Tag: Indian Constituent

By Prof. Shamsul Islam The Constituent Assembly (CA) of India passed the Constitution on November 26, 1949 after almost 3 years' deliberations. It was an amazing contribution in the history of the modern liberal democracies as it was not only the lengthiest constitution in the world history (underlining the fact that the polity it was to govern was diverse and vast) but also created a polity based on egalitarian, democratic and non-sectarian ideals never attempted in the past in non-Western world. This commitment was explicit in the Preamble of the...