26th November 1949
26 th November 1949 - The day when India officially adopted its constitution. The Constitution of India is the lengthiest of all the written constitutions of the world. It is a very comprehensive, elaborate and detailed document. Originally (1949), the Constitution contained a Preamble, 395 Articles (divided into 22 Parts) and 8 Schedules. Presently, it consists of a Preamble, about 465 Articles (divided into 25 Parts) and 12 Schedules. The various amendments carried out since 1951 have deleted about 20 Articles and one Part (VII) and added about 85 Articles, four Parts (IVA, IXA, IXB and XIVA) and four Schedules (9, 10, 11 and 12). No other Constitution in the world has so many Articles and Schedules. The idea of a Constituent Assembly was put forward by M N Roy (Manabendra Nath Roy – Indian revolutionary, radical activist, political theorist, founder of Mexican Communist Party and Communist Party of India) for the first time in 1934. In 1935, the Indian National Congress (INC)...