India releases first edition of Dogri version of Indian Constitution

Category : National Published on: April 11 2023

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Union Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Kiren Rijiju released the first edition of the Dogri version of the Constitution of India at University of Jammu.
Dogri is one of the official languages of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. On 22 December 2003, in a major milestone for the official status of the language, Dogri was recognized as a national language of India in the Indian constitution.
The earliest written reference to Dogri (using the paleonym Duggar) is found in the Nuh sipihr (“The Nine Heavens”), written by the poet Amir Khosrow in 1317 CE.
Dogri is descended from Sanskrit, the language of the Vedas (1500–1200 BCE).
The Consitution of India is amongst the world’s longest-written constitutions and has guided India’s nation-building process for over seven decades.
Recently, on 28th March 2023, the Ministry of External Affairs organised a seminar on “Seven Decades of the Constitution of India” on the occasion of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav (75 years of Independence of India) in coordination with the Parliamentary Research & Training Institute for Democracies (PRIDE).