Constitution of India
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Constitution of India
Preamble
PARTS
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Tenth ∙ Eleventh ∙ Twelfth
APPENDICES
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AMENDMENTS
1 - 10 ∙ 11 - 20 ∙ 21 - 30
31 - 40 ∙ 41 - 50 ∙ 51 - 60 ∙ 61 - 70
71 - 80 ∙ 81 - 83
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The Constitution of India (Hindi: ???????
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guages) is the supreme law of India. It lays
down the framework defining fundamental
political principles, establishing the struc-
ture, procedures, powers and duties, of the
government and spells out the fundamental
rights, directive principles and duties of cit-
izens. Passed by the Constituent Assembly on
November 26, 1949, it came into effect on
January 26, 1950.[1] The date 26 January was
chosen to commemorate the declaration of
independence of 1930. It declares the Union
of India to be a sovereign, democratic repub-
lic, assuring its citizens of justice, equality,
and liberty; the words "socialist", "secular"
and "integrity" were added to the definition
in 1976 by constitutional amendment.[2] In-
dia celebrates the adoption of the constitu-
tion on January 26 each year as Republic
Day.[3] It is the longest[4] written constitution
of any sovereign country in the world, con-
taining 444 articles, 12 schedules and 94
amendments[5], for a total of 117,369 words
in the English language version. Besides the
English version, there is an official Hindi
translation. After coming into effect, The
Constitution replaced the Government of In-
dia Act 1935 as the governing document of
India. Being the supreme law of the country,
every law enacted by the government must
conform to the constitution.
History
Government of India Act 1919
The Government of India Act