Important Facts About Indian Constitution

Introduction 

Indian constitution was adopted on November 26th 1945. So we celebrate November 26th as constitution day.

Indian constitution came into effect on January 26th 1950. So we celebrate the day as Republic Day.

The 10 facts about Indian constitution

• The Indian constitution is hand written which makes it one of the longest hand written documents in the world
• There are total 1,17,369 words in the english version of the constitution of India .
• A total of 283 members of the parliament had signed the original constitution document.
• The father of Indian constitution is Dr B R Ambedkar.
• The original hand written documents of the constitution are kept in helium filled cases in the library of the Parliament house.
• The constituent assembly which framed the constitution was established in 1946 .
• Dr Rajendra Prasad was elected as the president of constituent assembly and Dr B R Ambedkar was the head of drafting committee .
• The constituent assembly met for 166 days ,spread over 2 years , 11 months  and 18 days.
• The basic structure of Indian constitution stands on the Government Of India Act , 1935.
• The constitution of India has borrowed some pf its features from 10 other countries,

Which Include,

1. BRITAIN .
2. IRELAND .
3. U S A .
4. JAPAN .
5. FRANCE .
6. FORMER USSR.
7. SOUTH AFRICA .
8. GERMANY .
9. AUSTRALIA .
10. CANADA