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The Eighth Amendment of the Constitution of India, officially known as The Constitution (Eighth Amendment) Act, 1959, amended article 334 of the Constitution in order to extend the period of reservation of seats for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and representation of the Anglo-Indians in the Lok Sabha and the State Legislative Assemblies for ten years, i.e. up to 26 January 1970. Article 334 had stipulated that the reservation of seats should expire within a period of ten years from the commencement of the Constitution (i.e. 26 January 1960).

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rdfs:comment	The Eighth Amendment of the Constitution of India, officially known as The Constitution (Eighth Amendment) Act, 1959, amended article 334 of the Constitution in order to extend the period of reservation of seats for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and representation of the Anglo-Indians in the Lok Sabha and the State Legislative Assemblies for ten years, i.e. up to 26 January 1970. Article 334 had stipulated that the reservation of seats should expire within a period of ten years from the commencement of the Constitution (i.e. 26 January 1960). (en)
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Amendments of the Constitution of India One Hundred and Fourth Amendment of the Constitution of India Anglo-Indians Bihar Bombay State Uttar Pradesh East Punjab Constitution of India Govind Ballabh Pant Mysore State Andhra Pradesh Lok Sabha Madhya Pradesh Madras State Sixty-second Amendment of the Constitution of India 1959 in India 1959 in law Nehru administration Twenty-third Amendment of the Constitution of India West Bengal Forty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution of India Ninety-fifth Amendment of the Constitution of India Parliament of India Jammu and Kashmir (state) Assam Kerala Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes India Odisha Rajasthan Rajendra Prasad Rajya Sabha Seventy-ninth Amendment of the Constitution of India The Gazette of India
Link from a Wikipage to an external page	http://indiacode.nic.in/coiweb/amend/amend8.htm
sameAs	Eighth Amendment of the Constitution of India Eighth Amendment of the Constitution of India Eighth Amendment of the Constitution of India Eighth Amendment of the Constitution of India Eighth Amendment of the Constitution of India
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introduced by	Govind Ballabh Pant
legislature	Parliament of India
long title	An Act further to amend the Constitution of India. (en)
short title	The Constitution Act, 1959 (en)
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summary	Extended the period of reservation of seats for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and Anglo-Indians in the Lok Sabha and the State Legislative Assemblies till 1970 (en)
date commenced	1960-01-05 (xsd:date)
signed by	Rajendra Prasad
has abstract	The Eighth Amendment of the Constitution of India, officially known as The Constitution (Eighth Amendment) Act, 1959, amended article 334 of the Constitution in order to extend the period of reservation of seats for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and representation of the Anglo-Indians in the Lok Sabha and the State Legislative Assemblies for ten years, i.e. up to 26 January 1970. Article 334 had stipulated that the reservation of seats should expire within a period of ten years from the commencement of the Constitution (i.e. 26 January 1960). The 8th Amendment extended the period for reservations to 1970. The period of reservation was extended to 1980, 1990, 2000, 2010, 2020 and 2030 by the 23rd, 45th, 62nd, 79th, 95th and 104th Amendments respectively. (en)
date passed	1959-12-01 (xsd:date) 1959-12-07 (xsd:date)
Bill	The Constitution Bill, 1959 (en)
bill date	1959-11-16 (xsd:date)
date assented	1960-01-05 (xsd:date)
date of expiry	1970-01-26 (xsd:date)
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