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Amend articles
31, 35 band
27 April Restrictions on property rights and inclusion of Jawaharl Rajendra
4th 305.
1955 related bills in Schedule 9 of the constitution. al Nehru Prasad
Amend
schedule 9.[9]
Amend articles
1, 3, 49, 80,
81, 82, 131,
153, 158, 168,
170, 171, 216,
217, 220, 222,
224, 230, 231
and 232.
1 Reorganisation of states on linguistic lines,
Insert articles Jawaharl Rajendra
7th November abolition of Class A, B, C, D states and
258A, 290A, al Nehru Prasad
1956 introduction of Union territories.
298, 350A,
350B, 371,
372A and
378A.
Amend part 8.
Amend
schedules 1, 2,
4 and 7.[12]
Amend article
Incorporation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli as a
240. 11 August Jawaharl Rajendra
10th Union Territory, consequent to acquisition
Amend 1961 al Nehru Prasad
from Portugal.
schedule 1.[15]
Amend article
1 Sarvepalli
170. Formation of State of Nagaland, with special Jawaharl
13th December Radhakrish
Insert new protection under Article 371A. al Nehru
1963 nan
article 371A.[18]
Amend articles
81 and 240.
Incorporation of Pondicherry into the Union of
Insert article 28 Sarvepalli
India and creation of Legislative Assemblies Jawaharl
14th 239A. December Radhakrish
for Himachal Pradesh, Tripura, Manipur and al Nehru
Amend 1962 nan
Goa.
schedules 1
and 4.[19]
Amend articles
124, 128, 217,
222, 224, 226,
Raise retirement age of High Court judges
297, 311 and Sarvepalli
5 October from 60 to 62 and other minor amendments for Jawaharl
15th 316. Radhakrish
1963 rationalising interpretation of rules regarding al Nehru
Insert article nan
judges etc.
224A.
Amend
schedule 7.[20]
Amend articles
Make it obligatory for seekers of public office Sarvepalli
19, 84 and 173. 5 October Jawaharl
16th to swear their allegiance to the Indian Republic Radhakrish
Amend 1963 al Nehru
[21] and prescribe the various obligatory templates. nan
schedule 3.
11 Lal Sarvepalli
Amend article Abolish Election Tribunals and enable trial of
19th December Bahadur Radhakrish
324.[24] election petitions by regular High Courts.
1966 Shastri nan
Indemnify & validate judgments, decrees,
orders and sentences passed by judges and to
validate the appointment, posting, promotion
22 Lal Sarvepalli
Insert article and transfer of judges barring a few who were
20th December Bahadur Radhakrish
233A.[25] not eligible for appointment under article 233.
1966 Shastri nan
Amendment needed to overcome the effect of
judgment invalidating appointments of certain
judges in the state of Uttar Pradesh.
Sarvepalli
Amend 10 April Indira
21st Include Sindhi as an official language. Radhakrish
schedule 8.[26] 1967 Gandhi
nan
Amend article
275. 25
22n Provision to form Autonomous states within Indira
Insert articles September V. V. Giri
d the State of Assam. Gandhi
244A and 1969
371B.[27]
5
Amend articles Enable parliament to dilute fundamental rights Indira
24th November V. V. Giri
13 and 368.[29] through amendments to the constitution. Gandhi
1971
26th Amend article 28 Abolition of privy purse paid to former rulers Indira V. V. Giri
366. December of princely states which were incorporated into Gandhi
Insert article 1971 the Indian Republic.
363A.
Remove
articles 291
and 362.[31]
(i)30
Amend articles
December
239A and 240. Reorganisation of Mizoram into a Union
1971 & Indira
27th Insert articles Territory with a legislature and council of V. V. Giri
(ii) 15 Gandhi
239B and ministers.
February
371C.[32]
1972 [33]
Insert article
Rationalise Civil Service rules to make it
312A. 29 August Indira
28th uniform across those appointed prior to V. V. Giri
Remove article 1972 Gandhi
Independence and post independence.
314.[34]
Amend article
371.
Insert
32n 1 July Protection of regional rights in Telangana and Indira
articles 371D a V. V. Giri
d 1974 Andhra regions of State of Andhra Pradesh. Gandhi
nd 371E.
Amend
schedule 7.[38]
34th Amend 7 Place land reform acts and amendments to Indira Fakhruddi
schedule 9.[40] September these act under Schedule 9 of the constitution. Gandhi n Ali
1974 Ahmed
Amend articles
80 and 81.
Fakhruddi
Insert article 1 March Terms and Conditions for the Incorporation of Indira
35th n Ali
2A. 1975 Sikkim into the Union of India. Gandhi
Ahmed
Insert schedule
10.[41]
Amend articles
80 and 81.
