1. The Indian Constitution is the longest in the world with 448 articles,12 schedules and 98 amendments while the american constitution is the smallest one.
2. The constitution of India was niether typed nor printed.it was hand written and calligraphed both in Hindi and English..The orignal copies are kept safely inside helium -filled cases in the library of the parliament of India.
3.Formation of constitution took 2 years 11 months and 17 days with constituent assembly consisting of 284 members out of which 15 were women.
4. Our Leaders Gave the best speculation from the constitutions around the world and come with with a effective,collabrative points which would result in best like the The concept of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity is from the French constitution,Supreme Court’s functioning from Japan,the Five-Year Plans from the USSR constitution and the socio-economic aspects from the Irish one.
5.B.R Amdedkar was the Chief Architect of the Constitution.he played most important part in forming constitution which covered a wide range of gaurantees,protection and civil rights including freedom of relegion abolition of all type of discrimination.
6.Fundamental Rights :Under its Part IIIC (Articles 12-35), the Constitution of India grants and guarantees Fundamental Rights to its citizens. Initially, 7 Fundamental Rights were granted but after the deletion of the Right to Property from the list of Fundamental Rights (44th Amendment Act 1979) their number came down to six. i) Right to Equality ii) Right to Freedom iii) Right against Exploitation iv) Right to Freedom of Religion v) Cultural and Educational Right vi) Right to Constitutional Remedies.
7.Article 370: It provides the state of Jammu and Kashmir to enjoy special autonomous powers on all matters except for the matters on national importance such as Communications, Defence, Finance, and Foreign Affairs! J & K has its own constitution.
8.Some important articles are-
Article 14 Equality before law
Article 24 Prohibition of employment of children in factories
Article 19 Right to freedom of speech and expression.
Right to assemble peacefully and without arms.
Right to form associations or unions.
Right to move freely throughout the territory of India.
Article 26 Freedom to manage religious affairs.
Article 21 Protection of life and personal liberty
Article 31A Equal justice and free legal aid
Article 45 Provision for free and compulsory education for children.
9.The Constitution of India was adopted on 26th November, 1949 and the honorable members appended their signatures to it on 24th January 1950. All the 284 members who were the part of committee actually signed the Constitution. Rajendra Prasad had been elected unopposed as India's first President, but Nehru was the first to sign the constitution and Prasad was the last member to sign. But, rather than signing behind the last signatory, he inserted his name in the small space between the last line of the text and Nehru's signature. He has also signed in two languages, first in Devnagari and then in the Roman script while most others have signed in English.
10.In October Prime Minister Narendra Modi while laying the foundation stone of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Memorial in Mumbai, announced that November 26 will be observed as Constitution Day. On this day in 1949 the Constitution was adopted, which later came into force on 26th January 1950 and has marked a new era in the history of India.
