The Einstein-Nehru Exchange on Israel and Palestine

Blog Vineeth Krishna 25.04.2025

Six months into the making of the Indian Constitution, the celebrated physicist Albert Einstein wrote to Prime Minister Nehru. What followed was a fascinating exchange on an issue that would preoccupy the Middle East—and the world—for more than seven decades.

Did Princely States Have Constitutional Rights?

Blog Saumya Singh 15.04.2025

The constitutions of Aundh, Manipur, and Mysore presented distinct visions of rights and state–citizen relations. This post examines how they defined rights, who held them, and their limits.

Ambedkar’s Forgotten Blueprint: The 1930 Scheme of Political Safeguards

Blog Vineeth Krishna 14 April 2025

"A Scheme of Political Safeguards 1930" was one of the earliest and most comprehensive articulations of Dalit constitutionalism, with its influence evident in key constitutional documents and Ambedkar's interventions in the following decades.

The Making of India’s Constitution

VIDEO 15 August 2021

Watch this exclusive animated video that traces the long history of Indian constitution-making and highlights the radical constitutional choices made by the Indian Constituent Assembly.

Read the Constitution of India

Article 44: Uniform civil code for the citizens

Article 22: Protection against arrest and detention in certain cases

Article 368: Power of Parliament to amend the Constitution and procedure therefor

Constituent Assembly Debates

Volume 7

36 DEBATES

04 Nov 1948 - 08 Jan 1949

This volume contains 36 sittings held from November 1948 to January 1949. The first sitting, which took place on November 4, 1948, was a pivotal moment in the Constituent Assembly’s work. B.R. Ambedkar presented the Draft Constitution of India to the Constituent Assembly and delivered a landmark speech.
Historical Constitutions

Political Demands of Scheduled Castes 1944 (SCF)

B.R Ambedkar, the founder of the All India Scheduled Castes Federation (SCF), appended this document to his 1945 book 'What the Congress and Gandhi have done to the Untouchables'. The document comprises a series of resolutions passed by the SCF's Working Committee that demanded constitutional protections for Schedules Caste community.

Committee Reports

Report of the Sub-Committee on Fundamental Rights

16 April 1947

This Report was the first version of what would become our Constitution's Fundamental Rights chapter. It contained 45 Articles including rights to equality, freedom, religion and constitutional remedies.

Explore how the Indian Constitution was made

STAGES

First Session of the Constituent Assembly

13 DEC 1946 - 22 JAN 1947

Stage 1

Committee Stages and Second Session of Constituent Assembly Debates

27 FEB 1947 - 30 AUG 1947

Stage 2

Draft Constitution by the Constitutional Adviser

01 FEB 1947 - 31 OCT 1947

Stage 3

First Draft Constitution

27 OCT 1947 - 21 FEB 1948

Stage 4

Public Circulation of First Draft

21 FEB 1948 - 26 OCT 1948

Stage 5

Debates on the Draft Constitution

4 NOV 1948

Stage 6

Second Reading of the Draft Constitution

14 NOV 1948 - 17 OCT 1949

Stage 7

Revision of the Draft Constitution

Stage 8

Third Reading of Drafting Constitution

14 NOV 1949 - 26 NOV 1949

Stage 9

Enactment and Adoption of the Constitution of India

26 JAN 1950

Stage 10
INSTITUTIONS

Constituent Assembly

The Constitution making process was organised around the deliberations of the Constituent Assembly. On 9 December 1946, the Constituent Assembly sat for the first time. In the span of 2 years and 11 months, it completed its task of framing India's Constitution. During this period the Constituent Assembly had 11 sessions and sat for a total of 167 days.

PEOPLE
Only Dalit Female Member of Constituent Assembly, Eminent Social Activist

Constituent Assembly Members

Dakshayani Velayudhan

1912 - 1978

Prominent Dalit Freedom fighter, Independent India's first Labour Minister

Constituent Assembly Members

Jagjivan Ram

1908 - 1986

Constituent Assembly Members

P. Kakkan

1909 - 1981

THE CONSTITUTION MUSEUM

1946 | B. R. Ambedkar on the Muslim League’s Absence from the Constituent Assembly

Audio

1947 | Hansa Jivraj Mehta’s Speech Presenting India’s National Flag

Audio

1946 | Jaipal Singh Munda Congratulates Rajendra Prasad on Being Elected as the Assembly’s President

Audio
Events
Quiz

DU’s Campus Law Centre secures National Champion title at ConQuest 2024, beating IIM-Calcutta & NLSIU

Ramaiah College of Law, Bengaluru

Event Report
06 Dec 2024
Quiz

NLSIU Triumphs in the South Regional Finals of ConQuest 2024

Ramaiah College of Law, Bengaluru

Event Report
30 Nov 2024
Quiz

IIM Calcutta dominate ConQuest 2024 east regional round quiz contest, NLU Odisha comes 3rd

Loreto College, Kolkata

Event Report
16 Nov 2024

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