Constitution day of India : some interesting facts about our constitution!

 Constitution day also known as Samvidhan divas, is celebrated in India on 26 November every year to commemorate the adoption of the constitution of India. On this day in 1949, the constituent assembly had adopted the constitution of India. it came into effect on 26 January 1950.

To mark 70 years of adoption of our constitution, I would like to share a few facts about our Indian constitution - 

• The original constitution of India was handwritten by Prem Behari Narain Raizada in beautiful calligraphy. They are currently kept in special Helium-filled cases in the Library  of the Parliament of India.
• The Indian Constitution is the longest written Constitution of any sovereign country in the world.
• The Constituent Assembly took precisely 2 years, 11 months and 18 days to finalize the constitution.
• Our Constitution makers took inspiration from various other Constitutions while drafting the one for our country which is why our constitution is often called Bag of Borrowings.
• The preamble of our constitution was inspired by the preamble to the constitution of United States of America. 
• The Indian Constitution has undergone a total of 103 amendments as of January 2019.

Constitution is not a mere lawyers document, it is a vehicle of life, and its spirit is always the spirit of age.

- B R Ambedkar