Constitution of India: Eighth Schedule
EIGHTH SCHEDULE
[Articles 344(1) and 351]
Languages
1. Assamese.
2. Bengali.
1
[3. Bodo.
4. Dogri.]
2
[5.] Gujarati.
3
[6.] Hindi.
3
[7.] Kannada.
3
[8.] Kashmiri.
4 3
[ [9.] Konkani.]
1
[10. Maithili.]
5
[11.] Malayalam.
4 6
[ [12.] Manipuri.]
6
[13.] Marathi.
4 6
[ [14.] Nepali.]
6
[15.] 7[Odia].
6
[16.] Punjabi.
6
[17.] Sanskrit.
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1. Ins. by the Constitution (Ninety-second Amendment) Act, 2003, s. 2 (w.e.f. 7-1-2004).
2. Entry 3 renumbered as entry 5 by s. 2, ibid. (w.e.f. 7-1-2004).
3. Entries 4 to 7 renumbered as entries 6 to 9 by s. 2, ibid. (w.e.f. 7-1-2004).
4. Ins. by the Constitution (Seventy-first Amendment) Act, 1992, s. 2 (w.e.f. 31-8-1992).
5. Entry 8 renumbered as entry 11 by the Constitution (Ninety-second Amendment) Act,
2003, s. 2 (w.e.f. 7-1-2004).
6. Entries 9 to 14 renumbered as entries 12 to 17 by s. 2, ibid. (w.e.f. 7-1-2004).
7. Subs. by the Constitution (Ninety-sixth Amendment) Act, 2011, s. 2, for "Oriya"
(w.e.f. 23-9-2011).
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1
[18. Santhali.]
2 3
[ [19.] Sindhi.]
4
[20.] Tamil.
4
[21.] Telugu.
4
[22.] Urdu.
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1. Ins. by the Constitution (Ninety-second Amendment) Act, 2003, s. 2 (w.e.f. 7-1-2004).
2. Added by the Constitution (Twenty-first Amendment) Act, 1967, s. 2 (w.e.f. 10-4-1967).
3. Entry 15 renumbered as entry 19 by the Constitution (Ninety-second Amendment)
Act, 2003, s. 2 (w.e.f. 7-1-2004).
4. Entries 16 to 18 renumbered as entries 20 to 22 by s. 2, ibid. (w.e.f. 7-1-2004).
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