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Nation Constitution Day Special

OUR CONSTITUTION IS THE GREAT TRADITION

OF INDIA FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS

Narendra Modi Prime Minister

here are certain days and occasions that strengthen our bond with the
past. Motivate us to work in that direction for a brighter future. The
T26th of November is one such historic date. We duly adopted the
constitution with a new look about 73 years ago.
Sacred voices echoed in the Central Hall of Parliament seven decades
ago. Every article of the Constitution was thoroughly debated. Arguments,
Although the Indian facts, and ideas were exchanged; faith, dreams, and resolutions were
Constitution was discussed. In a way, this place in the Central Hall of Parliament was the great
adopted 73 years Kumbh of knowledge, where great efforts were made to put into words the
dreams of India's people from all over the country. Countless great men
ago, Prime Minister including Dr. Rajendra Prasad, Dr. Bhimrao Babasaheb Ambedkar, Sardar
Narendra Modi begun Vallabhbhai Patel, Pandit Nehru, Acharya Sukrani ji, Maulana Azad,
to commemorate Purushottam Das Tandon, Sucheta Kriplani, Hansa Mehta, LD Krishnaswamy
Iyer, NK Gopalaswamy Ayyangar, John Mathai, who made direct and indirect
Constitution Day. contributions, have handed us this great legacy in our hands. Just imagine

When the country what would have happened if we had been tasked with writing the Constitution
celebrates the 8th today. Despite the shadow of the freedom movement, the flame of patriotism
and the horror of the Partition of India, national interest was paramount and
Constitution Day on it was the sole mantra in everyone's heart. In today’s context, binding the
November 26th, let us entire country full of diversities, many languages, dialects, sects, and princely
know Prime Minister states through the Constitution and charting out a strategy to move forward,
I do not know if we could have written even one page of the Constitution. I
Modi's perspective on would like to salute those great individuals because, despite having different
its significance, which points of view, they sat down and wrote a Constitution with the belief that

he has expressed national interests come first.
Our Constitution is more than just a collection of articles. Our Constitution
on numerous is the modern manifestation of millennia of uninterrupted tradition. As a
occasions. result, we must adhere to the Constitution in both letter and spirit. When we

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