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At the conclusion of his book, Making of India's Constitution, retired Supreme Court Justice Hans Raj Khanna wrote: If the Indian constitution is our heritage bequeathed to us by our founding fathers, no less are we, the people of India, the trustees and custodians of the values which pulsate within its provisions!
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (Bhīmrāo Rāmjī Āmbēḍkar; 14 April 1891 – 6 December 1956) was an Indian economist, jurist, social reformer and political leader who chaired the committee that drafted the Constitution of India based on the debates of the Constituent Assembly of India and the first draft of Sir Benegal Narsing Rau.
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I. 1600-1918.--II. The Government of India acts, 1915 & 1916; including references to older statutes, together with an introductory account of the present working constitution of British India and a brief preliminary study of English political institutions Subjects: Constitutional history -- India; India -- Politics and government
In his classic history of the Indian Constitution, the historian Granville Austin describes the Constituent Assembly as "India in microcosm." [ 5 ] Austin shows that although the Constituent Assembly was a one-party body in an essentially one-party country, it was representative of India and the "Indian Constitution expresses the will of the ...
The Constitution spells out governmental powers with so much detail that many matters addressed by statute in other democracies must be addressed via constitutional amendment in India. As a result, the Constitution is amended roughly twice a year. The main purpose of the amendments is to become more relevant.
The Preamble to the Constitution of India is based on the Objectives Resolution, which was moved in the Constituent Assembly by Jawaharlal Nehru on 13 December 1946 accepted on 22 January 1947 and adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 26 November 1949, coming into force on 26 January 1950, celebrated as the Republic Day of India, and was initially drafted by Jawaharlal Nehru. [1]
The Fifth Schedule of the Constitution of India gives special powers to the Governor to provide autonomy to the Scheduled Tribes, thereby limiting the effect of Acts of the Central and State Legislatures on the Scheduled Areas. [1] [2] [3]