Some Unknown Facts About The Indian Constitution

• Father of the Indian constitution, Dr Ambedkar was ready to burn it, if it failed to protect minorities.

Acording to him,

" My friends tell me that I have made the constitution. But I am quite prepared to say that I shall be the first person to burn it down. I do not want it. It does not suit any body. But whatever that may be, if our people want to carry on, they must not forget that there are majorities and there are minorties and they simply can not ignore the minorities. By saying, 'Oh no. To recognise you is to harm democracy.' I shall say that the greatest harm will come by injuring the minorities."

• The original copies of the constitution were written in Hindi and English.

• The English version has 117,369 words.

• It is the longest constitution in the world.

• The constitution wasn't typed or printed .

• It was hand written by Prem Behari Narain Raizada in Italic style.

• Each page was uniquely decorated by artists from Shantiniketan.

• The original copies are stored in helium-filled cases in the Indian parliament.

• The constitution declares India a sovereign, socialist, secular and democratic republic.

• It assures its citizens justice, equality, liberty and endeavours to promote fraternity.

• 9 december 1946 the constituent assembly met for the first time.

• It took 2 years, 11 months and 17 days to write it all down.

• 2000 amendments were made when the first draft was put up for debate.

• 26 november 1949 constitution day the final draft was ready.

• 24 november 1950 284 members of the constituent assembly signed the constitution.

• 26 january 1950 the constitution of India was legally enforced.

• The national amblem of India was adopted on the same day.

• The constitution of India is inspired by the constitutions of several nations.

• The constitution is based on a series of statutes enacted by the British parliament.

• The ideals of liberty, equality and fraternity come from the French constitution.

• The five year plan was adopted from the USSR.

• The laws governing our supreme court were taken from Japan.

• Suspension of fundamental rights during emergency rule came from the Weimar constitution of Germany

• The preamble was inspired by the Us constitution's preamble since both begin with" WE THE PEOPLE"

• The constitution's basic structure stands on the government of India act,1935.

• Amended only 94 times in over 60 years our constitution has stood the test of time.