The Government of India declared 26 November as Constitution Day. It is one of the Historical day in the history of India. It is also called as Samvidhan Divas,is celebrated in India in honour of Father of Constitution of India – Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar(Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar),known as the architect of the Indian constitution.
“Liberty, Equality and Fraternity” based Democracy had came on 26th November 1949 in India. The Constituent Assembly of India adopted the Constitution of India, and it went into effect on 26 January 1950. Babasaheb Ambedkar was appointed as Chairmen of the Drafting Committee that was constituted by Constituent Assembly to draft a Constitution for independent India on 29th of August 1947. The seven members, including the Chairman of the ‘Drafting Committee’ were as follows: Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, Chairman Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi ( Ex- Home Minister, Bombay) Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer( Ex- Advocate General, Madras State) N Gopalaswami Ayengar ( Ex-Prime Minister, J&K, member of Nehru Cabinet) B L Mitter ( Ex-Advocate General, India) Md. Saadullah ( Ex- Chief Minister of Assam, Muslim League member) D P Khaitan ( lawyer) A Draft Constitution was prepared by the committee and submitted to the Assembly on 4 November 1947.