 bill  no  lxiv of  2008 the constitution (amendment)  bill, 2008 a billfurther to amend the constitution of indiabe it enacted by parliament in the fifty-ninth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the constitution (amendment) act,  2008short title and commencement(2) it shall come into force with immediate effectamendment of article 12 for the title of part-i and article 1 of the constitution of india the following shall be substituted, namely:— part-i the nation and its territory1 name and territory—(1) bharat ie hindusthan is a nation extending from the himalayas to the ocean2 in part i of the constitution for the heading "the union and its territory"the heading "the nation and its territory" shall be substitutedamendment of the heading of part iamendment of clause 13 in article 1 of the constitution, for clause 1, the following clause shall be substituted, namely:—"(1) bharat ie hindusthan is a nation extending from the himalayas to the ocean"name and territory of the nation statement of objects and reasonsafter the country had gained freedom, it might have been worthwhile to name the country as 'india' for a while, but ultimately it is our age-old name that alone can express our distinctive feature in the comity of nations and can instill in our people, a sense of self-respect probably that is why the names like chennai, mumbai, etc have begun to be adoptedat present, emergence of unreasonable linguistic and regional egos have dealt a serious blow to the national integrity and these factors have caused confrontation in place of the fraternity which is mentioned in the preambleit has been admitted in the preamble to make bharat a republic, not the union of states this bill is, therefore, submitted to make the title of part-i and article 1 in consonance with the preamblehence this billshreegopal  vyas annexure extracts from the constitution of india      part i the union and its territory1 (1) india, that is bharat, shall be a union of states(2) the states and the territories thereof shall be as specified in the first schedule(3) the territory of india shall comprise—(a) the territories of the states; (b) the union territories specified in the first schedule; and (c) such other territories as may be acquired      rajya sabha————abillfurther to amend the constitution of india————(shri shreegopal vyas,  mp)gmgipmrnd—4754rs(e)(s5)—29-12-2008