{"id":1751,"date":"2026-10-12T18:30:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T18:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tiwaripedia.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/12\/making-of-indian-constitution\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T18:30:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T18:30:19","slug":"making-of-indian-constitution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tiwaripedia.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/12\/making-of-indian-constitution\/","title":{"rendered":"How India’s Constitution Was Made: The Story Behind the World’s Longest Constitution"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Infographic:<\/figure>\n

The Constitution of India<\/strong> is the supreme law of the country. It is the longest written national constitution in the world and lays down the framework of government and the fundamental rights and duties of citizens.<\/p>\n

The Constituent Assembly<\/h2>

The Constituent Assembly<\/strong>, a body of elected representatives, met for the first time on 9 December 1946<\/strong>. Dr Rajendra Prasad<\/strong> was elected its President. It included leaders and experts from across India, and 15 women members.<\/p>\n

The Drafting Committee<\/h2>

On 29 August 1947, the Assembly set up a Drafting Committee<\/strong> chaired by Dr B.R. Ambedkar<\/strong>, who is honoured as the chief architect of the Constitution. Constitutional adviser B.N. Rau prepared an initial draft.<\/p>\n

Nearly three years of debate<\/h2>

The Assembly debated every article in detail, taking about 2 years, 11 months and 18 days<\/strong>. Thousands of amendments to the draft were discussed.<\/p>\n

Two important dates<\/h2>
  • 26 November 1949:<\/strong> the Constitution was adopted. This day is celebrated as Constitution Day (Samvidhan Divas)<\/strong>.<\/li>
  • 26 January 1950:<\/strong> the Constitution came into force and India became a republic. This is celebrated as Republic Day<\/strong>. The date was chosen because on 26 January 1930 the Congress had declared Purna Swaraj (complete independence).<\/li><\/ul>\n

    A beautiful document<\/h2>

    The original copies were handwritten in English and Hindi. The English version was written in calligraphy by Prem Behari Narain Raizada<\/strong>, and its pages were decorated by artists of Santiniketan led by Nandalal Bose<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

    Key features<\/h2>
    • The Preamble<\/strong> describes India as a sovereign, socialist, secular, democratic republic.<\/li>
    • Fundamental Rights<\/strong> such as equality, freedom of speech and freedom of religion.<\/li>
    • Directive Principles<\/strong> guiding the government towards social welfare.<\/li>
    • Fundamental Duties<\/strong> of citizens, added in 1976.<\/li>
    • A parliamentary system with an independent judiciary.<\/li><\/ul>\n

      Borrowed ideas<\/h2>

      The framers studied many constitutions, for example the parliamentary system from Britain, fundamental rights from the USA and directive principles from Ireland, adapting them to India’s needs.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      India’s Constitution took nearly three years to draft. Learn about the Constituent Assembly, Dr B.R. Ambedkar’s role, and why we celebrate 26 November and 26 January.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1750,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[338],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tiwaripedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1751"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tiwaripedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tiwaripedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tiwaripedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tiwaripedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tiwaripedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tiwaripedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tiwaripedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tiwaripedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tiwaripedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}