![]() ![]() ![]() The bill defined the territorial applicability to entire British India, Princely states, and Burma. The earliest attempt by Indians to draft the constitution was the ‘Constitution of India Bill-1895’ or the Swaraj Bill (author unknown). The roots of the Fundamental rights and the directive principles lie in the Freedom Struggle. The biographer of the Indian constitution, Granville Austin calls them the ‘Conscience of the Constitution.’ The core commitment to social revolution lies in Part III and Part IV of the constitution dealing with fundamental rights and directive principles of state policy. The framers of the Indian constitution had a larger goal of ushering a social revolution and creating a fundamental change in the structure of Indian society. ![]() As we celebrate the 70th Republic day, let us remind ourselves that the constitution of India went beyond the pledge to create a sovereign and democratic republic. ![]()
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