OUR CONSTITUTION

Chapter One CIVICS

Q1] What do you mean by
Constitution?
A comprehensive document
containing a set of rules
according to which
the government of our country runs
 Q2] When was the
Constitution adopted?
26th November 1949
 Q3] When was the
Constitution enacted?

26th January 1950

 Q4] SIGNIFICANCE OF 26TH
JANUARY
*At the Calcutta session an ultimatum was given to the
British to accept the Nehru Report or face a mass
movement.
*There was no positive response from the British.
*At the Lahore session of the Congress held in Dec 1929 a
resolution for Purna Swaraj or Complete Independence was
passed.
*26 January 1930 was fixed as the first Independence day
which was to be celebrated every year
*Since then the day was celebrated as Independence Day.
*After achieving independence
26 January was designated as Republic Day