- Constitution Day is celebrated every year on 26 November in India.
- It is celebrated to commemorate the adoption of the Indian Constitution by the Constituent Assembly in 1949.
- The Constitution of India is the longest written constitution of any sovereign country in the world.
- The Constituent Assembly of India enacted the Indian Constitution on 26 November 1949 and it came into force on 26 January 1950.
- On 19 November 2015, the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment announced the Government of India's plan to observe 26 November each year as "Constitution Day" to promote constitutional principles among citizens.
- Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, widely known as the Father of the Indian Constitution, was a renowned social reformer, politician and jurist.
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