Highlight the salient features of Indian constitution.
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The Constitution of India was adopted on 26th November 1950 and from this day onwards it came into full effect.
Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar is called as the Father of Indian Constitution.
The Constitution of India was inspired by various other constitutions of the world.
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The salient features of Indian constitution are:
- The Constitution of India is the longest written constitution of the world. The Constituent Assembly took 2 years, 11 months and 18 days to complete our constitution.
- It declares that, "India, that is Bharat is the Union of States", therefore the people of India have single citizenship, unlike USA which gives double citizenship to its citizens.
- The Constitution of India is based on "Quasi Federal Model" with mixture of unitarianism and federalism.
- The Constitution of India is a unique blend of rigidity and flexibility because some of its provisions are hard to amend but some are very easily amended.
- It provides every citizen of the country six fundamental rights.
- It also provides for the fundamental duties of the citizens of the country.
- It also provides for the formation of bicameral legislation consisting of two houses, the upper house and the lower house.
- It provides a universal adult suffrage which makes every citizen above 18 years the right to vote.
- It gives the judiciary the power of judicial review.
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