What was the contains of the article 238 of indian constitution?
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The article says that the provisions of Article 238, which was omitted from the Constitution in 1956 when Indian states were reorganised, shall not apply to the state of Jammu and Kashmir. ... Dr BR Ambedkar, the principal drafter of the Indian Constitution, had refused to draft Article 370.
The article 238 of the Constitution of Indian was abolished in 1956 following the “part B” which states were liquidated and were introduced as ‘states’ subsequently after the 7th Constitutional Amendment in the year 1956.
Part B states are ancient sovereign states administered by kings. These incorporated 9 states Of Indian subcontinent, which was, Travancore-Cochin and Vindhya Pradesh, Mysore, Patiala and the East Punjab States Union (PEPSU), Hyderabad, Jammu and Kashmir, Madhya Bharat, Rajasthan, Saurashtra.