1.1.1. Federation Versus Union

The Drafting Committee had a purpose while choosing the word “Union”, in preference to “Federation”. They were of the view that the word “Union” better expresses the fact that the Union of India is not the outcome of an agreement among the old provinces and it is not open to any State or a group of States to secede from the Union or to vary the boundary of their States on their own free will.

The Federation is a Union because it is indestructible. Though the country and the people can be divided into different States for convenience of administration, the country is one integral whole, its people living under a single imperium derived from a single source.