Languages
[Articles 344(1) and 351] Languages
1. Assamese. 2. Bengali. 1[3. Bodo. 4. Dogri.] 2[5.] Gujarati. 3[6.] Hindi. 3[7.] Kannada. 3[8.] Kashmiri. 4[3[9.] Konkani.] 1[10. Maithili.] 5[11.] Malayalam. 4[6[12.] Manipuri.] 6[13.] Marathi. 4[6[14.] Nepali.] 6[15.] 7[Odia]. 6[16.] Punjabi. 6[17.] Sanskrit. 325 8[18. Santhali.] 9[10[19.] Sindhi.] 11[20.] Tamil. 11[21.] Telugu. 11[22.] Urdu.
1 Ins. by the Constitution (Ninety-second Amendment) Act, 2003, s. 2 (w.e.f. 7-1-2004).
2 Entry 3 renumbered as entry 5 by s. 2, ibid. (w.e.f. 7-1-2004).
3 Entries 4 to 7 renumbered as entries 6 to 9 by s. 2, ibid. (w.e.f. 7-1-2004).
4 Ins. by the Constitution (Seventy-first Amendment) Act, 1992, s. 2 (w.e.f. 31-8-1992).
5 Entry 8 renumbered as entry 11 by the Constitution (Ninety-second Amendment) Act, 2003, s. 2 (w.e.f. 7-1-2004).
6 Entries 9 to 14 renumbered as entries 12 to 17 by s. 2, ibid. (w.e.f. 7-1-2004).
7 Subs. by the Constitution (Ninety-sixth Amendment) Act, 2011, s. 2, for "Oriya" (w.e.f. 23-9-2011).
8 Ins. by the Constitution (Ninety-second Amendment) Act, 2003, s. 2 (w.e.f. 7-1-2004).
9 Added by the Constitution (Twenty-first Amendment) Act, 1967, s. 2 (w.e.f. 10-4-1967).
10 Entry 15 renumbered as entry 19 by the Constitution (Ninety-second Amendment) Act, 2003, s. 2 (w.e.f. 7-1-2004).
11 Entries 16 to 18 renumbered as entries 20 to 22 by s. 2, ibid. (w.e.f. 7-1-2004).
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