CONSTITUTION



Indian constitution or constitution of India :


Constitution of India was drafted by Dr. BR Ambedkar to govern the country and for maintaining peace and justice. He is also known as father of Indian constitution. The constitution of India is major law of country. The laws and articles in the constitution provide Fundamental rights [basic rights], justice and equality to Indian people. It also help government to work smoothly. Indian constitution distribute duties to government. It is the longest written national constitution on the globe. Constitution was built on 26 November 1949 [73 years ago] and came into effect on 26 January 1950, that day is also known as Republic day. Indian constitution was built on some basic systems; Federal, Parliamentary, Constitutional and Republic. Constituent assembly had 11 sessions over two years, and it takes 11 months and 18 days. Indian constitution has 448 pages. 


Government often see common people fighting on religion, caste etc. So, they implemented some fundamental rights to solve these issues. 
Indian constitution provide six fundamental rights to citizens which are:
1. Right to Freedom
2. Right to Equality 
3. Cultural and Educational Rights
4. Right to Constitutional Remedies 
5. Right against Exploitation 
6. Right to freedom of Religion 
Recently, the Right to privacy has also been added to the constitution.


COMMITTEES OF THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY:

The constituent assembly approved India's membership of the commonwealth in May,1949. Also, it adopted National song and Anthem on 24th January 1950. Adopted National Flag on 22nd July, 1947. The assembly met for 11 sessions took 2 years 11 months 18 days to frame up the final draft, sat for 141 days in total and draft constitution was considered for 114 days. Total amount incurred, was around rupees 64 lakhs. Some important committiees of the constituent assembly is along with their respective chairpersons are as follow: 
1. Union Powers Committee - Jawahar Lal Nehru  

2. Union Constitution Committee -  Jawahar Lal Nehru 
3. Provincial  Constitution Committee - SR. Patel
4. Drafting Committee - B.R Ambedkar
5. Rules of Procedure Committee - Dr. Rajendra Prasad 
6. Streering Committee - Dr. Rajendra Prasad 

Following are the members of drafting committee : 
1. DR. B.R Ambedkar [Chairman] 
2. Alladi Krishnaswamy Ayyar 
3. DR. K.M. Munshi 
4. N.Gopalswami Ayyangar 
5. Syed Mohammad Saadullah 
6. N Madhava Rau 
7. TT Krishna Machari 
  
The final draft of the constitution was adopted on 26 November 1949 and it contained each 8 schedules, 22 parts and 395 Articles. There are various sources of the Indian Constitution. 

There are 22 parts of Indian Constitution. Different parts of Indian Constitution contains different articles. There are 8 schedules in Indian constitution










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