Important amendments made in the Indian Constitution

Amendment
Number
Year of
amendment
What is/was it about? Significance/outcome
7 1971 eorgani!ation of states
a"ong the "inguistic "ines
New states in India
came into e#istence
$% 197& 'his amendment introduced
two new ideas (Secu"ar) and
(Socia"ist) to redefine the
*reamb"e
It is the most
comprehensi+e
amendment made so
far
,% 19-, Anti.defection Act / It
pro+ides that an0 member
of the par"iament or state
"egis"ature wi"" "ose his
membership if he does an0
thing contrar0 to the
directi+es issued b0 his
po"itica" part0 in the f"oor of
the house
'his change has
resu"ted in
pre+enting f"oor.
crossing for persona"
gains
,& 19-7 'hrough this amendment
1oa was gi+en statehood
1oa became the %,
th

State of India
72 199% 3mpowering the third.tier
of the go+ernment /
*ancha0ati a4
50 this amendment
1/2 of the tota" seats
shou"d be reser+ed
for women besides a
specia" reser+ation
for SC and S's
71 st
amendment
was a"so
carried out
in the same
0ear
199% 50 this amendment6 Nepa"i6
7on8ani and 9anipuri were
gi+en officia" status in
addition to 1- "anguages
1:: %::2 50 this amendment four
"anguages name"0 5odo6
;ogri6 Santha"i and 9aith"i
were added to the -
th

schedu"e of the Constitution<
*"ease note = A"" these amendments ha+e strengthened the constitution< eduction
of +oting age from %1 to 1-6 remo+a" of (ight to propert0) creation of three new
states and inc"usion of (ight to get educated) are some of the historic amendments
carried out in India<