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Constitution of India

1950 · 20th century

The Constitution of India is the supreme law of the Republic of India, adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 26 November 1949 and in force from 26 January 1950, a date celebrated as Republic Day. Drafted by a committee chaired by B. R. Ambedkar, it is the longest written national constitution in the world and establishes a federal parliamentary republic with guaranteed fundamental rights.

Constitution of India
Image: Illumination/ornamentation by Beohar Rammanohar Sinha, calligraphy by Prem Behari Narain Raizada. · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Constitution of India. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/constitution-of-india
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