On Our Constitution
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How did the Constitution come into being?
- The Indian Constitution was drafted by the Constituent Assembly.
- The Constitution, as settled by the Assembly, was put to vote by the President and passed by the House on November 26th, 1949. This was on a motion by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, who chaired the Drafting Committee.
- Certain provisions of the new Constitution, such as those relating to a provisional Parliament, citizenship and other transitional measures came into force immediately. The rest came into force on January 26, 1950- which is now observed as Republic Day.
- November 26th is now observed as Constitution Day. It marks the culmination of 3 years of disc
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