Our Constitution came to force on 26th January 1950 but some provisions relating to citizenship, elections, provisional parliament and temporary provisions came to force on the date constitution was adopted that was on 26th November 1949.
Earlier, during 1928 in all parties conference in Lucknow, a committee was convened to prepare Constitution of India, which was known as Nehru report
Some interesting facts about our constitution
Our Constitution ensures Constitutional supremacy
Ambedkar and our constitution committee studied nearly 60 constitutions before drafting our constitution
First copy of the document was hand written by Prem Behari Narain Raizada in flowing italics style
Our constitution is the longest in the world and contain approximately 117,369 words in English version
Nearly 2000 amendments were made to first draft
Our Constitution was signed by 283 members
Important Provisions and Judgements
A K Gopalan Case - Supreme court observed Article 21 in narrow view
Shankari Prasad Case - Amendability of constitution
Keshavananda Bharti Case - Basic structure doctrine
Maenaka Gandhi Case - Expanded the Article 21
Minerva Mills Case - Strengthened "Basic structure doctrine" & ensured Constitution is supreme
NOTA Judgement 2013
Character is like a tree and reputation is like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it, the tree is the real thing - Abraham Lincoln
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