Constitution of india biography examples

Supreme law of India since 1950

The Constitution of India is the supreme legal document of India.^[2][3] The document lays down the framework that demarcates fundamental political code, structure, procedures, powers, and duties of government institutions and sets out fundamental rights, directive principles, and the duties of citizens.

It is the longest written national constitution in the world.^[4][5][6]

It imparts constitutional supremacy (not parliamentary supremacy, since it was created by a constituent assembly rather than Parliament) and was adopted by its people with a declaration in its preamble.

Parliament cannot override the constitution.

It was adopted by the Constituent Assembly of India on 26 November 1949 and became effective on 26 January 1950.^[7] The constitution replaced the Government of India Act 1935 as the country's fundamental governing document, and the Dominion of Indi