History Of India and World

Major Provisions/References Adapted From Constitutions Of Different Countries Makers of our Indian Constitution never shied away or hesitate to learn from other constitutions. Our constitution makers never opposed to borrowing the provisions or references from other countries constitution, it was a testament to their wide learning that they could lay their hands upon any intellectual arguement. They borrowed a few numbers of provisions from different countries. The provisions that they adapted from different countries are: British  1. First Past the Post 2. Parliamentary Form Of Government 3. The Idea of the Rule Of Law 4. Speaker and his Role 5. Law Making Procedure The United States 1. Charter Of Fundamental Rights 2. Power Of Judicial Review and Independence of the Judiciary. Canada 1. A Quasi-federal form of government 2. The idea of residual Powers. Ireland 1. Directive Principles of State Policy France 1. Principle of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity These are the above refer...

The Indian constitution was adopted on 26th November 1949 by the constituent assembly, many of us have this questions like ; Was there any document before 1947? How did the first Prime Minister(PM) of India take Oath Then? When India wasn't partitioned there was a formal Constitution made by the Constituent Assembly which has been elected for "Undivided India".  The first meeting was held on 09-December-1946 and then on 14-August-1947, it was reassembled as Constituent Assembly for " Divided India" . The Constituent Assembly members were elected by an Indirect Election by the members of the Provincial Legislative Assembly, which was established under the Government Of India Act - 1935. The assembly was composed roughly along the lines suggested by the plan proposed by the committee of the British cabinet, known as "Cabinet Mission" Plans Of Cabinet Mission According to the Cabinet Mission plan: Each province and each princely state or group of states ...