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Parts and Articles of Indian Constitution

Parts and Articles of Indian Constitution

Constitution is the fundamental law of a country which ordains the fundamental principles on which the government of that country is based. Indian Constitution, World’s lengthiest written constitution, had 395 articles in 22 parts and 8 schedules at the time of commencement.

Parts and Articles of Indian Constitution, Indian polity notes, Studywrap.com

Later 3 parts were added to it as amendments –

      • 9A – Municipalities,
      • 9B – co-operative societies and
      • 14A tribunals

Various articles were also added under these 25 parts of Indian constitution as amendments. At present the total article count is around 444. An overview of Indian Constitution Parts and Articles is provided in this post.

Here is a brief description of all the 22 parts of Indian constitution.

Part

Subject

Articles

Part I

The Union and its territory

Art. 1 to 4

Part II

Citizenship

Art. 5 to 11

Part III

Fundamental Rights

Art. 12 to 35

Part IV

Directive Principles of State Policies

Art. 36 to 51

Part IVA

Fundamental Duties

Art. 51A

Part V

The Union

Art. 52 to 151

Part VI

The States

Art. 152 to 237

Part VII

Repealed by Const. (7th Amendment) Act, 1956

Part VIII

The Union Territories

Art. 239 to 242

Part IX

The Panchayats

Art. 243 to 243 O

Part IXA

The Municipalities

Art. 243 P to 243 ZG

Part IXB

Co-operative Societies

Art. 243H to 243ZT

Part X

The Scheduled and Tribal Areas

Art. 244 to 244A

Part XI

Relations between the Union and the States

Art. 245 to 263

Part XII

Finance, Property, Contracts and Suits

Art. 264 to 300 A

Part XIII

Trade, Commerce and Intercourse within the Territory of India

Art. 301 to 307

Part XIV

Services under the Union and the States

Art. 308 to 323

Part XIVA

Tribunals

Art. 323A to 323B

Part XV

Elections

Art. 324 to 329A

Part XVI

Special provisions relation to certain classes

Art. 330 to 342

Part XVII

Official Language

Art. 343 to 351

Part XVIII

Emergency Provisions

Art. 352 to 360

Part XIX

Miscellaneous

Art. 361 to 367

Part XX

Amendment of the Constitution

Art. 368

Part XXI

Temporary, Transitional and Special Provisions

Art. 369 to 392

Part XXII

Short title, commencement, authoritative text in Hindi and repeals

Art. 393 to 395

 

Schedules of Indian Constitution

Indian Constitution has now 12 schedules. Details of schedules in Indian Constitution is provided here.

So, this was all about the Parts and Articles of Indian Constitution.

In the Next Post (Click Here), we will learn about the Sources of Indian Constitution and Adopted Features.

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