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• Dr. B.R. Ambedkar demanded the separate electorates for scheduled caste. He
raised this issue during the national movement. It was opposed by Mahatma
Gandhi, who said that this would segregate from the rest of the society.
• K. Santhanam favoured the right to the states because he felt that a reallocation of
powers of the state as well as the centre is necessary.
• The language issue was debated in the Constituent Assembly for many months.
• Till the decade of 1930s the Congress accepted the Hindustani out to be given the
status of national language. Hindustani which was blend of Hindi and Urdu was a
popular language among most of people of India.
• R.V. Dhulekar favoured the use of Hindi language as a language of constitution
making. He argued that the Hindi must be declared as a national language not as
an official language. He criticised that those who protested that the Hindi language
was being forced on the nation.
• Most of the members of the Assembly were agreed on the fact that all the adult
citizens of India must be granted the right to vote.
• Our constitution is a very long and detailed document. Therefore, it needs to be
amended quite regularly to keep it updated.
• Those who drafted the constitution of India felt that it has to be in accordance with
people’s aspiration and changes in the society. So, they made provisions to
incorporate changes from time to time.
• The constitution describes the institutional arrangements in a very legal language.
It lays downs the procedure for choosing person to govern the country.
• Constitution declares India as a secular state. Every person is allowed to practise
the religion of his/her choice.
• The Indian Constitution came into effect on 26 January 1950.
• It is the largest Constitution of the world.
• On 16 Jun, 1946 Cabinet Mission presented scheme for the formation of an
Interim Government at Centre.
• On 2nd September 1946, the Indian National Congress formed Interim
Government with Jawaharlal Nehru as the Vice-President.
• On 13 October 1946, Muslim League decided to join the Interim Government.
• Federal form of government was adopted in which political power is divided
among Centre and States . It means Government works at two levels.
• Citizens of India have been granted Fundamental Rights. These are important for
the progress and development of any individual.
• Division of power was made between the Centre and the States. There are 97
issues in the Union List, 66 issues in the State list and 47 in the Concurrent List.
• On the subjects of the Union List only Centre can make laws.
• State has the power to make laws on subjects related to the State List.
• State and the Centre both have the power to make laws on the subject related to
Concurrent list. But whenever there is a clash, the centre Law will prevail.
• At present there are 30 states and 7 Union territories in the Union of India.

The constitution of India is the longest constitution in the world. It was framed between
December 1946 and December 1949. It came into effect from 26th January, 1950. A