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It provides
guidelines
on how
laws
are made,
enacted
,
implemented
, and
interpreted
by
various branches
of
government.
A
constitution
is a set of
fundamental
rules determining how a
country
or
state
is run.
Federalism
refers to the
existence
of more than one
level
of
government
in the country.
There are
3
organs of government.
The
legislature
refers to
elected representatives
by the people who
make laws.
The
executive
is a
smaller
group of people who are
responsible
for
implementing laws
and
running
the
government.
Judiciary
is an
independent
body that
interprets
the
law
and
decides
whether it has been
broken
secularism
is the principle of
separation
of the
state
from
religious institutions.
the
rule of law
means everyone, including those with
power
, must
obey
the same rules as
ordinary citizens.
democracy
is where all members of society have
equal rights
and
opportunities
to participate in
decision making processes.
The constitution came into force on
26th january
The constitution was adopted in
November 1949
and was signed by the
president
and the
prime minister
The
constituent assembly
drafted the Indian Constitution which was then ratified by the
Constituent Assembly
on
26th November 1949
300
people who became members of the
constituent assembly
in
1946
wrote India's
constitution.
BR
Ambedkar
is known as the
father
of the
constitution