Basic General Studies on Constitution of India for competitive Exams
Constitution of India - General Studies on Constitution of India for competition Exams: In the year 1885, the British Empire (British Raj) was established in India by the British East India Company. The British were in India to establish a trade route from British India to China. The year 1857, however, was a year of huge change in India. In that year, the Indian Rebellion, also known as the Great Indian Rebellion, broke out in several regions of India against the British East India Company rule, which led to the British taking over all the Indian possessions under their rule. Suddenly, the British rule was not only in the Indian subcontinent but was also spread over a large portion of the world.

In the year 1947, India became independent from the British Empire, and many parts of the Indian empire were formed into states. Up until then, the British had made it a rule that the Indian territories were not to be partitioned, but in the year 1947, the British Indian Empire was partitioned into two states. One state was called the “Dominion of India” and the other was called the “Dominion of Pakistan”.

The Indian constitution came into force in 26th January 1950. The Indian constitution is India’s longest constitution which has the longest list of amendments, and the Indian constitution has been amended around 90 times.  The new constitution was implemented in the states of Madya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. The remaining states and Union Territories were brought under the purview of the constitution within a period of 6 months. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar was the chairman of Drafting Committee  of  the Constitution of India.

 The Drafting Committee prepared the draft of the Constitution, which came out in the open on Feb 4, 1948 (first reading) to elicit the public opinion and reaction to it. The assembly had a general discussion on it for five days.

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 All Topics of Indian Constitution for Competitive Exams are given below....

  • Schedules of Indian Constitution - 12 Schedules of India
  • Framing of the Constitution
  • Composition of constituent assembly
  • Preamble to the Constitution
  • Fundamental Rights
  • Borrowed Features of the Constitution
  • Schedules in Constitution
  • Fundamental Duties
  • The Union and its Territory
  • Citizenship
  • President
  • Vice-president
  • Prime Minister
  • Parliament of India
  • Supreme Court of India
  • The Governor
  • Chief Minister
  • Legislative Council(Vidhan Parishad)
  • Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha)
  • High Court
  • Union Territories
  • Union Public Service Commission(UPSC)
  • Comptroller and Auditor General of India
  • Attorney General of India
  • Election Commission of India
  • Political Parties
  • Finance Commission
  • Panchayati Raj
  • National Insignia
  • National Emblem
  • National Flag
  • National Anthem & National Song of India
  • Important Constitutional Amendments

 

Enactment of the Constitution

   ⦁ The Constituent Assembly next met on Nov 15, 1948 when the provisions of the Draft were considered and discussed in detail (second reading). During this stage, as many as 7,653 amendments were proposed and 2,473 were actually discussed in the Assembly.
   ⦁ The third reading of the draft started on Nov 14, 1949. It was finally passed and accepted on Nov 26, 1949. The last session of the assembly was held on Jan 24, 1950, which unanimously elected Dr. Rajendra Prasad as the President of India. In all, 284 members of the Assembly signed the official copies of the Indian Constitution which came into effect on Jan 26, 1950, known and celebrated as the Republic Day of India.
   ⦁ The Constitution, adopted on Nov 26, 1949, contained a Preamle, 395 articles and 8 scheduled (12 at present ).
   ⦁ Constituent Assembly took 2 years -11 months - 18 days to complete the constitution.
   ⦁ Although Constitution was ready on Nov 26, 1949 but was delayed till Jan 26, 1950 because in 1929 on this day Indian National Congress demanded 'Poorna Swaraj' in Lahore session Under J.L.Nehru.
   ⦁ Constituent Assembly adopted our National Flag on July 22, 1947. It was designed by Pingali Venkaiah of Andrhra Pradesh.

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