Question

What does article 238 of the Indian constitution contain?

Answer 1

Hint: The Indian Constitution is the supreme law of the country. The constitution establishes the framework that demarcates the fundamental political code, structure, procedures, powers, and duties of government institutions, as well as fundamental rights, directive principles, and citizen responsibilities. It has the world's longest written constitution of any country.

Complete answer:
To begin, remember that Article of the Indian Constitution is repealed in $1956$ after the "part B" states are eliminated and are listed as states following the $7th$ Constitutional Amendment, $1956$.

Part B states are either former princely states or covenanting states ruled by "Raj Pramukhs." Hyderabad, Jammu and Kashmir, Madhya Bharat, Mysore, Patiala and East Punjab States Union (PEPSU), Rajasthan, Saurashtra, Travancore-Cochin, and Vindhya Pradesh were among the nine states.

Although it was a Part-B state at the time, Jammu & Kashmir was granted special status under Article $370$. Article $238$, as it stood at the time, was primarily concerned with administrative measures in Part-B states. It specifically addressed the implementation of provisions of Part VI of the Constitution, which includes the governor, state executives, and so on.

This act required the following items to be brought home:
- By giving a strip of land to Bhutan, Assam was transformed (Assam Act $1951$).
- The Andhra Act of $1953$ established the state of Andhra by separating some territories from the state of Madras.
- The Himachal Pradesh and Bilaspur (New State) Act of $1954$ was enacted in order to carve apart some areas of Bilaspur and Himachal to form a new state known as Himachal Pradesh.
- The States Reorganization Act of $1956$ reorganised the boundaries of India's states to address local and linguistic concerns. The state of Kerala was founded by the incorporation and modification of certain territories of princely states. Rajasthan's territories were given to Madhya Pradesh.

Note: The crux of the issue is that various princely states (Part B states) were amended and amalgamated (even carved out) to establish specific states, taking into account the states' linguistic and cultural origins.