Article 1 lays –down that India, i.e. Bharat, shall be a
Union of states The Territory of India shall consist of (i) the Territories of
the States, (ii) the Union territories and (iii) any territories that may be
acquired.
Article 1 of the Constitution describes India as a Union of
states not as a federation of states. Union of India is not the result of an
agreement nor has any state the right to secede from it.
The Federation is called a Union of States, because it is
indestructible
The Union Territories are not included in the “Union of
States”. Whereas the expression “Territory of India” includes the states, the
Union Territories and such other territories as may be acquired by India.
The States and their territories are specified in the first
Schedule to the Constitution. The Constitution empowers the Parliament for the
admission or establishment of new States.
Article 2 Provides that Parliament may be law admit new
States into the Union of India or establish new states on such terms and
conditions as it deems fit.
The Parliament has admitted the French settlements of
Pondicherry. Karaikal, Mahe and Yenam, the Portuguese settlements of Goa, Diu
and Daman and Sikkim, etc. into India after independence.
Article 3 of the Constitution empowers the Parliament to
form a new State by altering boundaries of existing States.
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