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PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 127

Part C States

Ajmer ... ... 0.73 million

Bhopal ... ... 0.85 ”

Bilaspur ... ... 0.13 ”

Coorg ... ... 0.17 ”

Delhi ... ... 1.51 ”

Himachal Pradesh ... 1.08 ”

Cutch ... ... 0.55 ”

Manipur ... ... 0.54 ”

Tripura ... ... 0.58 ”

Vindhya Pradesh ... 3.88 ”

That is the population as calculated on the 1st March 1950.

Shri Kamath : What about the Andaman and Nicobar Islands ?

Dr. Ambedkar : I have not got the figures here, and they do not form part of this scheme.

Shri Bharati : Is any Member given to Aandamans in the Schedule ?

Dr. Ambedkar : Yes, but that is a separate thing altogether. I am coming to that.

I have given to the House the total population of the States in Part A, Part B and also in Part C.

Dr. Tek Chand (Punjab) : Are these based on the census of 1941?

Dr. Ambedkar : They have been calculated for the purpose of this Schedule by the Census Commissioner who must be taken to be the final authority in this matter ; he has advised the Election Commissioner that these should be the standard figures that may be taken as the basis.

Dr. Tek Chand : How have they been calculated ?

Dr. Ambedkar : It is a very difficult thing to say now. They have been calculated in the manner prescribed in the Constitution (Determination of Population) Order, 1950, and the President has accepted them.