Q. Consider the following statements:
1. Daman and Diu were acquired by India from the Portuguese by police action.
2. Sikkim was added to India through referendum.
3. Puducherry was administered by India as an ‘acquired territory’ till 1962.
How many statements given above are correct?
Exp) Option c is the correct answer.
Statement 1 is correct. Goa along with Daman and Diu were acquired by India from the Portuguese by means of a police action in 1961. They were constituted as a union territory by the 12th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1962. Later, in 1987, Goa was conferred a statehood. Consequently, Daman and Diu was made a separate union territory.
Statement 2 is correct. Sikkim was added to India through a referendum held in 1975. In 1974, Sikkim expressed its desire for greater association with India. Accordingly, the 35th Constitutional Amendment Act (1974) was enacted conferring on Sikkim the status of an ‘associate state’ of the Indian Union. In a referendum held in 1975, people of Sikkim voted for the abolition of the institution of Chogyal and Sikkim becoming an integral part of India. Consequently, the 36th Constitutional Amendment Act (1975) was enacted to make Sikkim a full-fledged state of the Indian Union (the 22nd state).
Statement 3 is correct. The French handed over Puducherry (comprising Puducherry, Karaikal, Mahe and Yanam) to India in 1954. Subsequently, it was administered as an ‘acquired territory’, till 1962 when it was made a union territory by the 14th Constitutional Amendment Act.
