🧾 Total Constitutional Amendments (as of 2025) ✅ Total Amen
🧾 Total Constitutional Amendments (as of 2025)
✅ Total Amendments: 106
(From 1951 to 2023)
🇮🇳 Major and Landmark Amendments – Summary Table
Amendment No. Year Key Features
1st 1951 Added the 9th Schedule; allowed special provisions for SCs/STs; protected land reform laws.
7th 1956 Reorganized states on linguistic basis; created Union Territories.
24th 1971 Gave Parliament power to amend Fundamental Rights.
25th 1971 Right to Property was curtailed; compensation rules modified.
42nd 1976 Called the “Mini Constitution”; added “Socialist”, “Secular”, and “Integrity” to the Preamble; added Fundamental Duties.
44th 1978 Reversed many parts of the 42nd Amendment; Right to Property removed as a Fundamental Right.
61st 1989 Reduced the voting age from 21 to 18 years.
73rd and 74th 1992 Gave constitutional status to Panchayati Raj and Municipalities (Urban Local Bodies).
86th 2002 Made education a Fundamental Right for children (6–14 years) via Article 21A.
93rd 2005 Allowed 27 percent OBC reservation in private and government educational institutions.
101st 2016 Introduced Goods and Services Tax (GST); added Article 246A and 279A.
103rd 2019 Gave 10 percent reservation for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) under Articles 15 and 16.
104th 2020 Extended SC/ST reservation in legislatures; removed Anglo-Indian nominated seats.
105th 2021 Restored states’ power to identify OBCs after a Supreme Court ruling.
106th 2023 Provided 33percent reservation for women in Lok Sabha and State Assemblies (Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam).
📌 Quick Summary:
Category Number
✅ Total Amendments (till 2025) 106
📖 Most Comprehensive Amendment 42nd Amendment (1976) – “Mini Constitution”
👩⚖️ Latest Amendment 106th (2023) – 33% reservation for women in legislatures
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