Constitution Day is celebrated on November 26. This day commemorates the date that we adopted the Indian Constitution, the base on which our nation was built.
Also known as Samwidhan Diwas or National Law Day, Constitution Day commemorates the November 26, 9149 crucial event when the Constituent Assembly of India adopted the Constitution of India.
Significance
The Constitution Day is celebrated as a mark of tribute to India’s first Law Minister BR Ambedkar, who played a pivotal role in drafting the Indian Constitution.
What is the Constitution of India
The Constitution is a set of written principles and precedents of the Government of India that frames fundamental political principles, procedures, rights, directive principles, restrictions, and duties of the government and the citizens of the country.
It declares India to be a sovereign, secular, socialist, and democratic republic and assures its citizens’ equality, liberty, and justice.
Facts about Constitution of India:
India boasts of the world’s longest written Constitution among all sovereign counties in the world. It consists of 448 articles and is divided into 25 parts.
The original Constitution of India was handwritten by Prem Behari Narain Raizada in an italic style.
The original copies of the Indian Constitution were written in Hindi and English.
Artists from Shantiniketan decorated every page of the Indian Constitution.
The Constitution came into being after meetings that were held for 2 years, 11 months and 18 days.
Before its completion on 26th November 1949, the Constitution underwent more than 2,000 amendments.
The concept of Five Year Plans (FYP) was borrowed from the USSR, and the Directive Principles (socio-economic rights) incorporated in the Constitution were taken from Ireland.
Liberty, equality, fraternity- words that appear in the Preamble were borrowed from the French Constitution.
The Preambles of the Constitution of India and the United States of America have the same beginning. Both the Preambles begin with “We the People”.
Up to January 2020, the Indian Constitution has had 104 amendments.
