List of important amendments to the Indian Constitution

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 - First Amendment (1951): Added the Ninth Schedule to protect laws included in it from judicial review.


- Second Amendment (1952): Provided for the readjustment of seats in the Parliament as per the population census.


- Seventh Amendment (1956): Reorganized states by language, abolished Class A, B, C, D states and introduced Union Territories.


- Tenth Amendment (1961): Incorporated Dadra and Nagar Haveli as a Union Territory after its acquisition from Portugal.


- Twelfth Amendment (1962): Goa, Daman and Diu were incorporated into the Indian Union following their liberation from Portuguese rule.


- Thirteenth Amendment (1962): Created a special provision for the administration of Nagaland with Article 371A. Nagaland was also granted statehood on December 1, 1963.


- Fourteenth Amendment (1963): Incorporated Pondicherry into the Indian Union and provided for the creation of Legislative Assemblies in Union Territories.


- Twenty-first Amendment (1967): Included Sindhi as an official language in the Eighth Schedule.


- Twenty-second Amendment (1968): Empowered Parliament to establish Meghalaya as an autonomous state within Assam and provide for a Legislative Assembly and Council of Ministers for it.


- Twenty-fourth Amendment (1971): Gave Parliament the power to amend any part of the Constitution, including Fundamental Rights.


- Twenty-seventh Amendment (1971): Formed North-Eastern states and Union Territories and established the North-Eastern Council for coordination among them.


- Thirty-first Amendment (1974): Increased the Lok Sabha's maximum strength from 525 to 545 members.


- Thirty-sixth Amendment (1975): Made Sikkim a full-fledged state of India as the 22nd state.


- Thirty-seventh Amendment (1975): Provided for a Legislative Assembly and Council of Ministers in Arunachal Pradesh.


- Forty-second Amendment (1976): Known as the 'Mini Constitution', it made extensive changes to many parts of the Constitution.


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