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    Constitutional Designs: Fill in The Blanks and Q&A

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    The document discusses the making of the Indian constitution after independence from Britain. It notes that the constitution was drafted under difficult circumstances as the country was divided along religious lines and the princely states had to decide whether to join India or Pakistan. It took into account the anxieties of the present and future of the newly independent nation. While some institutional details were drawn from colonial laws due to experience working in those systems, the constitution reflected a broad consensus of the time and represented diverse social and political groups through the constituent assembly.

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    The document discusses the making of the Indian constitution after independence from Britain. It notes that the constitution was drafted under difficult circumstances as the country was divided along religious lines and the princely states had to decide whether to join India or Pakistan. It took into account the anxieties of the present and future of the newly independent nation. While some institutional details were drawn from colonial laws due to experience working in those systems, the constitution reflected a broad consensus of the time and represented diverse social and political groups through the constituent assembly.

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    The document discusses the making of the Indian constitution after independence from Britain. It notes that the constitution was drafted under difficult circumstances as the country was divided along religious lines and the princely states had to decide whether to join India or Pakistan. It took into account the anxieties of the present and future of the newly independent nation. While some institutional details were drawn from colonial laws due to experience working in those systems, the constitution reflected a broad consensus of the time and represented diverse social and political groups through the constituent assembly.

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    Constitutional Designs: Fill in The Blanks and Q&A

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    The document discusses the making of the Indian constitution after independence from Britain. It notes that the constitution was drafted under difficult circumstances as the country was divided along religious lines and the princely states had to decide whether to join India or Pakistan. It took into account the anxieties of the present and future of the newly independent nation. While some institutional details were drawn from colonial laws due to experience working in those systems, the constitution reflected a broad consensus of the time and represented diverse social and political groups through the constituent assembly.

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    CONSTITUTIONAL DESIGNS

    Fill in the blanks and Q&A


    1. All countries that are democratic will have a constitution.
    2. After the war of Independence against Great Britain, America gave
    themselves a constitution.
    3. In 1928 Motilal Nehru and eight other Congress leaders drafted a
    constitution for India.
    4. In 1931 at the Karachi Session of the Indian National Congress, decided
    how an Independent India’s Constitution should look like.
    5. The Constituent Assembly that wrote the Indian Constitution had 299
    members.
    6. Our Indian Constitution came into force on 26th January 1950.
    7. What is a constitution and what is the importance of a constitution?
    (To be marked in the text)
    8. Like South Africa India’s Constitution was also drawn up under very
    difficult circumstances. Discuss.
    a. Making of the constitution for a huge and diverse country like India was not
    an easy affair.
    b. At that time the people of India was emerging from the status of subjects to
    that of citizens. Besides the country was divided based on religious differences
    and it was a traumatic experience for the people of India and Pakistan.
    c. British had left it to the rulers of princely states to decide whether they
    wanted to join with India or Pakistan or they wanted to remain independent
    and this was a tough decision to make.
    d. The makers of the constitution had anxieties about the present and future of
    the country.
    9. What were the advantages for the makers of Indian constitution?
    a. Unlike South Africa they did not have to create a consensus (awareness)
    about how a democratic country should look like
    b. Much of these consensuses had evolved during freedom struggle.
    c. Our national movement was not merely a struggle against a foreign rule. It
    was also a struggle to rejuvenate (revive) our country and transform our
    society and politics.
    10. Why did the Indian Constitution adopt many Institutional details and
    procedures from the colonial laws?
    a. Indian constitution adopted many institutional details from colonial laws
    like the Government of India Act of 1935
    b. But sometimes the British Legislatures were not fully democratic
    governments. For example: The British rule had given voting rights to selected
    few and that created very weak legislatures.
    c. Yet, the experience of having worked with the political institutions of
    colonial rule helped in setting up its own institutions and working in them.
    11. Mention some factors that contributed in making of our constitution. (To
    be marked in the text)
    12. Why should we accept a constitution that was made several years ago?
    a. The Constitution of India doesn't reflect the opinion of members of the
    Constituent Assembly. It expresses a broad consensus of its time.
    b. Another reason why we should accept the Constitution is that the Constituent
    Assembly represented the Indian people.
    c. The Assembly was dominated by the Indian National Congress (INC). It was the
    party that led the Indian freedom struggle. But it itself included people of
    different political opinions and groups.
    d. In social terms too, the Assembly represented members that belonged to
    different castes, occupations, religions and classes.
    e. At that time, there was no universal adult franchise. But even it would have
    been there, the composition of the Constituent Assembly would have been so
    different as it was. What are ‘Constituent Assembly Debates’?

    13. What are constituent Assembly Debates


    Every document presented and every word spoken in the Constituent
    Assembly has been recorded and preserved. These are called ‘Constituent
    Assembly Debates’.

    • These debates provide the rationale behind every provision of the


    Constitution.
    • These are used to interpret the meaning of the Constitution.
    • When printed, these debates constitute 12 bulky volumes .

    14. Sovereign, Socialist, Secular, Democratic, Republic, Justice, liberty, equality


    and Fraternity ---- refer text

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