New Delhi. India is called the world’s largest republic because the Constitution of India is the largest written constitution in the world. The Indian Constitution consists of 448 Articles, 12 Schedules. It took two years, 11 months and 18 days to make the constitution. At the same time, it took 6 months to write the constitution. The special thing is that the original copy of the constitution has been written by Prem Bihari Narayan Raizada with his own hands. Apart from this, the painters of Shanti Niketan have decorated it with their beautiful art.
Did not take a single penny
Prem Bihari Narayan Raizada was a Calligraphist by profession. He learned calligraphy from his grandfather. The country’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru entrusted the responsibility of writing the Indian Constitution to Raizada. When he was asked to pay, he refused to take anything. It took Raizada 6 months to write the Constitution of India and during this time 254 pen nibs were also used. This nib was shipped to England.
Raizada laid the condition
Raizada refused to take the remuneration for writing the constitution, but he laid a condition for it. His condition was that on every page of the Constitution he would write his name and on the last page of the Constitution he would write his grandfather’s name along with his name.
Weight of original copy of constitution
Paper was ordered from Poona to write the Indian Constitution. Raizada has not made a single mistake in the constitution written in italic style. The Indian constitution is 22 inches in length and 16 inches in width. The leather constitution of the Indian Constitution has been done. Gold workmanship has also been done on it. The weight of the origin of the Indian Constitution is 3.75 kg.
The world’s largest written constitution
The Constitution of India is the largest hand written constitution in the world. After a total of 2000 amendments, the actual form of the Constitution came to light. The Preamble of the Constitution begins with ‘We the people of India’. Apart from the fundamental rights of citizens, fundamental duties have also been placed in the constitution. Help was taken from America, Britain, Ireland, Australia, Germany, France and Russia to write the Constitution of India.
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