The Day When World's Biggest Democracy Adopts World's Longest Written Constitution

  • 71 years ago, on today, the newly independent India had adopted the world's longest handwritten constitution.
  • Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar was the president of the committee who prepared the draft of the constitution.
  • The world's longest handwritten constitution was written in two languages: Hindi and English and Indian constitution is a mix of constitutions of countries around the globe.
  • The major part of the constitution had been adopted from the British Model of Parliamentary Democracy and Government of India Act 1935.
  • While aspects like fundamental rights, preamble are from the USA, fundamental duties are adopted from USSR, DPSP is from Ireland. 

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