Constitution of India Day

The President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu graced the commemoration of 75 years of adoption of the Constitution in the Central Hall of Parliament House on November 26, 2024.

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has participated in the programme on 26 November to mark Constitution Day in Samvidhan Sadan .

On November 26, 1949, the Constituent Assembly adopted the Constitution of India, and it came into effect on January 26, 1950. Before this, the day was observed as National Law Day as Ambedkar was also the first Law Minister of India.

While January 26 is celebrated as Republic Day, since 2015, November 26 is annually observed as the Constitution Day of India, or Samvidhan Divas.

In May 2015, the Union Cabinet announced that November 26 would be observed as Constitution Day to promote “constitutional values amongst citizens”.

That year also marked the 125th birth anniversary of BR Ambedkar, the Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Constitution. K.M. Munshi, Muhammed Saadulah and Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer were also among the committee’s members.

The Drafting Committee chaired by Ambedkar was one among the over 17 committees of the Constituent Assembly.

The Constituent Assembly, the body meant to draft the Constitution of India, held its first session on December 9, 1946, attended by 207 members.

Initially, the assembly had 389 members, but after Independence and the Partition of India, the strength was reduced to 299.

The last session of the Constituent Assembly ended on November 26, 1949, when the Constitution was adopted, and two months later on January 26, 1950 it came into effect after 284 members signed it.

January 26 was chosen since the Congress’ Poorna Swaraj resolution was declared on this day in the year 1930.

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