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Amendments at a Glance (1 to 106)
A compact running list of the most testable constitutional amendments from the 1st to the 106th, each with year and change, for CAPF Paper I revision
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Amendments are made under Article 368. This is a denser companion to important amendments list, covering more numbers in one place. The running total grows, so for the latest amendment number verify the latest. Cover the right column and recall what each did. See amendments and basic structure.
| Amendment (Year) |
What it did |
| 1st (1951) |
Ninth Schedule added; reasonable restrictions on Article 19 |
| 7th (1956) |
Reorganisation of States on linguistic lines |
| 9th (1960) |
Adjustment of territories under the India-Pakistan agreement (Berubari) |
| 10th (1961) |
Dadra and Nagar Haveli incorporated |
| 12th (1962) |
Goa, Daman and Diu incorporated |
| 13th (1962) |
Special status to Nagaland (Article 371A) |
| 14th (1962) |
Puducherry incorporated |
| 24th (1971) |
Parliament can amend any part including Fundamental Rights |
| 25th (1971) |
Right to property curtailed; Article 31C added |
| 26th (1971) |
Privy purses of former princes abolished |
| Amendment (Year) |
What it did |
| 31st (1973) |
Lok Sabha strength raised from 525 to 545 |
| 36th (1975) |
Sikkim made a full State |
| 42nd (1976) |
The "Mini-Constitution"; Socialist, Secular, Integrity added to Preamble; Fundamental Duties added; curbed judicial review (during the Emergency) |
| 44th (1978) |
Reversed many 42nd excesses; right to property made a legal right (Article 300A); protected Articles 20 and 21 in emergencies |
| 52nd (1985) |
Anti-defection law; Tenth Schedule added |
| Amendment (Year) |
What it did |
| 61st (1988) |
Voting age lowered from 21 to 18 (Article 326) |
| 65th (1990) |
National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes given constitutional status |
| 69th (1991) |
Special status to Delhi as the National Capital Territory |
| 71st (1992) |
Konkani, Manipuri and Nepali added to the Eighth Schedule |
| 73rd (1992) |
Panchayati Raj; Part IX and Eleventh Schedule |
| 74th (1992) |
Municipalities; Part IXA and Twelfth Schedule |
| 86th (2002) |
Right to education (Article 21A); duty 51A(k) |
| Amendment (Year) |
What it did |
| 91st (2003) |
Council of Ministers capped at 15 per cent of the House; tightened anti-defection |
| 92nd (2003) |
Bodo, Dogri, Maithili and Santhali added to the Eighth Schedule (now 22 languages) |
| 97th (2011) |
Co-operative societies; Part IXB |
| 99th (2014) |
National Judicial Appointments Commission (struck down by the Supreme Court in 2015) |
| 100th (2015) |
Land boundary agreement with Bangladesh; exchange of enclaves |
| 101st (2016) |
Goods and Services Tax; GST Council (Article 279A) |
| 102nd (2018) |
Constitutional status to the National Commission for Backward Classes (Article 338B) |
| 103rd (2019) |
10 per cent reservation for Economically Weaker Sections |
| 104th (2019) |
Ended reserved seats for Anglo-Indians; extended SC/ST reservation in legislatures |
| 105th (2021) |
Restored States' power to identify Socially and Educationally Backward Classes |
| 106th (2023) |
Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam: one-third reservation for women in Lok Sabha and Assemblies (implementation after delimitation; verify the latest) |