Top 6 Important Facts About Article 370 That Everyone Must Know
By Anshika Verma11, Dec 2023 01:49 PMjagranjosh.com
What is article 370?
Jammu and Kashmir, an area in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent and a portion of the wider region of Kashmir was granted special status under Article 370.
Special status provided to J&K
Article 370 of the Indian Constitution grants the state of Jammu and Kashmir considerable autonomy along with temporary provisions.
BR Ambedkar refused to write article 370
Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar, the principal drafter of the Indian Constitution, had declined to draft Article 370.
Who drafted article 370?
Gopalaswami Ayyangar was the one, who eventually drafted the Article 370.
Who was Gopalaswami Ayyangar?
Ayyangar served as a minister in the first Indian Union Cabinet without a portfolio. He served as Maharaja Hari Singh of Jammu and Kashmir's previous Diwan.
Jawaharlal Nehru instructed Sheikh Abdullah
Jawaharlal Nehru instructed Sheikh Abdullah to confer with Ambedkar, the law minister at the time, in order to create an appropriate article for the Constitution in 1949.
According to the article
The state of J&K is exempt from the restrictions of Article 238, a clause that was removed from the Constitution in 1956 when Indian states were reorganised.
PM Modi revoked article 370
Reversing Article 370 was mentioned in the party's 2019 election manifesto by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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