Historical Review of Indian Constitution

Abstract

The constitution of India serves as a tool for the functioning of the government. For a state to be built on the rule of law, it must have a strong basis in the Constitution, which lays out how the various parts of government interact with each other and with the people. As a nation's constitution-making process unfolds, it gives a unique chance to build consensus on the country's long-term destiny. As a culmination of decades of anticolonial struggle, the drafting of India's constitution has often been hailed as a watershed moment. Though little has been written about the constitution-making process. There is a common misconception that India's anti-colonial leaders fulfilled their pledge by creating a constitution, which they saw as a logical conclusion to the British Empire in India. In spite of this, the field of Indian constitutional history has been severely depleted. As I argue in this piece, it is important to separate the lengthy, complicated, and complex history of constitution-making from the process of India's separation from the United Kingdom. Only by distinguishing between the processes of constitution-making and nation-building can constitutional and political history improve as an educational tool for understanding India's complex postcolonial dynamics.