The Constitution of India is the major law in India. It's also the longest constitution in the world with 448 articles, 22 parts, 12 schedules. The constitution was made on 26 November 1949.
THE CONSTITUTIONOF INDIA
India had to face many problems after independence. Rehabilitating the refugees who migrated from Pakistan, merger of the princely states, maintenance of law and order were challenges. Mr Sardar Patel successfully achieved the merger of the princely states and provinces with the Union of India.
DIVISION OF PAKISTAN AND INDIA
A Constitution is a set of rules and regulations guiding the administration of a country. The recommendations of the Motilal Nehru Committee and the decisions taken by the meeting of National Congress at Karachi prepared for the formation of a Constituent Assembly.
The first meeting of the new constituent Assembly was conducted on 9th of December, 1946. The next meeting conducted in 11th of December, 1946 under the chairmanship of Dr. Rajendra Prasad. Highly respected people such as Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Vallabhai Patel, Dr.B.R.Ambedkar, Sarojini Naidu attended the meeting.
The 389 members of the Constituent Assembly formed many committees to examine in detail all the issues relating to the country. Dr.B.R.Ambedkar was the Chairman of one of the most important committees, i.e., the Drafting Committee. The other members of the committee were N.Gopalaswamy Iyengar, Alladi Krishnaswamy etc.
The Constituent Assembly which came into existence on 11th of December 1946, this duration, the constituent assembly had 145 meetings and framed a draft constitution. During these discussions, the various laws proposed by the British Government in 1909, 1919 and 1935, the British Parliamentary System, the American Bill of Rights, the Social Directive Policies of Ireland were studies and some laws of those were written in the Constitution. Finally, the Indian Constitution was approved on 26th of November, 1949 and came into existence on 26th of January, 1950. January 26 is celebrate as 'Republic Day' in India.