THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
WE, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA, having solemnly r e solved to cons t i tut e India into a
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[SOVEREIGN
SOCIALIST SECULAR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC] and to secure to all its citizens:
JUSTICE, social, economic and political;
LIBERTY of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship; EQUALITY of status and of opportunity; and to promote among them all
FRATERNITY assuring the dignity of the individual and the
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[unity and integrity of the Nation];
IN OUR CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY this twentysixth day of November, 1949, do HEREBY ADOPT,
ENACT AND GIVE TO OUR S E LVE S THI S
CONSTITUTION.

THE UNION AND ITS TERRITORY
1. (1) India, that is Bharat, shall be a Union of States.
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[(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;
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[(b) the Union territories specified in the First
Schedule; and]
(c) such other territories as may be acquired.
2. Parliament may by law admit into the Union, or establish, new States on such terms and conditions as it thinks fit.
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2A. [Sikkim to be associated with the Union.] Rep. by the
Constitution (Thirty-sixth Amendment) Act, 1975, s. 5 (w.e.f.
26-4-1975).
3. Parliament may by law—
(a) form a new State by separation of territory from any State or by uniting two or more States or parts of States or by uniting any territory to a part of any State;
(b) increase the area of any State;
(c) diminish the area of any State;
(d) alter the boundaries of any State;
(e) alter the name of any State

At the commencement of this Constitution, every person who has his domicile in the territory of India and— (a) who was born in the territory of India; or
(b) either of whose parents was born in the territory of India; or
(c) who has been