                  Jharkhand (2000)

• 29th State of India

                  Telangana (2014 June 2)
                                                                                          (To be continue...)