3. Transfer of territory from Hyderabad to Andhra and alteration of name.―(1) As from the
appointed day, there shall be added to the State of Andhra the territories comprised in—
(a) the districts of Hyderabad, Medak, Nizamabad, Karimnagar, Warangal, Khammam, Nalgonda
and Mahbubnagar;
(b) Alampur and Gadwal taluks of Raichur district and Kodangal taluk of Gulbarga district;
(c) Tandur taluk of Gulbarga district;
(d) Zahirabad taluk (except Nirna circle), Nyalkal circle of Bidar taluk and Narayankhed taluk of
Bidar district;
(e) Bichkonda and Jukkal circles of Deglur taluk of Nanded district; and
(f) Mudhol, Bhiansa and Kuber circles of Mudhol taluk of Nanded district; and
(g) Adilabad district except Islapur circle of Boath taluk, Kinwat taluk and Rajura taluk; and
thereupon the said territories shall cease to form part of the existing State of Hyderabad and the State
of Andhra shall be known as the State of Andhra Pradesh.
(2) The territories referred to in clauses (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) of sub-section (1) shall be included in,
and become part of, Mahbubnagar, Hyderabad, Medak, Nizamabad and Adilabad districts, respectively,
in the State of Andhra Pradesh.
4. Transfer of territory from Travancore-Cochin to Madras.―As from the appointed day, there
shall be added to the State of Madras the territories comprised in the Agastheeswaram, Thovala,
Kalkulam and Vilavancode taluks of Trivandrum district and the Shencottah taluk of Quilon district; and
thereupon—
(a) the said territories shall cease to form part of the existing State of Travancore-Cochin;
(b) the territories comprised in the Agastheeswaram, Thovala, Kalkulam and Vilavancode taluks
shall form a separate district to be known as Kanya Kumari district in the State of Madras; and
(c) the territories comprised in the Shencottah taluk shall be included in, and become part of,
Tirunelveli district in the State of Madras.
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5. Formation of Kerala State.―(1) As from the appointed day, there shall be formed a new 1
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State to be known as the State of Kerala comprising the following territories, namely:―
(a) the territories of the existing State of Travancore Cochin, excluding the territories transferred
to the State of Madras by section 4; and
(b) the territories comprised in—
(i) Malabar district, excluding the islands of Laccadive and Minicoy, and
(ii) Kasaragod taluk of South Kanara district;
and thereupon the said territories shall cease to form part of the States of Travancore-Cochin and Madras,
respectively.
(2) The territories specified in clause (b) of sub-section (1) shall form a separate district to be known
as Malabar district in the State of Kerala.
6. Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands.―As from the appointed day, there shall be formed a
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[Union territory] to be known as the Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands comprising the Laccadive
and Minicoy Islands in the Malabar district and the Amindivi Islands in the South Kanara district; and
thereupon the said Islands shall cease to form part of the existing State of Madras.
7. Formation of a new Mysore State.―(1) As from the appointed day, there shall be formed a new
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(a) the territories of the existing State of Mysore;
(b) Belgaum district except Chandgad taluka and Bijapur, Dharwar and Kanara districts, in the
existing State of Bombay;
(c) Gulbarga district except Kodangal and Tandur taluks, Raichur district except Alampur and
Gadwal taluks, and Bidar district except Ahmadpur, Nilanga and Udgir taluks and the portions
specified in clause (d) of sub-section (1) of section 3, in the existing State of Hyderabad;
(d) South Kanara district except Kasaragod taluk and Amindivi Islands, and Kollegal taluk of
Coimbatore district, in the State of Madras; and
(e) the territories of the existing State of Coorg; and thereupon the said territories shall cease to
form part of the said existing States of Mysore, Bombay, Hyderabad, Madras and Coorg, respectively.
(2) The territory comprised in the existing State of Coorg shall form a separate district to be known as
Coorg district, and the said Kollegal taluk shall be included in, and become part of, Mysore district, in the
new State of Mysore.
8. Formation of a new Bombay State.―(1) As from the appointed day, there shall be formed a new
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(a) the territories of the existing State of Bombay, excluding—
(i) Bijapur, Dharwar and Kanara districts and Belgaum district except Chandgad taluka, and
(ii) Abu Road taluka of Banaskantha district;
(b) Aurangabad, Parbhani, Bhir and Osmanabad districts, Ahmadpur, Nilanga and Udgir taluks of
Bidar district, Nanded district (except Bichkonda and Jukkal circles of Deglur taluk and Mudhol,
1. The word and letter “Part A” omitted by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 1) Order, 1956.
2. Subs., ibid., for “New Part C State”.
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Bhiansa and Kuber circles of Mudhol taluk) and Islapur circle of Boath taluk, Kinwat taluk and
Rajura taluk of Adilabad district, in the existing State of Hyderabad;
(c) Buldana, Akola, Amravati, Yeotmal, Wardha, Nagpur, Bhandara and Chanda districts in the
existing State of Madhya Pradesh;
(d) the territories of the existing State of Saurashtra; and
(e) the territories of the existing State of Kutch; and thereupon the said territories shall cease to
form part of the existing States of Bombay, Hyderabad, Madhya Pradesh, Saurashtra and Kutch,
respectively.
(2) The said Chandgad taluka shall be included in, and become part of, Kolhapur district, the said
Ahmadpur, Nilanga and Udgir taluks shall be included in, and become part of, Osmanabad district, the
said Islapur circle of Boath taluk, Kinwat taluk and Rajura taluk shall be included in, and become part of,
Nanded district and the territories comprised in the existing State of Kutch shall form a separate district to
be known as Kutch district, in the new State of Bombay.
