Constitution day: Why and when is Constitution Day celebrated?
On the occasion of the adoption of the Indian Constitution by the Constituent Assembly, this day is celebrated as Constitution Day all over the country. This day is also celebrated as National Law Day. After the country’s current constitution was formally adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 26 November 1949, it came into force on 26 January 1950.
In 2015, the Modi government decided to celebrate this day for the first time to honor the important role of Dr. BR Ambedkar as the Chairman of the Constitution Drafting Committee.
This constitution declares India to be a sovereign, socialist, secular, democratic republic, which assures justice, equality and liberty to its citizens and seeks to promote fraternity. It is the longest written constitution of any sovereign country in the world.
Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar was the chairman of the drafting committee of the constitution.
The Preamble of the Constitution is called the soul of the Constitution.
The Constitution of India was adopted on 26 November 1949 and came into force on 26 January 1950.
It took 2 years 11 months 18 days to make the constitution.
Narendra Modi was the Prime Minister of the Government of India in 2015.
The Indian Constitution was brought before the Indian on 26 November 1949.
Since then every year 26 November is celebrated as Indian Constitution Day, the Indian Constitution is the largest written constitution in the world. It has about 1 lakh 40 thousand words. The Constitution of India consists of 448 articles, 12 schedules. The first draft of the constitution was presented for discussion in January 1948. There are many advantages of the Indian Constitution. The Preamble of the Indian Constitution is considered the best in the world. In the Indian Constitution, there is a right to free travel, residence, religion, education. A uniform civil code and official languages are given.
The special thing is that the Indian Constitution is written with a pen instead of typing. The original copy of the Indian Constitution is in both Hindi and English languages. It was written by Prem Bihari Narayan. He used 254 pen holder nib of number 303. It took 6 months to write it. When he was asked for remuneration, he refused to take anything. The original copy of the Constitution is kept in a case filled with helium gas in the Library of Indian Culture.