a powerpoint presentation on the constitution of india for 9th grade icse.

1. THE
CONSTITUTION
OF INDIA

2. INTRODUCTION
The constitution came into effect on 26th January 1950.
the constitution is a complete document containing all the
laws that describe the rights and duties of citizens and the
manner in which the country is to be governed.
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3. THE CONSTITUENT
ASSEMBLY
Formation-
• The group of people who formed the constitution was
called the CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY.
• The first sitting of the constituent assembly was held on
9 December 1946.
• On 11 December 1946 Dr. Rajendra Prasad was
elected as president of the constituent assembly.
• Between 9 December 1946 and 14 august 1947, the
constituent assembly held 5 sessions.
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4. THE CONSTITUENT
ASSEMBLY
Composition-
• The constituent assembly had members from multiple
communities to ensure equal representation.
• Congress leaders ensured that communities such as
Muslims, Sikhs, Anglo-Indians, Indian Christians,
scheduled castes and scheduled tribes got
representation.
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5. THE CONSTITUENT
ASSEMBLY
Objectives resolution- when the constituent assembly started drafting
the constitution. Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru proposed the ‘objectives
resolution’ on 13 December 1946. it contained certain ‘national goals’-
• Free India will be nothing but a republic
• Social, economic and political democracy will be guaranteed to all
people.
• The citizens would be granted Fundamental Rights
• The state would protect the rights of minorities.
The resolution was passed by the constituent assembly on 22 January
1947
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6. THE DRAFTING
COMMITTEE
• the constituent assembly appointed 8 committees to
carry out its work.
• The Drafting Committee under the chairmanship of dr.
B. R. Ambedkar was set up on 29 August 1947.
• It had work of created a rough draft version of the
constitution.
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7. CONTRIBUTION OF
DR AMBEDKAR
Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar played an important role in the
creation of the constitution. He incorporated the following
principles-
• Make the constitution strong and flexible.
• Provide special protection to minorities and certain
classes
• Right to constitutional remedies to ensure that the
government doesn’t interfere in the fundamental rights
of citizens.
• Single citizenship, single judiciary and uniformity in
fundamental laws
• Directive principles which described how the
government should govern
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8. READINGS
• The draft of the constitution was discussed by the
constituent assembly since 4 November 1948.
• Later, the draft underwent the second reading which
was completed on 17 October 1949.
• The third and final reading were completed on 26
November1949
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9. TIME
• It took the constituent assembly 3 years to finally pass
the constitution.
• At the time of its signing the constitution consisted of
395 articles and 8 schedules
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10. IMPLEMENTATION
OF THE
CONSTITUTION
• Citizenship laws and certain others were introduced
first.
• It was adopted and passed by the constituent assembly
on November 26 1949
• It came into force from 26 January 1950
• C. Rajagopalachari became the governor general and
the constituent assembly became the parliament until
the first general elections of 1951-52
• Dr Rajendra Prasad became the president of India
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11. SIGNIFICANCE OF
JANUARY 26
• The date 26 January 1950 was chosen for its historical
importance.
• At the Lahore session of the congress in December
1929 a resolution was passed which declared complete
independence as the main objective of the congress.
• January 26, 1930 was fixed as first independence day
which was celebrated every year till 1947.
• After independence, 15th august 1947 became the
independence day and January 26 was chosen as
republic day.
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12. THANK YOU