Interesting facts about the Constitution of India

Committee for drafting the constitution was established. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar was appointed as the Chairman of the committee.

days taken by the Constituent Assembly to pass the constitution after it was presented to it.

Constitution came into effect, as many as 284 members of the Constituent Assembly had signed the documents two days earlier.

articles, 12 schedules and 94 amendments, makes it the longest constitution in the world.

The constitution was hand-written by Prem Behari Narain Raizada (Saxena) of Delhi in the best calligraphic tradition of our country. 254 pen-holder nibs were used and No. 303 Nib was used for this calligraphy.

Over this period, Acharya Nandalal Bose and his student Beohar Rammanohar Sinha embellished each page of the constitution.

artwork and illustrations rendered largely in miniature style take us through a veritable pictorial journey across four thousand years of rich history, tradition and culture.