Some unknown facts about the Indian Constitution

  • The Longest Constitution in the World – 26 Parts, 12 Schedules, 448 Articles, 101 amendments & with a total of 117,369 words in its English language version
  • The original Constitution of India was handwritten by Prem Behari Narain Raizada in a flowing italic style
  • Prem Behari wrote his name on every page of the constitution and the name of his grandfather on the last page with his name
  • The art work on every page of the Constitution was done by Acharya Nandalal Bose along with his students
  • The Preamble page was decorated by Beohar Rammanohar Sinha
  •  It took 2 years,11 months and 17 days for drafting the constitution. The Assembly discussed & passed 2473 amendments out of 7635
  • Indian Constitution has been made with parts of various constitutions i.e.,  British Constitution, American Constitution, Canadian Constitutions, Irish Constitution, Australian Constitution, Soviet Constitution, South African Constitution

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