Which Amendment made Sikkim a full-fledged state of India?
Q. Which Amendment Act made Sikkim a full-fledged state of India?- Published on 17 Feb 17a. 36
b. 35
c. 34
d. 41
ANSWER: 36
- Sikkim-
1. Till 1947, Sikkim was an Indian princely state ruled by Chogyal.
2. In 1947, on the lapse of British paramountcy, Sikkim became a ‘protectorate’ of India.
3. Indian Government assumed responsibility for the defence, external affairs and communications of Sikkim.
4. In 1974, Sikkim wanted greater association with India.
5. 35thConstitutionalAmendment Act (1974) was enacted by the parliament.
6. This amendment introduced a new class of statehood under the constitution by conferring on Sikkim the status of an ‘associate state’ of the Indian Union.
7. A new Article 2A and a new schedule (Tenth Schedule describing the terms and conditions of association) were inserted in the Constitution. This experiment did not last long.
8. In a referendum held in1975, people of Sikkim voted for the abolition of the institution of Chogyal and Sikkim becoming an integral partof India.
9. So, the 36th Constitutional Amendment Act (1975) was enacted to make Sikkim a full-fledged state of the Indian Union (the 22nd state).
10. This amendment amended the First and the Fourth Schedules to the Constitution and added a new Article 371-F to provide for certain special provisions with respect to the administration of Sikkim.
11. It repealed Article 2A and the Tenth Schedule that were added by the 35th Amendment Act of 1974.
- Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh and Goa-
1. In 1987, three new States of Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh and Goa came into being as the 23rd, 24thand 25thstates of the India respectively.
2. The Union Territory of Mizoram was conferred the status of a full state as a sequel to the signing of a memorandum of settlement (Mizoram Peace Accord) in 1986 between the Central government and the Mizo National Front, ending the two-decade-old insurgency.
3. Arunachal Pradesh had also been a union territory from 1972.
4. The State of Goa was created by separating the territory of Goa from the Union Territory of Goa, Daman and Diu.
