8Eighth Schedule
Eighth Schedule · The Constitution of India
EIGHTH SCHEDULE
Articles 344(1) and 351 Languages
1. Assamese.
2. Bengali. 1[3. Bodo.
4. Dogri.] 5. Gujarati. 6. Hindi. 7. Kannada. 8. Kashmiri. 4[9. Konkani.] 10. Maithili. 5[11.] Malayalam. 6[12.] Manipuri. 13. Marathi. 14. Nepali. 15. 7[Odia]. 16. Punjabi. 17. Sanskrit. 18. Santhali. 8[9[19.] Sindhi.] 10[20.] Tamil. 21. Telugu. 22. Urdu.
1 Ins. by the Constitution (Ninety-second Amendment) Act, 2003, s. 2 (w.e.f. 7-1-2004).
2 Entry 3 renumbered as entry 5 by s. 2, ibid. (w.e.f. 7-1-2004).
3 Entries 4 to 7 renumbered as entries 6 to 9 by s. 2, ibid. (w.e.f. 7-1-2004).
4 Ins. by the Constitution (Seventy-first Amendment) Act, 1992, s. 2 (w.e.f. 31-8-1992).
5 Entry 8 renumbered as entry 11 by the Constitution (Ninety-second Amendment) Act, 2003, s. 2 (w.e.f. 7-1-2004).
6 Entries 9 to 14 renumbered as entries 12 to 17 by s. 2, ibid. (w.e.f. 7-1-2004).
7 Subs. by the Constitution (Ninety-sixth Amendment) Act, 2011, s. 2, for "Oriya" (w.e.f. 23-9-2011).
8 Added by the Constitution (Twenty-first Amendment) Act, 1967, s. 2 (w.e.f. 10-4-1967).
9 Entry 15 renumbered as entry 19 by the Constitution (Ninety-second Amendment) Act, 2003, s. 2 (w.e.f. 7-1-2004).
10 Entries 16 to 18 renumbered as entries 20 to 22 by s. 2, ibid. (w.e.f. 7-1-2004).