Indian Constitution and Political History

Freedom of the press is not included in Article 19 of the constitution.

The design of the national flag was adopted by the Constituent Assembly of India on 22^nd July, 1947.

Plural executive does not conform to the parliamentary system prevalent in India.

Right to equality is a fundamental right. It is not included in Directive Principle of state policy.

Fundamental duties were added to the Indian Constitution by the 42^nd amendment of the constitution in 1976. The fundamental duties are contained in Article 51A.

The Charter Act, 1833 replaced the Governor-General and Council of Fort William with the Governor-General and Council of India.

The joint sitting of the Parliament is called by the President and is presided over by the Speaker, or in his absence by the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha, or in his absence by the Chairman, or in his absence by the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.
 

The members of the Constituent Assembly are elected by Provincial Assembly.

On the recommendation of Cabinet Mission Plan, the Constituent Assembly was formed.

For the appointment of a judge of a High Court, there is no such requirement that the person must have attained the age of 55 years.

The High Courts in India were first started in Calcutta, Madras and Bombay by Queen Victoria.

The Cripps Mission was an attempt in late March, 1942 by the British government to secure full Indian cooperation and support for their efforts in World War II.

Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) is an Indian government sponsored scheme for ten million of the poorest families. 

On November 1, 1956, the Telangana region (Hyderabad) was merged with it to form the united Telugu-speaking state of Andhra Pradesh and then the first linguistic state of Andhra came into existence.

Government of India Act, 1935 gave representation to the Indians for the first time in the legislation.

Birth and Death Registration Act was passed in the year 1969.

Mr. Attlee, Prime Minister of England, transferred the power to the Indians on 15^th August, 1947.

The Constitution of India was promulgated on January 26, 1950, because in 1929, Indian National Congress has passed a resolution under the presidentship of Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru in the Lahore Session to observe January 26 every year as Purna Sawarajya of Independence.

Constitution is the basic structure defining the powers of the state and the rights and duties of the citizens.

The inaugural session of the Constituent Assembly of India was presided over by Dr. Sachchidananda Sinha. 

In federal constitution, there is a division of powers between the federal and the state governments. Both are independent in their own sphere.
 

Speaker of the House of People has the final power to maintain order within the House of People.

The name of 'Bharatiya Janata Party' before 1977 was Bharatiya Jana Sangh.

Dr. Rajendra Prasad was the Chairman of the Constituent Assembly.

G.V Mavalankar was the first speaker of the Lok Sabha.

The demand for the Constituent Assembly was put forward by the Indian National Congress in 1936, at its session held at Faizpur.

The first article of the Constitution of India states that India, that is Bharat, shall be a union of states, implicitly codifying India and Bharat as equally official short names for the Republic of India.

The 25^th Indian state to achieve statehood is Goa.

The Indian Constitution closely follows the Constitutional system of the United Kingdom.

The first state to become bifurcated after independence was Bombay.