Important Amendments

1st Amendment Act, 1951– Changes in the right to private property in pursuance with the decision of Supreme Court concerning fundamental rights. Ninth Schedule was also added to the constitution by it.

7th Amendment Act, 1956– Reorganisation of states on linguistic basis. Abolition of Class A, B, C and D states. Introduction of Union Territories.

10th Amendment Act, 1961– Dadra, Nagar, and Haveli incorporated in the Union of Indian as a Union Territory.

12th Amendment Act, 1961– Goa, Daman and Diu incorporated in the Indian Union as a Union Territory.

13th Amendment Act, 1963– Nagaland was formed with special status under Article 371A.

14th Amendment Act, 1962– Pondicherry incorporated into the Indian Union.

21st Amendment Act, 1967– Sindhi language was language into 8th Schedule of Indian Constitution.

36th Amendment Ac, 1975– Sikkim incorporated as an Indian state.

42nd Amendment Act, 1976– Fundamental Duties prescribed, India became Socialist Secular Republic. It is also known as the Mini Constitution.

44th Amendment Act, 1978– Right to Property removed from the list of fundamental rights.

61st Amendment Act, 1989– Voting age decreased from 21 to 18.

71st Amendment Act, 1992– Manipuri, Konkani, and Nepali were added in the 8th Schedule of Indian Constitution.

73rd Amendment Act, 1992– Introduction of Panchayat Raj. Addition of Part IX to the Indian Constitution.

74th Amendment Act, 1992– Introduction of Municipalities and Nagarpalikas.

86th Amendment Act, 2002– Free and compulsory education to children between 6 and 14 years.

88th Amendment Act, 2003- Service tax levied by Union and collected and appropriated by the Union and the States.

92nd Amendment Act, 2003– Santhali, Bodo, Dogri, and Maithili in the 8th Schedule of Indian Constitution.

96th Amendment Act, 2011– Replaced Odia for Oriya in the 8th Schedule to the Indian Constitution.

97th Amendment Act, 2012– Introduction of Part IXB in the Constitution of India relating to Co-operative Societies.

This list only comprise of year the amendment came in and the major changes that took place in the Constitution.

-Shikhar Swami

1 thought on “Important Amendments”

  1. Thank you for providing these important amendment list. It will ease our work and we can read the important amendments at one place.

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