<P> The Presidential order of 1950, officially The Constitution (Application to Jammu and Kashmir) Order, 1950, came into force on 26 January 1950 contemporaneously with the Constitution of India . It specified the subjects and articles of the Indian Constitution that corresponded to the Instrument of Accession as required by the clause b (i) of the Article 370 . </P> <P> Thirty eight subjects from the Union List were mentioned as matters on which the Union legislature could make laws for the State . Certain articles in ten of the twenty - two parts of the Indian Constitution were extended to Jammu and Kashmir, with modifications and exceptions as agreed by the state government . </P> <P> This order was superseded by the Presidential order of 1954 . </P> <P> The Presidential order of 1952 was issued on 15 November 1952, at the request of the state government . It amended the Article 370, replacing the phrase "recognised by the President as the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir" by "recognized by the President on the recommendation of the Legislative Assembly of the State as the Sadr - i - Riyasat". The amendment represented the abolition of the monarchy of Jammu and Kashmir . </P>

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