3. Establishment of the State of Manipur.—On and from the appointed day there shall be
established a new State, to be known as the State of Manipur, comprising the territories which
immediately before that day were comprised in the Union territory of Manipur.
4. Establishment of the State of Tripura.—On and from the appointed day there shall be established
a new State, to be known as the State of Tripura, comprising the territories which immediately before that
day were comprised in the Union territory of Tripura.
5. Formation of the State of Meghalaya.—On and from the appointed day there shall be formed a
new State, to be known as the State of Meghalaya, comprising—
(a) the territories which immediately before that day were comprised in the autonomous State of
Meghalaya formed under section 3 of the Assam Reorganisation (Meghalaya) Act, 1969 (55 of 1969);
and
(b) so much of the territories comprised within the cantonment and municipality of Shillong as did
not form part of that autonomous State,
and thereupon the said territotries shall cease to form part of the existing State of Assam.
6. Formation of the Union territory of Mizoram.—On and from the appointed day there shall be
formed a new Union territory, to be known as the Union territory of Mizoram, comprising the territories
which immediately before that day were comprised in the Mizo District in the existing State of Assam and
thereupon the said territories shall cease to form part of the existing State of Assam.
7. Formation of the Union territory of Arunachal Pradesh.—On and from the appointed day there
shall be formed a new Union territory, to be known as the Union territory of Arunachal Pradesh,
comprising the territories which immediately before that day were comprised in the tribal areas specified
in Part B of the table appended to paragraph 20 of the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution (but excluding
the areas covered by notification No. TAD/R/35/50/109, dated the 23rd February, 1951 issued by the
Governor of Assam under the proviso to sub-paragraph (3) of the said paragraph 20) and known as the
North-East Frontier Agency and thereupon the said territories shall cease to form part of the existing State
of Assam.
8. Territories of State of the Assam.—On and from the appointed day the State of Assam shall
comprise the territories of the existing State of Assam other than those specified in sections 5, 6 and 7.
9. Amendment of first Schedule to the Constitution.—On and from the appointed day, in the First
Schedule to the Constitution,—
(a) under the heading “I. THE STATES”,—
(i) in the paragraph relating to the territories of the State of Assam, the following shall be
added at the end, namely:—
“and the territories specified in sections 5, 6 and 7 of the North-Eastern Areas
(Reorganisation) Act, 1971”;
(ii) after entry 18 the following entries shall be inserted, namely:—
“19. Manipur The territory which immediately before the commencement of this
Constitution was being administered as if it were a Chief Commissioner’s
Province under the name of Manipur.
20. Tripura The territory which immediately before the commencement of this
Constitution was being administered as if it were a Chief Commissioner’s
Province under the name of Tripura.
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21. Meghalaya The territories specified in section 5 of the North-Eastern Areas
(Reorganisation) Act, 1971.”;
(b) under the heading “II. THE UNION TERRITORIES”.—
(i) entries 2 and 3 shall be omitted and entries 4 to 9 shall be re-numbered as entries 2 to 7
respectively;
(ii) after entry 7 as so re-numbered, the following entries shall be inserted, namely:—
“8. Mizoram The territories specified in section 6 of the North-Eastern Areas
(Reorganisation) Act, 1971.
9. Arunachal The territories specified in section 7 of the North-Eastern Areas
(Reorganisation) Act, 1971.”.