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Special Report Constitution Day

THE CONSTITUTION:

INDIA’S HOLY BOOK

We, the people of

India, adopted our
Constitution on

November 26, 1949.
While the date has

been important for
the nation, it was

only in 2015 that the

Government decided
to celebrate November

26 as the 'Constitution
Day' every year in a

tribute to Babasaheb
Bhimrao Ambedkar,

the chief architect of
our Constitution, on his

125th birth anniversary

heoretically, a Constitution is essentially a protection to the country's democratic fabric.
a body of fundamental principles which The Indian Constitution was adopted on Novem-
Tguides the Government of country. It en- ber 26, 1949, and a few of its provisions came
sures rights and dignity to its citizens, and up- into effect immediately and the rest came into
holds the unity of the nation. For every country, force on January 26, 1950.
the Constitution is its soul. For India, it is much Every year, the nation celebrates August
more because it embodies the ethos that guid- 15 (Independence Day) and January 26 (Re-
ed our freedom fighters in their struggle for the public Day) on a grand scale. But Novem-
country's Independence. The distilled wisdom ber 26 had been consigned to the attic
of its makers, the Indian Constitution is the con- of our collective national consciousness.
science keeper of the Government and offering After assuming the office, Prime Minister

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