There are 448 Articles, 25 Parts, 12 Schedule in the Indian Constitution (originally 395 Articles, 22 Parts, 12 Schedule were there)with 104 Amendments in 2020. Each set of articles covers important parts of the Constitution including, Legislatures, Executive, Schedules, Parts of Indian Constitution, Constitutional Bodies, Statutory Bodies, Fundamental Rights, and more. Here you are going to learn Most important articles of Indian Constitution.
There are 25 parts of the Indian Constitution. The following table covers parts and articles of the Indian Constitution:
Parts | Subject Mentioned in the Part | Articles |
Part I | Union & Its Territory | Article 1-4 |
Part II | Citizenship | Article 5-11 |
Part III | Fundamental Rights | Article 12-35 |
Part IV | Directive Principles | Article 36-51 |
Part IV A | Fundamental Duties | Article 51A |
Part V | The Union | Article 52-151 |
Part VI | The States | Article 152-237 |
Part VII | Note: 7th Amendment Act, 1956 repealed Part 7 | – |
Part VIII | The Union Territories | Article 239-242 |
Part IX | The Panchayats | Article 243-243O |
Part IX A | The Municipalities | Article 243P-243ZG |
Part IX B | Co-operative Societies | Article 242ZH-243ZT |
Part X | Scheduled and Tribal Areas | Article 244-244A |
Part XI | Relation between Union & States | Article 245-263 |
Part XII | Finance, Property, Contracts and Suits | Article 264-300A |
Part XIII | Trade, Commerce and Intercourse within the territory of India | Article 301-307 |
Part XIV | Services under the Union and States | Article 308-323 |
Part XIV A | Tribunals | Article 323A-323B |
Part XV | Elections | Article 324-329A |
Part XVI | Special Provisions relating to certain classes | Article 330-342 |
Part XVII | Official Languages | Article 343-351 |
Part XVIII | Emergency Provisions | Article 352-360 |
Part XIX | Miscellaneous | Article 361-367 |
Part XX | Amendment of the Constitution | Article 368 |
Part XXI | Temporary, Transitional and Special Provisions | Article 369-392 |
Part XXII | Short title, Commencement, Authoritative Text in Hindi and Repeals | Article 393-395 |
The most important Articles of the Indian Constitution is given below:
Articles | Part | Contents |
Article 12-35 | III | Fundamental Rights |
Article 36-51 | IV | Directive Principles of State Policy |
Article 51A | IVA | Fundamental Duties |
Article 80 | V | Number of Seats in Rajya Sabha |
Article 243-243 (O) | IX | The Panchayats |
Article 343 | XVII | Hindi as Official Language |
Article 356 | XVIII | Imposition of President’s Rule |
Article 370 | XXI | Special Status of Jammu & Kashmir |
Article 395 | XXII | Repeals Indian Independence Act and Government of India Act 1919 |