What is Ambedkar 's role in drafting the constitution of India
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi marked this day as the Constitution Day of India on November 19, 2015, while laying the foundation stone of the Ambedkar memorial in Mumbai.
It was marked as a part of a year-long celebration of 125th birth anniversary of Dr B R Ambedkar, the Chairman of the Drafting Committee of Constituent Assembly.
The aim of declaring November 26 as the Constitution Day of India is to spread awareness on the importance of the Indian Constitution and to spread awareness about its architect, Dr B R Ambedkar.
Facts about Dr B R Ambedkar
Born on April 14, 1891 in Madhya Pradesh, Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar is also known as Babasaheb Ambedkar.
He was a renowned social reformer, politician and jurist. Ambedkar is called the Father of Indian Constitution.
He was born in a family of Mahar caste of Hindu household, which is viewed as a caste of untouchables.
Due to caste discrimination, Ambedkar had to face a lot of discrimination in the society from time-to-time.
Ambedkar was the founder member of the Independent Labour Party. Later, the name was changed to Scheduled Castes Federation by Babasaheb and later evolved as the Republican Party of India.
His party fought the 1937 Bombay election to the Central Legislative Assembly for 13 reserved and four general seats, he won 11 and 3 seats respectively.
Babasaheb was appointed as the Union Law Minister and Chairman of the Constitution Drafting Committee.
The Constitution Drafting Committee was given the responsibility of writing the constitution on India.
AMBEDKAR'S CONTRIBUTION ON BUILDING THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
Ambedkar was appointed as the chairman of the constitution drafting committee on August 29, 1947
He believed that the gap between different classes was important to equalize, otherwise it will be very difficult to maintain the unity of the country
He emphasized on religious, gender and caste equality
Ambedkar introduced the reservation system to create a social balance amongst the classes
Facts on the Constitution of India:
The constitution was adopted on November 26, 1949, while it came into force on January 26, 1950
The Constitution of India was not typeset or printed but was handwritten and calligraphed in both English and Hindi
The original copies of the Constitution of India are kept in special helium-filled cases in the Library of the Parliament of India
Indian Constitution is known as a bag of borrowings
The concepts of Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity were taken from the French Constitution
The concept of five-year plans was taken from the USSR
The Directive Principles were taken from Ireland
The laws on which the Supreme Court functions were taken from Japan
It is the longest written constitution of an independent country in the world
The Constitution of India contains 448 articles in 25 parts, 12 schedules, 5 appendices and 98 amendments.
The Constituent Assembly had 284 members, out of which 15 were women
The draft was submitted in November 1949. After the submission, it took three more years to complete it
All the 284 members of the Constituent Assembly signed the documents on January 24, 1950
The constitution came into effect on January 26
The National Emblem of India too was adopted on the same day
The Indian Constitution is known as one of the world's best constitutions, especially because it has only seen 94 amendments.