10 Interesting Facts about our Constitution

By siliconindia   |   Thursday, 26 January 2012, 02:57 IST
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5. Our constitution is the longest in the world, with 44 articles, 12 schedules and 94 amendments. The American constitution is the shortest. The earliest form of a constitution in the world was found in Iraq to be dated 2300 B.C

 

6. The Indian constitution is often called a bag of borrowings—it has taken various features and parts from other constitutions. The concepts of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity was taken from the French constitution, the concept of 5 year plans was taken from the USSR, the Directive principles (socio-economic rights) were taken from Ireland, the law on which the Supreme Court functions was taken from Japan and a lot more other concepts were borrowed from other countries.