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 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY, NOV. 26, 1949 2549

FIRST SCHEDULE

(Articles 1, 4 and 391)

The States and the territories of India

PART A

Names of States Names of corresponding Provinces

1. Assam Assam

2. Bihar Bihar

3. Bombay Bombay

4. Madhya Pradesh The Central Provinces and Berar

5. Madras Madras

6. Orissa Orissa

7. Punjab East Punjab

8. The United Provinces The United Provinces

9. West Bengal West Bengal

Territories of States

The territory of the State of Assam shall comprise the territories which immediately before the commencement of this Constitution were comprised in the Province of Assam, the Khasi States and the Assam Tribal Areas.

The territory of the State of West Bengal shall comprise the territory which immediately before the commencement of this Constitution was comprised in the Province of West Bengal.

The territory of each of the other States in this Part shall comprise the territories which immediately before the commencement of this Constitution were comprised in the corresponding Province and the territories which, by virtue of an order made under section 290A of the Government of India Act, 1935, were immediately before such commencement being administered as if they formed part of that Province.