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The Constitution of India is the supreme legal document of India. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The document lays down the framework that demarcates fundamental political code, structure, procedures, powers, and duties of government institutions and sets out fundamental rights , directive principles , and the duties of citizens.
The Indian Constitution is the most amended national constitution in the world. [3] The Constitution spells out governmental powers with so much detail that many matters addressed by statute in other democracies must be addressed via constitutional amendment in India. As a result, the Constitution is amended roughly twice a year.
In 1967, the 21st amendment to the constitution added Sindhi to the Eighth Schedule. The 71st Amendment , enacted in 1992, added three more languages: Konkani , Manipuri and Nepali . In 2003, the 92nd Amendment added Bodo , Dogri , Santhali and Maithali , raising the total number of languages to 22. [ 5 ]
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Part XIV is a compilation of laws pertaining to the constitution of India as a country and the union of states that it is made of. This part of the constitution consists of Articles on Services Under the Union and the States. [1]
The Preamble to the Constitution of the Republic of India is based on the Objectives Resolution, which was moved in the Constituent Assembly by Jawaharlal Nehru on 13 December 1946 accepted on 22 January 1947 and adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 26 November 1949, coming into force on 26 January 1950, celebrated as the Republic Day of India, and was initially drafted by Jawaharlal Nehru. [1]
On 9 December 1946, the inaugural session of the Constituent Assembly of India was convened at the Constitution Hall, presently the Central Hall of the Old Parliament House. Notably, Sarojini Naidu was the only woman in the entire gathering, sitting in the first row of attendees facing the presidential dais.
Aspirant states and union territories of India. The constitutional power to create new states and union territories in India is solely reserved with the Parliament of India, which can do so by announcing new states/union territories, separating territory from an existing state or merging two or more states/union territories or parts of them. [1]