Brief History of Indian Constitution

BRIEF HISTORY OF INDIAN CONSTITUTION

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PRESENTED BY:- NEHA KUMARI ROLL NO.-10ERCEC068

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HISTORY INDIAN CONSTITUTION IS THE SUPREME LAW OF INDIA. §

THE CONSTITUTION WAS ENACTED BY THE CONSTITUTE ASSEMBLY ON 26 NOVEMBER 1949, & CAME INTO EFFECT ON26 JANUARY 1950. §

 THE DATE 26 JANUARY WAS CHOSEN TO COMMOMRATE THE PURNA SWARAJ DECALERATION OF INDEPANDANCE IN 1930. Click to edit Master subtitle style §THE MAJORITY OF THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT WAS UNDER  BRITISH COLONIAL RULE FROM 1858 TO 1947. §

THIS PERIOD SWA THE GRADUAL RISE OF THE INDIAN INDEPENDANCE MOVEMENT TO GAIN INDEPENDENCE FROM FOREIGN RULE. §THE FOUNDER OF THE INDIAN CONSTITUTION WAS “DR. BHEEMRAO AMBEDAKER”. 5/24/12 §

THE PREAMBLE OF INDIA WE, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a SOVEREIGN SOCIALIST SECULAR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC and to secure to all its citizens: JUSTICE, social, economic and political; LIBERTY worship; EQUALITY of status and of opportunity; and to promote among them all FRATERNITY assuring the dignity of the individual and the unity and integrity of the Nation; IN OUR CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY this twenty-sixth day of November, 1949, do HEREBY ADOPT, ENACT AND GIVE TO OURSELVES THIS Click to edit Master subtitle style CONSTITUTION.

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CONSTITUTION ASSEMBLY The Constitution was drafted by the  Constituent Assembly, which was elected by the elected members of the provincial assemblies. Sanjay Phakey,Jawaharlal Nehru,  C. Rajagopalachari, Rajendra Prasad , Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel,  Kanaiyalal Munshi, Purushottam Mavalankar, Sandipkumar Patel, Dr Ambedkar, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Shyama Mukherjee,  Click toPrasad edit Master subtitle style Nalini Ranjan Ghosh, and Balwantrai Mehta were some important figures in the Assembly.  The first president of the Constituent Assembly was Dr Sachidanand Sinha. Later, Rajendra Prasad was elected president of the 5/24/12 Constituent Assembly. The members

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On the 14 August 1947 meeting of the Assembly, a proposal for forming various committees was presented. Such committees included a Committee on Fundamental Rights, the Union Powers Committee and Union Constitution Committee. On 29 August 1947, the Drafting Committee was appointed, with Dr Ambedkar as the Chairman along with six other members assisted by a constitutional advisor. Click to edit Master subtitle style .A Draft Constitution was prepared by the committee and submitted to the Assembly on 4 November 1947.Draft constitution was debated and over 2000 amendments were moved over a period of two years. Finally on 26 Nov. 1949,the process completed and Constituent assembly adopted the 5/24/12 constitution. 284 members signed the

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