• Indian Constitution came into effect ( officially into a legal circulation ) on 26th of January in 1950 , at 10:18 am after which India became a Republic country .
• Indian Constitution came into effect on 26th of January because on this special day because this day is an anniversary of Purna Swaraj Day .
• The original Constitution of India was handwritten by Prem Behari Narain Raizada in a flowing italic style with beautiful calligraphy . Each page was beautified and decorated by artists from Shantiniketan .
• The original copies of the Indian Constitution , written in Hindi and English , are kept in special helium-filled cases in the Library of the Parliament of India .
• With 25 parts containing 448 articles and 12 schedules , the Indian Constitution is the longest written Constitution of any sovereign country in the world .
• The Constituent Assembly , which first met on December 9 , 1946 , took precisely 2 years , 11 months and 18 days to come up with the final draft .
• When the draft was prepared and put for debate and discussion , over 2000 amendments were made , before it was finalised .
• The drafting of the Constitution was finally complete on 26th November , 1949 . But , it was legally enforced only after two months on 26th January , 1950 . This came to be known as the Republic Day .
• The handwritten Constitution was signed on 24th January , 1950 , by 284 members of the Constituent Assembly , which included 15 women . It came into force two days later on 26th January .
• Our Constitution makers took inspiration from various other Constitutions while drafting the one for our country , which is why the Indian Constitution is often called a bag of borrowings .
• The concept of Five Year Plans ( FYP ) was taken from the USSR , and the Directive Principles ( socio-economic rights ) were taken from Ireland .
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• The ideals of Liberty , Equality and Fraternity in our Preamble have been taken from the French Revolution , which is also the French motto .
• The Preamble to our Constitution was inspired by the Preamble to the Constitution of the United States of America , which also starts with “ We the people ”.
• The fundamental rights recognized by our Constitution have also been adopted from the American Constitution . The Indian Constitution recognizes nine fundamental rights as the basic human rights of all its citizens .
• Interestingly , in the beginning , the Right to Property was also one of the fundamental rights . The Article 31 of our constitution said that , “ No person shall be deprived of his property save by authority of law .” However , the 44th Amendment , in 1978 , deleted it .
• The Indian Constitution has also been hailed as one of the world ’ s best Constitution because in 62 years of its adoption , it had been amended only 94 times .
India constitution was written by Drafting Committee of Indian Constitution . It was headed by Ambedkar but the persons were selected on their qualifications , experience etc like IAS officers , Advocates , Judges , intellects , social workers etc . Here we present some of the prominent people who were part of the committee :
Dr B . R . Ambedkar - Chairman K M Munshi ( Ex- Home Minister , Bombay )
Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer ( Ex- Advocate General , Madras State )
N Gopalaswami Ayengar ( Ex-Prime Minister , J & K , member of Nehru Cabinet )
B L Mitter ( Ex-Advocate General , India )
Md . Saadullah ( Ex- Chief Minister of Assam , Muslim League member )
D P Khaitan ( lawyer ).
Sir Benegal Narsing Rau was appointed as the constitutional advisor . He later became First Indian Judge in International Court of Justice in 1950 .
WINSPIRE : Empowering youth | January , 2017