Indian Constitution Day: 26 November

• Every year on November 26th, Constitution Day or 'Samvidhan Diwas' is observed to commemorate the adoption of the Indian Constitution.
• The Constitution was enacted on November 26, 1949, and it came into force on January 26, 1950.
• In 1947, Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, India's first law minister in the Congress-led government, was named head of the constitution drafting committee and charged with authoring the country's new constitution.
• American historian Granville Seward Austin has described the Constitution drafted by Ambedkar as ‘first and foremost a social document’.

Important Takeaways

About Constitution

• A constitution is described as a set of written regulations that are recognised by all members of a country's population. It determines the people's connection with the government.

Committees of the Constituent Assembly and its President

• Drafting Committee – B. R. Ambedkar.
• Union Power Committee – Jawaharlal Nehru
• Union Constitution Committee – Jawaharlal Nehru
• Provincial Constitution Committee – Vallabhbhai Patel
• Fundamental Rights Sub-Committee – J. B. Kripalani
• Rules of Procedure Committee – Rajendra Prasad
• National Flag and HOC Committee – Rajendra Prasad
• Committee for the function of the Constitution Assembly - G V Mavlankar