Multiple choice

Which amendment reorganised Punjab into Punjab, Haryana and UT of Chandigarh?

  1. Thirteenth Amendment, 1962

  2. Eighteenth Amendment, 1966

  3. Twenty First Amendment, 1967

  4. Twenty Third Amendment, 1969
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Explanation

The Eighteenth Amendment of the Constitution of India, officially known as The Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 1966, Parliament may by law (a) form a new State by separation of territory from any State or by uniting two or more States or parts of States or by uniting any territory to a part of any State; (b) increase the area of any State; (c) diminish the area of any State; (d) alter the boundaries of any State; (e) alter the name of any State: Hence, this amendment reorganised Punjab into Punjab, Haryana and UT of Chandigarh.

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