DRAFT CONSTITUTION 1109
*Mr. President : We then go to the Schedule. ... FIRST SCHEDULE The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Sir, I move : “That for the First Schedule the following be substituted :— “FIRST SCHEDULE” (A RTICLES 1 AND 4) T HE S TATES AND THE TERRITORIES OF I NDIA P ART I Names of States Names of corresponding Provinces
Assam Assam
Bengal West Bengal
Bihar Bihar
Bombay Bombay
Koshal-Vidarbha Central Provinces and Berar
Madras Madras
Orissa Orissa
Punjab East Punjab
United provinces. United Provinces.
T ERRITORIES OF S TATES
The territory of the State of Assam shall comprise the territories which immediately before the commencement of this Constitution were comprised in the province of Assam, the Khasi States and the Assam Tribal Areas.
The territory of the State of Bengal shall comprise the territory which immediately before the commencement of this Constitution was comprised in the Province of West Bengal.”
Shri B. Das (Orissa : General) : We wanted Utkal to be the name of ORISSA.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : You may move an amendment.
“The territory of the State of Bombay shall comprise the territory which immediately before the commencement of this Constitution was comprised in the Province of Bombay and the territories which by virtue of an order made under section 290A of the Government of India Act, 1935, were immediately before such commencement being administered as if they formed part of that Province or which immediately before such commencement were being administered by the Government of that Province under the provisions of the Extra-Provincial Jurisdiction Act. 1947.
The territory of each of the other States shall comprise the territories which immediately before the commencement of this constitution were comprised in the corresponding Province and the territories which, by virtue of an order made under section 290A of the Government of India Act, 1935, were immediately before such commencement being administered as if they formed part of that Province.
*CAD, Vol. X, 14th October 1949, pp. 286-288.