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26/11/22 06:00 AM IST

Constitution Day of India

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  •  Every year on November 26th, India celebrates Constitution Day which is also referred to as “Samvidhan Divas,” to mark the adoption of the Indian Constitution.
  • The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment on 19th November 2015 notified the decision of the Government of India to celebrate the 26th day of November every year as Constitution Day of India to promote Constitution values among citizens.
Background 
  • A Constituent Assembly constituted as part of the Cabinet Mission Plan in 1946 drafted the Indian Constitution.
  • On December 9, 1946, the Assembly convened for the first time, electing Dr. Sachhidanand Sinha, its oldest member, as its provisional president.
  • The Assembly elected Dr. Rajendra Prasad to serve as its permanent Chairman on December 11, 1946.
  • The Constitution’s primary guardians are the people of India. They are the ones who have sovereignty, and the Constitution was ratified in their honour.
  • The Constitution gives the citizen power, but the citizens also give the Constitution power by upholding it, sticking to it, protecting it, and working diligently to increase its significance via words and acts. 
Constitution Day 
  • Constitution Day is also known as Samvidhan Divas. It is celebrated on November 26. Earlier, this day was celebrated as National Law Day.
  • The English and Hindi versions of the Indian Constitution were handwritten and calligraphed rather than typeset or printed.
  • The calligraphy texts were prepared by Prem Behari Narain Raizada in Delhi, but the artwork was totally handcrafted by Shantiniketan artists working under the direction of Acharya Nandalal Bose.
  • In the Library of the Indian Parliament, the original copies of the Indian Constitution are preserved in special helium-filled cases.
  • Initially, ten fundamental duties were listed. Later, the eleventh duty was added as a result of the 86th Constitutional Amendment, which was passed in 2002.
  • Sir Ivor Jennings had called the Indian Constitution the largest and most comprehensive constitution in the world and also said that the elaborateness of the Indian Constitution can be called its demerit and a paradise for lawyers.
  • The basic structure of the Indian Constitution is based on the Government of India Act 1935.
Source- PIB 

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