National Constitution Day: Know the importance of the day

The Indian Constitution, which went into effect on January 26, 1950, was adopted on this day 73 years ago.

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The day has been recognized as Constitution Day, or "Samvidhan Diwas," since 2015.

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The Constituent Assembly took two years, 11 months and 17 days to draft the Constitution for Independent India.

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It had 11 meetings totaling 165 days during this time, and its participants submitted about 7,600 amendments to the draft Constitution.

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Dr BR Ambedkar, was the Constitution’s chief architect.

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