India’s Constitution: There are many things related to the Indian Constitution that make it different from the constitutions of countries around the world. Know 5 such interesting things.
It took two years, 11 months and 18 days to prepare the constitution.
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The Constituent Assembly Indian Constitution was passed on 26 November 1949. It was considered effective from 26 January 1950. Indian constitution was considered special from other countries of the world. When the Constituent Assembly was formed in July 1946, it had 389 members. There were 12 women in it. It took two years, 11 months and 18 days to prepare it. One interesting thing is that the entire constitution has been written by hand.
There are many such things related to the constitution which make it different from the constitution of countries around the world. Know 5 such interesting things
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- World’s longest constitution: The constitution of the country has been called the longest constitution in the world. The Indian Constitution consists of a Preamble, 448 Articles with 22 Parts, 12 Schedules and 5 Appendices. This is also the longest constitution because it has a total of 1.46 lakh words. It was signed by 284 members of the assembly on 24 January 1950 in the Constitution Building. The work of decorating every page of the copy of the constitution was done by the artists of Santiniketan. The artists who decorated it included Ram Manohar Sinha and Nandlal Bose.
- Constitutions of 60 countries were read: Indian constitution was not prepared just like that. It took 2 years 11 months 18 days to prepare. It was dedicated to the nation on 26 November 1949. Before preparing it, the constitution of 60 countries of the world was read. Those things which seemed better from the perspective of India were also included. The original copies of the Constitution are kept in the Library of Parliament. Copies of the constitution were kept in a case filled with helium to be safe for a long time.
- Indian constitution made by combining the legislation of 10 countries: When the constitution was being prepared, while reading the constitution of different countries, some of the things there were made a part of it. Indian constitution was prepared by combining the constitutions of 10 countries of the world. This was known as the Bag of Borrowings. In this, the laws and rights of countries like America, Soviet Union, United Kingdom, France, Ireland and others were included.
- 432 nibs were worn: The work of writing the constitution was entrusted to calligraphist Prem Bihari Narayan Raizada. He was entrusted with the responsibility of writing the constitution by Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India. 432 nibs were worn out in writing the constitution. These were imported from England. The pen was made by putting the nib in the holder and the constitution was written by dipping it in ink.
- Over 2 thousand amendments took place:Every important thing from the constitution should be accurate, rights should not be violated… all such things were kept in mind. This is the reason that when the draft of the constitution was first prepared and put up for debate, it went through more than 2000 amendments before finalizing it. Whereas The framers of the constitutions of America, Canada, Australia and South Africa did not have to face the change related to this. He passed as he made.
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