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INDIA -
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Date-wise Events |
- January 26, 1930: 26
January was selected for the Republic Day because it was
this day in 1930 when the Declaration of Indian Independence
(Purna Swaraj) was proclaimed by the Indian National
Congress.
- December 09, 1946: The
Constituent Assembly of India started its 1st Session on
this day.
- November 26, 1949:
The final draft of the Constitution of India was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on
this day. This day is celebrated as National Law Day in
India.
- January 26, 1950: The
Constitution of India came into effect on this day.
With its adoption, the Union of India officially became the
Republic of India and it replaced the
Government of India Act 1935 as the country's fundamental
governing document.
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April 24, 1973 - On this day, a landmark
judgement was given by the Supreme Court of India that
the Parliament could not amend the Fundamental Rights
and that such changes would require a new Constituent
Assembly.
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November 17, 2017:
India's Vice President, M. Venkaiah
Naidu said "India can’t be developed if
there are glaring inequalities based on
caste, creed, religion and sex". See
full text of his speech at
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=173636
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November 26, 2017:
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The Constitution of India is the supreme law of
India.
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It is a living document, the permanent
instrument which makes the government system work.
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It lays down the framework defining fundamental
political principles, establishes the structure,
procedures, powers and duties of government institutions and
sets out fundamental rights, directive
principles and the duties of citizens.
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It is the longest written constitution of any
sovereign country in the world.
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Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar is regarded as the
chief architect of the Indian Constitution.
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It was the Constituent Assembly that worked
under Dr Ambedkar and his team that drafted the final copy of
the Indian Constitution.
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The constitution of India imparts constitutional supremacy and
not parliamentary supremacy.
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Parliament cannot override the constitution.
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The date of 26 January was chosen to commemorate the
Purna Swaraj declaration of independence of 1930.
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The framers of constitution repealed the prior Acts of the
British Parliament via the Article 395 of the constitution.
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PREABLE TO THE CONSTITUTION
OF INDIA:
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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 of thought,
expression, belief, faith and 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 CONSTITUTION.
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