Current context: Constitution Day or Samvidhan divas is observed across the country on 26th Nov every year.
a. 26th November
b. 26th January
c. 15th August
d. 2nd October
e. 31st January
- The day marks the adoption of the Indian Constitution by the Constituent Assembly in 1949.
- The constitution came into force on 26th January, 1950.
- The government has planned year-long activities to mark 70 years of the adoption of the Constitution.
- Narendra Modi in 2015 marked the day as a tribute to Dr B R Ambedkar, who has drafted the constitution. Thus, Constitution Day was first celebrated in 2015.
- It took two years, eleven months and seventeen days to the constituent Assembly to draft the Indian Constitution.
- The Constitution of India is the longest written constitution of any sovereign country in the world.
- Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was the Chairman of the Union Constitution Committee.
Question:
Q.1 Which day is celebrated as the Constitution Day in India?a. 26th November
b. 26th January
c. 15th August
d. 2nd October
e. 31st January
