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75 Years of the Constitution (First Amendment) Act, 1951
June 24 , 2026
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- June 18, 2026, marked the 75th anniversary of the Constitution (First Amendment) Act, 1951.
- It was enacted in June 1951, only 15 months after the Constitution came into force, under Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
- The amendment made major changes to freedom of speech, equality provisions, and property rights.
- It inserted Article 15(4) to allow special provisions for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBCs), Scheduled Castes (SCs), and Scheduled Tribes (STs).
- It added Articles 31A and 31B and created the Ninth Schedule to protect land reform laws, including zamindari abolition laws, from judicial review.
- It amended Article 19(1)(a) to permit reasonable restrictions on free speech in the interests of security of the State, public order, friendly relations with foreign states, decency, morality, contempt of court, defamation, and incitement to an offence.
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