9. Formation of a new Madhya Pradesh State.―(1) As from the appointed day, there shall be
formed a new 1
*** State to be known as the State of Madhya Pradesh comprising the following
territories, namely:―
(a) the territories of the existing State of Madhya Pradesh, except the districts mentioned in
clause (c) of sub-section (1) of section 8;
(b) the territories of the existing State of Madhya Bharat, except Sunel tappa of Bhanpura tahsil
of Mandsaur district;
(c) Sironj sub-division of Kotah district in the existing State of Rajasthan;
(d) the territories of the existing State of Bhopal; and
(e) the territories of the existing State of Vindhya Pradesh; and thereupon the said territories shall
cease to form part of the existing States of Madhya Pradesh, Madhya Bharat, Rajasthan, Bhopal and
Vindhya Pradesh, respectively.
(2) The said Sironj sub-division shall be included in, and become part of, Bhilsa district in the new
State of Madhya Pradesh.
10. Formation of a new Rajasthan State.―(1) As from the appointed day, there shall be formed a
new 1
*** State to be known as the State of Rajasthan comprising the following territories, namely:―
(a) the territories of the existing State of Rajasthan, except Sironj sub-division of Kotah district;
(b) the territories of the existing State of Ajmer;
(c) Abu Road taluka of Banaskantha district in the existing State of Bombay; and
(d) Sunel tappa of Bhanpura tahsil of Mandsaur district in the existing State of Madhya Bharat;
and thereupon the said territories shall cease to form part of the said States of Rajasthan, Ajmer, Bombay
and Madhya Bharat, respectively.
(2) The territories comprised in the existing State of Ajmer shall form a separate district to be known
as Ajmer district, and the territories referred to in clauses (c) and (d) of sub-section (1) shall be included
in, and become part of, Sirohi and Jhalawar districts, respectively, in the new State of Rajasthan.
11. Formation of a new Punjab State.―As from the appointed day, there shall be formed a new
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(a) the territories of the existing State of Punjab; and
1. The word and letter “Part A” omitted by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 1) Order, 1956.
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(b) the territories of the existing State of Patiala and East Punjab States Union; and thereupon the
said territories shall cease to form part of the said existing States of Punjab and Patiala and East
Punjab States Union, respectively.
12. Amendment of the First Schedule to the Constitution.―As from the appointed day, in the First
Schedule to the Constitution, for Part A, Part B and Part C, the following Parts shall be substituted,
namely:―
“PART A
Name Territories
1. Andhra Pradesh . . . The territories specified in sub-section (1) of section 3 of the
Andhra State Act, 1953, and the territories specified in
sub-section (1) of section 3 of the States Reorganisation Act,
1956.
2. Assam . . . . . . The territories which immediately before the
commencement of this Constitution were comprised in the
Province of Assam, the Khasi States and the Assam Tribal
Areas, but excluding the territories specified in the Schedule
to the Assam (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1951.
3. Bihar . . . . . . The territories which immediately before the
commencement of this Constitution were either comprised
in the Province of Bihar or were being administered as if
they formed part of that Province.
4. Bombay . . . . . The territories specified in sub-section (1) of section 8 of the
States Reorganisation Act, 1956.
5. Kerala . . . . . The territories specified in sub-section (1) of section 5 of the
States Reorganisation Act, 1956.
6. Madhya Pradesh. . . The territories specified in sub-section (1) of section 9 of the
States Reorganisation Act, 1956.
7. Madras . . . . . The territories which immediately before the
commencement of this Constitution were either comprised
in the Province of Madras or were being administered as if
they formed part of that Province and the territories specified
in section 4 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, but
excluding the territories specified in sub-section (1) of
section 3 and sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Andhra
State Act, 1953, and the territories specified in clause (b) of
sub- section (1) of section 5, section 6 and clause (d) of
sub-section (1) of section 7 of the States Reorganisation Act,
1956.
8. Mysore . . . . . The territories specified in sub-section (1) of section 7 of the
States Reoganisation Act, 1956.
9. Orissa . . . . . The territories which immediately before the
commencement of this Constitution were either comprised
in the Province of Orissa or were being administered as if
they formed part of that Province.
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Name Territories
10. Punjab . . . . . The territories specified in section 11 of the States
Reorganisation Act, 1956.
11. Rajasthan . . . . The territories specified in section 10 of the States
Reorganisation Act, 1956.
12. Uttar Pradesh . . . The territories which immediately before the
commencement of this Constitution were either comprised
in the Province known as the United Provinces or were
being administered as if they formed part of that Province.
13. West Bengal . . . . The territories which immediately before the
commencement of this Constitution were either comprised
in the Province of West Bengal or were being administered
as if they formed part of that Province and the territory of
Chandernagore as defined in clause (c) of section 2 of the
Chandernagore (Merger) Act, 1954.
PART B
Name Territory
1. Jammu and Kashmir . . The territory which immediately before the commencement
of this Constitution was comprised in the Indian State of
Jammu and Kashmir.
PART C
Name Territory
1. Delhi . . . . . . The territory which immediately before the commencement
of this Constitution was comprised in the Chief
Commissioner's Province of Delhi.
2. Himachal Pradesh . . The territories which immediately before the
commencement of the Himachal Pradesh and Bilaspur (New
State) Act, 1954, were comprised in the States of Himachal
Pradesh and Bilaspur.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. The Laccadive Minicoy and Amindivi
Islands.
The territory specified in section 6 of the States
Reorganisation Act, 1956.”
13. Saving powers of State Governments.―Nothing in the foregoing provisions of this Part shall be
deemed to affect the power of a State Government to alter after the appointed day the name, extent and
boundaries of any district or division in the State.