Historical Review of Indian Constitution
Traditional Journal of Law and Social Sciences (TJLSS), (2022)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.