Indian Polity and Constitution

Under Article 148 of the Indian Constitution, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India is appointed by the President of India.

Article 213 of the Indian Constitution empowers the Governor of a state to promulgate Ordinances when the state legislature is not in session.

The Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William in Bengal was established by the Regulating Act of 1773 and became operational in 1774.

Article 164(4) of the Indian Constitution states that a minister who for any period of six consecutive months is not a member of the Legislature of the state shall at the expiration of that period cease to be a minister.

  26 judges of Supreme Court of India have been including in the Chief Justice of India 

Article 13 of the Indian Constitution declares that any law inconsistent with or in derogation of the fundamental rights shall be void, which forms the basis for the power of judicial review.

Article 226 empowers the High Courts to issue directions, orders, or writs for the enforcement of fundamental rights and for any other purpose.

The 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act of 1976 is widely known as the Mini Constitution due to the vast number of changes it brought to the Constitution of India.

The Speaker of the Lok Sabha has the authority to decide whether a bill is a Money Bill or not, which determines the nature of the bill and the procedure for its introduction.

G.V. Mavlankar served as the first Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 1952 to 1956.

Rajasthan was the first state in India to establish the Panchayati Raj system, inaugurated by Jawaharlal Nehru in Nagaur on October 2, 1959.

Uttarakhand was created by bifurcating the state of Uttar Pradesh in November 2000.

Sikkim was made an associate state by the 35th Constitutional Amendment Act in 1974 and later became a full state in 1975.

Andhra Pradesh was the first state to be formed on a linguistic basis in 1953, following the agitation led by Potti Sriramulu.

Lord Ripon is known as the father of local self-government in India for his 1882 resolution that established local self-governing institutions. The Resolution of 1882 is considered a landmark in the evolution of local self-government in India.

The 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act added the 11th Schedule to the Constitution, which contains 29 functional items for the Panchayats.

The 53rd Constitutional Amendment Act of 1986 granted statehood to Mizoram, making it the 23rd state of the Indian Union.

The parliamentary system in India is modeled after the Westminster system of the United Kingdom.

The 42nd Amendment Act of 1976 added Part XIV-A to the Constitution, which includes Article 323-A regarding administrative tribunals.

As of 2012, there were 24 High Courts in India.

The minimum age for a member of the Lok Sabha is 25 years, and for the Rajya Sabha, it is 30 years. Since 'Member of Parliament' generally refers to the lower house in this context, 25 is the correct minimum.

Chhattisgarh was created in 2000 by bifurcating Madhya Pradesh under the Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act. It became the 26th state of India on November 1, 2000.

The name of the state of Uttaranchal was officially changed to Uttarakhand in January 2007.