Insert article
371F.
Remove article Fakhruddi
26 April Formation of Sikkim as a State within the Indira
36th 2A. n Ali
1975 Indian Union. Gandhi
Amend Ahmed
schedules 1
and 4.
Remove
schedule 10.[42]
Amend articles
123, 213, Fakhruddi
1 August Enhances the powers of President and Indira
38th 239B, 352, n Ali
1975 Governors to pass ordinances. Gandhi
356, 359 and Ahmed
360.[44]
Indira Fakhruddi
39th Amend articles 10 August Amendment designed to negate the judgement Gandhi n Ali
71 and 329. 1975 of Allahabad High Court invalidating Prime Ahmed
Insert article Minister Indira Gandhi's election to parliament.
329A. Amendment placed restrictions on judicial
Amend scrutiny of post of Prime Minister. The
schedule 9.[45] amendment was introduced and passed in the
Lok Sabha on 7 August 1975 and again
introduced and passed in the Rajya Sabha on 8
August 1975. As many as 17 State Assemblies,
summoned on Saturday, 9 August ratified this
amendment and President Fakhruddin Ali
Ahmad gave his assent on Sunday, 10 August
and the civil servants issued gazette
notification on Sunday, 10 August 1975. As a
consequence of this amendment to the
Constitution of India, Supreme Court of India's
scheduled hearing on 11 August 1975 of
Petition challenging Prime Minister Indira
Gandhi's election became infructuous.[46]
Atal A. P. J.
92n Amend 7 January Include Bodo, Dogri, Santali and Mathili as
Bihari Abdul
d schedule 8.[103] 2004 official languages.
Vajpayee Kalam
To enable provision of reservation (27%)
A. P. J.
Amend article 20 January for Other Backward Class(OBCs) in Manmoh
93rd Abdul
15.[104] 2006 government as well as private educational an Singh
Kalam
institutions.
To provide for a Minister of Tribal Welfare in A. P. J.
Amend article 12 June Manmoh
94th newly created Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh Abdul
164.[105] 2006 an Singh
States including Madhya Pradesh and Orissa. Kalam
To extend the reservation of seats for SCs and
Amend article 25 January STs and Anglo-Indian in the Lok Sabha and Manmoh Pratibha
95th
334.[106] 2010 states assemblies from Sixty years to Seventy an Singh Patil
years.
23
Amend Manmoh Pratibha
96th September Substituted "Odia" for "Oriya".
schedule 8.[107] an Singh Patil
2011
Added the words "or co-operative societies"
after the word "or unions" in Article 19(l)(c)
and insertion of article 43B i.e., Promotion of
Co-operative Societies and added Part-IXB i.e.,
The Co-operative Societies.
Amend Art 19
12 January The amendment objective is to encourage Manmoh Pratibha
97th and added Part
2012 economic activities of cooperatives which in an Singh Patil
IXB.[108]
turn help progress of rural India. It is expected
to not only ensure autonomous and democratic
functioning of cooperatives, but also the
accountability of the management to the
members and other stakeholders.[109]
To insert
To empower the Governor of Karnataka to take
Article 371J in 1 January Manmoh Pranab
98th steps to develop the Hyderabad-Karnataka
the 2013 an Singh Mukherjee
Region.[110]
Constitution[110]
Insertion of Formation of a National Judicial Appointments
new articles Commission. 16 State assemblies out of 29
13 April
124A, 124B States
2015[112] R
and 124C. including Goa, Rajasthan, Tripura, Gujarat and Narendra Pranab
99th epealed 16
Amendments Telangana ratified the Central Legislation, Modi Mukherjee
October
to Articles 127, enabling the President of India to give assent to
2015
128, 217, 222, the bill.[113] The amendment was struck down
224A, 231.[111] by the Supreme Court on 16 October 2015.
Exchange of certain enclave
Amendment of territories with Bangladesh and conferment of
100t First Schedule 31 July citizenship rights to residents of enclaves Narendra Pranab
h to 2015 consequent to signing of Land Boundary Modi Mukherjee
[114]
Constitution Agreement (LBA) Treaty between India and
Bangladesh.
101 Addition of 1 July Introduced the Goods and Services Tax. Narendra Pranab
st articles 246A, 2017 Modi Mukherjee
269A, 279A.
Deletion of
Article 268A.
Amendment of
articles 248,
249, 250, 268,
269, 270, 271,
286, 366, 368,
Sixth
Schedule,
Seventh
Schedule.[115]
Addition of
articles 338B,
342A, and
Added Clause
102 11 August Constitutional status to National Commission Narendra Ram Nath
26C.
nd 2018 for Backward Classes Modi Kovind
Modification
of articles 338,
366.[116]