Indian Constitution Short Article.

                                                                  

                                                                       Indian Constitution

The Constitution of India is the supreme law of India. The document sets out the framework that demarcates the fundamental political code, structure, procedures, powers and duties of government institutions and sets out fundamental rights, directive principles and duties of citizens.

 Constitution of India is the supreme legislation of India which was passed by the Constituent Assembly on 26 November 1949 and became effective from 26 January 1950. This day (26 November) has been declared as the Constitution Day of India, while 26 January is celebrated as Republic Day in India. The basic foundation of the Constitution of India is considered to be the Government of India Act 1935 (1935). The Constitution of India is the longest written constitution in the world.

The constitution declares India a sovereign, socialist, secular, and democratic republic, assures its citizens justice, equality, and liberty, and endeavors to promote fraternity. The original 1950 constitution is preserved in a nitrogen-filled case at the Parliament House in New Delhi. The words "secular" and "socialist" were added to the preamble by the 42nd amendment act in 1976 during the Emergency.

Constituent Assembly.

The constitution was drafted by the Constituent Assembly, which was elected by elected members of the provincial assemblies. The 389-member assembly (reduced to 299 after the partition of India) took almost three years to draft the constitution holding eleven sessions over a 165- day period.

Having studied the constitutions of about 60 countries, Ambedkar was considered a wise constitutional expert. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar is recognized as the "Father of the Constitution of India".

The original constitution had two copies each written in Hindi and English, are kept in special helium-filled cases in the Library of the Parliament of India.

Facts of constitution.

·         26 November 1949: The Constitution of India was passed and adopted by the assembly.

·         24 January 1950: Last meeting of Constituent Assembly. The Constitution was signed and accepted (with 395 Articles, 8 Schedules, and 22 Parts).

·         26 January 1950: The Constitution came into force. (The process took 2 years, 11 months and 18 days—at a total expenditure of ₹6.4 million to finish.)

·         The Constitution of India is the longest written constitution of any sovereign country in the world.

·         As there have been 105 amendments to the Constitution of India since it was first enacted in 1950.

Indian Constitution total article, Parts and Schedules.

Originally the constitution contained 395 articles divided into 22 parts and 8 schedules. At present there are, 448 articles in 25 parts, 12 schedules.

 

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