Provided for the establishment of an All-India Federation consisting of provinces and princely states as units. (Note: Princely States did not join and so Federation […]

20 feb, 1947 Atlee declared British rule end by 30 June,1948; (3 june 1947 Mountbatten Plan accepted) Declared India as an independent and sovereign state […]

1934- idea of a Constituent Assembly for India was put forward for the first time by M.N. Roy, a pioneer of communist movement in India. […]

Drafting Committee set up on August 29, 1947 It consisted of seven members. They were: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar (Chairman) N. Gopalaswamy Ayyangar Alladi Krishnaswamy Ayyar […]

SALIENT FEATURES OF CONSTITUTION 1. Lengthiest Written Constitution Originally (1949), the Constitution contained a Preamble, 395 Articles (divided into 22 Parts) and 8 Schedules 2. […]

Lengthiest Written Constitution Originally (1949), the Constitution contained a Preamble, 395 Articles (divided into 22 Parts) and 8 Schedules 2. Drawn From Various Sources The […]

American Constitution was the first to begin with a Preamble Preamble to the Indian Constitution is based on the ‘Objectives Resolution’, drafted and moved by […]

KEY WORDS IN THE PREAMBLE 1. Sovereign ‘sovereign’ implies that India is neither a dependency nor a dominion of any other nation, but an independent […]

PREAMBLE AS PART OF THE CONSTITUTION   Berubari Union case (1960) Supreme Court specifically opined that Preamble is not a part of the Constitution Kesavananda […]

Preamble can be amended, subject to the condition that no amendment is done to the ‘basic features’– the fundamental features of the Constitution as contained […]