CONSTITUTION DAY (SAMVIDHAN DIWAS -26th November)

 

CADET PUSHPANJALI

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National Constitution Day or Samvidhan Divas or National Law Day Celebrated on 26th November every year. The significance of this day is that on this day in the year 1949, the Constituent Assembly of India adopted the Constitution of India. However, the Constitution of India came into force on 26th January 1950. We celebrate 26th January as Republic Day every year.  

The national constitution day is the 125th birth anniversary of the father of the Indian constitution. Dr BR Ambedkar. The constitution is the only backbone of the country upon which every institution and every government should function. The Indian Constitution is a pure amalgamation of the best parts of various constitutions around the world such as France, Russia, Japan and America. The significance of constitution day is to celebrate the values of the constitution which are liberty, equality and fraternity. The National constitution day stands as a day for the celebration of India’s success as the biggest democratic and secular nation around the world. 

 

The history of our constitution starts way back before 1947 when we attained Independence from the British. When the Quit India Movement and the freedom struggle for India began and the lawyers and different intellectual in the country headed by Dr BR Ambedkar, started writing the constitution of India. 

There is a gap of 2 months between the national constitution day and Republic Day and in these 2 months, the huge constitution of India was thoroughly read and translated from English to Hindi and different languages. The assembly, at that point of time, met for around 11 months before the constitution was actually adopted on the national constitution 

day. The constitution was formally adopted in the year 1950 after it was passed and accepted by the constituent assembly of India. The constitution, when it was adopted on January 26th, was not perceived well by many critics and the issues of language, rights, minorities and the entire government structures were debated in the Parliament and around the country. 

Constitution of India declares a socialist, secular, democratic and sovereign republic that gives the citizens of the country with equality, justice and liberty and promotes the values of the fraternity. The constitution is the sole backbone of the country that has kept the country together, with so many diverse cultures, languages and ethnicities, in the last 70 years. Any institution or a citizen not following the values of the constitution can lead to anarchy in the country. 

 

Any harm to the democratic and secular fabric of the nation should be condemned because harm to the democracy of India is harming the constitution of India. 

 

I would like to conclude by saying that If every clause of the Indian Constitution is followed in practice and in spirit, India will become a true democracy but it is easier said than done. India is a diverse country with many languages, religions, ethnicities, diversities and cultural identities that it would become difficult to follow the constitution religiously. Nevertheless, the state has to obey the clauses of the Constitution else the democracy and the secular fabric of India will be in tantrums.