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The Constitution of India

or: how to celebrate an idea when you don’t know

Members of the Drafting Committee of the Constituent Assembly of India. (Sitting from left) N. Madhava Rao; Saiyid Muhammad Saadulla; B.R. Ambedkar; Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar and B.N. Rao. (Standing from left) S.N. Mukerjee, Jugal Kishore Khanna and Kewal Krishan. — photo credit: The Hindu Archives

Republic Day is a public holiday in India. The country marks and celebrates the date on which the Constitution of India came into effect on 26 January 1950.

India’s Constitution, created under a Constituent Assembly and a Drafting Committee masterfully chaired by…