Constitutional Amendments

The Indian Constitution was submitted to the Constituent Assembly on November 4, 1949. This is distinct from the adoption date (November 26, 1949) and the enforcement date (January 26, 1950). The submission date marks when the final draft was presented to the Assembly for deliberation and adoption.

The Indian Constitution was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on November 26, 1949. It came into effect on January 26, 1950 (Republic Day). August 15, 1947 was India's independence day. The 1947 and 1950 dates in options are either incorrect or refer to different events.

The Constituent Assembly completed the drafting and adoption of the Constitution on 26 November 1949. This date is now celebrated as Constitution Day. The Constitution actually came into force on 26 January 1950, which is celebrated as Republic Day. The process began in December 1946, not May 1946.

The 42nd Constitutional Amendment (1976) added the words 'secular' and 'socialist' to the Preamble of the Indian Constitution. This amendment was passed during the Emergency period under Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. The Preamble was amended, not the Directive Principles or Fundamental Rights.

The statement is historically accurate. The Constituent Assembly of India adopted the Constitution on 26 November 1949, and Dr. B. R. Ambedkar was the chief architect who chaired the drafting committee. The Constitution came into effect on 26 January 1950. The adoption date (Nov 26) is when it was finalized and signed.

The terms 'secular' and 'socialist' were added to the Preamble of the Indian Constitution by the 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act of 1976 during the Emergency period. The Preamble is the introductory statement that sets out the guiding principles of the Constitution.

The Government of India Act (1935) was the governing document until independence and served as the basis for India's constitutional framework. The Constitution of India, adopted on November 26, 1949 and effective January 26, 1950, replaced this Act. Pitts India Act, Indian Councils Act, and Council of India Act were earlier legislative measures that were superseded much earlier.

The Lokpal Bill was first introduced in 1968 and remained stalled for decades. Around 2011, it gained renewed attention with the anti-corruption movement led by Anna Hazare.

The Indian Constitution was adopted on November 26, 1949 but came into effect on January 26, 1950. January 26 was chosen because it was Purna Swaraj Day (Independence Day) declared in 1930. August 15, 1947 was when India gained independence from British rule, but the country was governed under the modified Government of India Act, 1935 until the Constitution was enacted.

The SBI (Amendment) Bill 2010 proposed reducing the government's shareholding in State Bank of India from 55% to 51%, the minimum required to maintain majority control, allowing more public floating shares.

The 24th Amendment (1971) explicitly affirmed Parliament's power to amend any part of the Constitution, including Fundamental Rights. This was a response to the Golaknath case (1967) which had held that Fundamental Rights were beyond amending power. The Kesavananda Bharati case (1973) later established the basic structure doctrine as a limit.

The Ninth Schedule was added by the First Amendment Act in 1951. It was created to provide legal protection to land reform laws from being challenged in courts on grounds of violating fundamental rights. It initially contained 13 laws.

The 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act (1976) amended Article 330 to extend reservations for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Lok Sabha for an additional 10 years. This amendment made several changes to constitutional provisions related to reservations.

The Constitution (Ninety-Eighth Amendment) Act, 2012 inserted Article 371-J to provide special provisions for the Hyderabad-Karnataka region of Karnataka. This was done to address regional imbalances and provide for reservation in educational institutions and government appointments for persons from that region.