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Special Report Constitution Day

CITIZENS, ADMINISTRATORS MUST

MOVE AHEAD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
SPIRIT OF THE CONSTITUTION

rime Minister in the Mann Ki Baat programme
Pon November 26, 2017, said it is every citizen's
duty that they must abide by the Constitution in its
letter and spirit. "Citizens and administrators alike
must move ahead in accordance with the spirit of
our Constitution. The message that our Constitution
conveys is that no one should be harmed in any way.
It is natural to remember Babasaheb Ambedkar on
Constitution Day," the Prime Minister said.
Speaking at a separate event on the same day,
he said: "The time demands that all of us should
strengthen each other. One institution should be able
to understand requirements of the other and also
understand the challenges faced by it. When these
three institutions (executive, judiciary and legislature)
will focus on their duties enshrined in the constitution,
only then, they will be able to rightfully tell the citizens
In the year 2010, on November 26, Prime Minister of the country. Please follow your duties and think of
Narendra Modi, then Chief Minister of Gujarat
took out the Shobha Yatra by keeping a copy of the society and country by shedding the mentality of why
Constitution on an elephant. He himself walked should I bother'."
before the elephant in the entire journey

The Constitution of India was adopted on No- is safe in a cupboard of the Northern Printing Di-
vember 26, 1949 and the members appended vision.
their signatures to it on January 24, 1950. In all,
284 members actually signed the Constitution. WHY THE CONSTITUTION WAS ADOPTED ON
A handwritten document: The first copy of the JANUARY 26
Constitution of India was written in hand. Callig- On December 31, 1929, the Congress adopt-
rapher Prem Behari Narain Raizada prepared the ed the Poorna Swaraj Resolution and called
English version in a flowing italic style while Vas- upon the people to celebrate January 26 as the
ant Krishna Vaidya prepared Hindi copy. These Independence Day every year. After the Inde-
were illustrated by artist Nandalal Bose and his pendence, it was decided that the Constitution
team from Kala Bhavana, Santiniketan, in West would come into force on January 26, 1950.
Bengal. The original Hindi as well as English cop- 70 ANNIVERSARY OF ADOPTION OF THE
TH
ies of the Indian Constitution, are kept in special CONSTITUTION CELEBRATED IN 2019
helium-filled cases in the Library of Parliament The 70 anniversary of adoption of the Consti-
th
of India. From the handwritten document, 1,000 tution of India was celebrated in the Central Hall
copies were printed using lithography printing of Parliament House -- the place where it was
in the Survey of India (SoI)’s Northern Printing adopted in 1949. Mass reading of the Preamble
Group office located in Hathibarkala area of Deh- to the Constitution was held at 11:00 AM on the
radun. The first printed copy was hardbound and Constitution Day.

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