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The constitution has a preamble and 470 articles, which are grouped into 25 parts. With 12 schedules and five appendices, it has been amended 104 times; the latest amendment became effective on 25 January 2020.
It had 395 articles in 22 parts and 8 schedules at the time of commencement. Here is a table to show parts of Indian Constitution and corresponding articles.
| Part | Subject | Articles |
|---|---|---|
| Part I | The Union and its territory. | Article 1 to 4 |
| Part II | Citizenship | Article 5 to 11 |
| Part III | Fundamental Rights | Article 12 to 35 |
| Part IV | Directive Principles | Article 36 to 51 |
| Part IV A | Fundamental Duties | Article 51 A |
| Part V | The Union | Article 52 to 151 |
| Part VI | The States | Article 152 to 237 |
| Part VII | Repealed by Const. (7th Amendment) Act, 1956 | |
| Part VIII | The Union Territories | Article 239 to 242 |
| Part IX | The Panchayats | Article 243 to 243 O |
| Part IX A | The Municipalities | Article 243P to 243 ZG |
| Part IX B | Co-operative Societies | Article 243 H to 243 ZT |
| Part X | The Scheduled and Tribal Areas | Article 244 to 244 A |
| Part XI | Relations between the Union and the States | Article 245 to 263 |
| Part XII | Finance, Property, Contracts and Suits | Article 264 to 300 A |
| Part XIII | Trade, Commerce and Intercourse within the Territory of India | Article 301 to 307 |
| Part XIV | Services under the Union and the States | Article 308 to 323 |
| Part XIV A | Tribunals | Article 323 A to 323 B |
| Part XV | Elections | Article 324 to 329 A |
| Part XVI | Special provisions relation to certain classes | Article 330 to 342 |
| Part XVII | Official Language | Article 343 to 351 |
| Part XVIII | Emergency Provisions | Article 352 to 360 |
| Part XIX | Miscellaneous | Article 361 to 367 |
| Part XX | Amendment of the Constitution | Article 368 |
| Part XXI | Temporary, Transitional and Special Provisions | Article 369 to 392 |
| Part XXII | Short title, commencement, authoritative text in Hindi and repeals | Article 393 to 395 |