The *Constitution of India* was passed by the Constituent Assembly of Indiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constituent_Assembly_of_Indiaon November 26 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_26, 1949http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1949, and came into effect on January 26 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_26, 1950 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950. Indiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiacelebrates January 26 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_26 each year as Republic Dayhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_Day. It is the longest written constitution of any independent nation in the world, containing 444 articles and 12 schedules, as well as numerous amendments, for a total of 117,369 words in the English languagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_languageversion. for more information from the Constitution of India visit this link: http://india.gov.in/govt/constitutions_india_bak.php#sch -- With kind warm regards -------------------------------- Sanjeev Kumar Jain Central Library Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur - 721 302 Mobile: +91-97328-95328 ---------------------------------- sanjeevmlis@gmail.com The Constitution of India was passed by the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constituent_Assembly_of_India Constituent Assembly of India on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_26 November 26 , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1949 1949 , and came into effect on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_26 January 26 , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950 1950 . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India India celebrates http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_26 January 26 each year as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_Day Republic Day . It is the longest written constitution of any independent nation in the world, containing 444 articles and 12 schedules, as well as numerous amendments, for a total of 117,369 words in the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language English language version.   for more information from the Constitution of India visit this link: http://india.gov.in/govt/constitutions_india_bak.php#sch http://india.gov.in/govt/constitutions_india_bak.php#sch -- With kind warm regards -------------------------------- Sanjeev Kumar Jain Central Library Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur - 721 302 Mobile: +91-97328-95328 ---------------------------------- mailto:sanjeevmlis@gmail.com sanjeevmlis@gmail.com