Indian Constitution Day: 26 November

• Constitution Day (National Law Day), also known as Samvidhan Divas, is celebrated in India on 26 November every year to commemorate the adoption of the Constitution of India.
• The Government of India under Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi declared 26 November as Constitution Day on 19 November 2015.
• The year of 2015 was the 125th birth anniversary of Ambedkar, who had chaired the drafting committee of the Constituent Assembly and played a pivotal role in the drafting of the constitution.
• On 26 November 1949, the Constituent Assembly of India adopted the Constitution of India, and it came into effect on 26 January 1950.

How is the day celebrated?

• India does not make pompous celebrations on this day. However, it is observed in different places differently.
• The preamble of the constitution is usually read in the schools.
• Quiz and Essay competitions are conducted both in offline and online modes.
• Lectures about salient features of the constitution are delivered in schools.

Why is Constitution Day celebrated as National Law Day?

• It is observed to assess law and justice in the country. It helps to strengthen judiciary system in the country.
• The day celebrates the freedom of legal profession. For these reasons, the Constitution Day is celebrated as National Law Day.
• The National Law Day was not celebrated till 1979. The Supreme Court Bar Association under Dr L M Singhvi proposed to observe the National Law Day on November 26.

About Constitution of India

• It is the longest written Constitution in the world.
• It took two years, eleven months and seventeen days for the drafting committee of the constituent assembly to frame the constitution.