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Article 291

Part XII — Finance, Property, Contracts and Suits · Constitution of India

Article 291

Privy purse sums of Rulers..–Omitted by the Constitution (Twenty-sixth Amendment) Act, 1971, s. 2 (w.e.f. 28-12-1971).

In plain wordsThis article guaranteed privy purse payments to former princely rulers. It was removed by the Constitution (Twenty-sixth Amendment) Act, 1971, which ended those payments.
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