Constitution of India
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The Constitution of India is the supreme legal document of India, and the longest written national constitution in the world. The document lays down the framework that demarcates fundamental political
Original text of the preamble
Samuel Hoare significantly drafted the Government of India Act 1935 which formed the basis for the Indian constitution.
Babasaheb Ambedkar, chairman of the drafting committee, presenting the final draft of the Indian constitution to Constituent Assembly president Rajendra Prasad on 25 November 1949
1950 Constituent Assembly meeting
India
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India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the world's seventh-largest country by area and the largest by population. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arab
Constitution of India
…26 November 1949 and became effective on 26 January 1950. It became the country's fundamental governing document, and the Dominion of India became the Republic of India. To ensure constitutional autochthony, its framers repealed prior acts of the British parliament, in Article 395. India celebrates its constitution on…
Manuscript illustration, c. 1650, of the Sanskrit epic Ramayana, composed in story-telling fashion c. 400 BCE – c. 300 CE
Cave 26, a Buddhist shrine, of the rock-cut Ajanta Caves
The Brihadisvara Temple, built by Chola monarch Rajaraja I between 1003 and 1010 CE
Calligraphy on the Qutb Minar, built in the Delhi sultanate from 1199 CE to 1220 CE