Name and territory of the Union.

(1)India, that is Bharat, shall be a Union of States.

¹[(2)The States and the territories thereof shall be as specified in the First Schedule.]

(3)The territory of India shall comprise—

(a)the territories of the States;

²[(b)the Union territories specified in the First Schedule; and]

(c)such other territories as may be acquired.

Footnotes (from the official text)

¹ Subs. by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 2, for cl. (2) (w.e.f. 1-11-1956).

² Subs. by s. 2 ibid. for sub-clause (b) (w.e.f. 1-11-1956).