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Imprint of the people in shaping the Constitution

Focusing solely on the Constituent Assembly and its debates erases the intense engagements of Indians with the making of the Constitution and obscures the critical role of the public in turning the Constitution into a living document and an open site of struggle. (HT Archive)

Published on Oct 04, 2025 09:57 pm IST

How the Constitution came to represent our civilisational ethos

Spirited debates took place on several issues: Universal suffrage, which some thought was premature, until Jawaharlal Nehru put an end to the debate by saying “the voice of a peasant is as precious as that of a professor” (AFP)

Published on Jun 14, 2025 10:12 pm IST

Build an India that Constitution makers would be proud of: Modi in ‘Mann ki Baat’

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (File)

Published on Jan 19, 2025 08:34 pm IST

A Constitution by the people: How the charter was framed

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The drafting committee published the draft constitution for the public and state organs to comment on it (HT Archive)

Updated on Nov 29, 2024 05:22 pm IST

A museum and academy to mark the Constitution at 75

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November 26, is Samvidhan Divas, or Constitution Day. (Shutterstock)

Published on Nov 29, 2024 05:30 pm IST

Houses must follow tradition of dignified discourse: Om Birla on Constitution Day

(PTI photo)

Published on Nov 26, 2024 01:42 pm IST

HT This Day: January 23, 1947 -- Constituent Assembly votes for Republic

HT This Day: January 23, 1947 -- Constituent Assembly votes for Republic (HT)

Updated on Jan 22, 2024 04:49 pm IST

Spirit of Constitution guides the Republic

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The makers of our Constitution had the wisdom and foresight to acknowledge that a document drafted and adopted in a particular age needs to be equipped with flexibility and adroitness to accommodate the demands of future generations.

Published on Nov 25, 2023 10:55 pm IST

‘We should be one to build the nation’: Mallikarjun Kharge in Parliament

leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge speaks at the Parliament’s Central Hall before the House was shifted to a new building on Tuesday. (Video grab/Sansad TV)

Updated on Sept 19, 2023 01:51 pm IST

Parliament session starts today amid buzz over surprise bill. What's on cards?

The discussion on the parliamentary journey will be held simultaneously in both the Houses. (HT Archive)

Updated on Sept 18, 2023 08:03 am IST

Can constituent assembly Article 370 speech be binding: SC

“Can we say that a speech made by an individual member of the Constituent Assembly, howsoever weighty, represents a binding commitment of the Dominion of India to the state of Jammu and Kashmir? This will have implications in interpreting the constitutional provisions...it is difficult to accept,” a Constitution bench, led by Chief Justice of India Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud said. (File)

Updated on Aug 23, 2023 12:14 am IST

The history and philosophy of the Tricolour: Courage, Unity, Faith

It was between 1904 and 1906 that the first Indian flag came into existence. The flag was first hoisted on August 7, 1906, in the Parsee Bagan Square (in erstwhile Calcutta). (File photo)

Updated on Aug 15, 2023 01:50 pm IST

The intriguing twists of Ambedkar’s career

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Imagine what would have happened if Ambedkar hadn’t made it? (HT Archives)

Published on Jul 29, 2023 08:54 pm IST

Uphold the lofty ideals symbolised by the Tricolour

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The Tricolour in Connaught Place. (HT File Photo)

Published on Jul 21, 2023 10:50 pm IST

India’s founders took a nuanced view on UCC

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Unlike the polarisation in current discussions, the Constituent Assembly witnessed a rich debate with divergent opinions

Published on Jul 16, 2023 01:01 pm IST

SMA rules must be reconsidered

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While hearing a clutch of petitions demanding legal recognition of same-sex marriage, a five-judge Constitution bench said the notice regime was based on patriarchy and laid them open for “invasion by the society”. (Amal KS/HT PHOTO)

Updated on Apr 21, 2023 07:34 pm IST

Towards a new affirmative pact

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BR Ambedkar reminded them that the topsoil of democracy in India rested on a bed of deep inequity and, therefore, political democracy would never be enough in the absence of social democracy — where people of various backgrounds, castes, classes and faiths could creditably aspire to the same opportunities without bias. (HT PHOTO)

Updated on Apr 14, 2023 07:18 pm IST

Know your Constitution: Fundamental rights and duties of every Indian citizen

The Constitution of India

Updated on Jan 23, 2022 03:14 pm IST

‘Like the Gita’: Lok Sabha Speaker pays tributes to Constitution, vows for unity

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla

Published on Nov 26, 2021 12:29 pm IST

Know your Constitution: Salient features of India's fundamental political code

The Constitution of India

Published on Nov 26, 2021 11:11 am IST

On Constitution Day, PM Modi shares part of BR Ambedkar’s speech

On Constitution Day, the government is organising a number of programmes.

Published on Nov 26, 2021 10:05 am IST

Flag Adoption Day: All you need to know about the Indian Tricolour

The national flag is a horizontal Tricolor of deep saffron at the top, white in the middle and dark green at the bottom in equal proportion.

Published on Jul 22, 2021 11:34 am IST

PM Modi, Amit Shah extend greetings on occasion of Hindi Diwas

New Delhi, May 12 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the nation, in New Delhi on Tuesday. (ANI Photo)

Updated on Sept 14, 2020 10:00 am IST

Remembering the women of the Constituent Assembly | Opinion

Let us learn from our greats, and try to achieve a representation level which is both substantive and inclusive

Updated on Mar 10, 2020 10:17 pm IST

Republic at 70 | BR Ambedkar’s legacy: Hope, defiance, critique

BR Ambedkar, May 1946. Photo by Margaret Bourke-White/The LIFE Picture Collection via Getty images

Updated on Jan 30, 2020 11:50 pm IST

How Ambedkar, Constituent Assembly dealt with the caste conundrum

C Rajagopalachari (R), then governor general of India, with law minister BR Ambedkar on June 14, 1948 .

Updated on Nov 26, 2024 05:12 pm IST

Rebuild trust between State, citizens | Opinion

It is time to ask whether Mahatma Gandhi laid down his life for this

Updated on Jan 27, 2020 08:33 pm IST

Safeguarding free speech from threats is important |Opinion

The Nation’s elected leaders at work on the constitution which free India should have been appearing in the picture are BR Ambedkar, Sarat Chandra Bose, Vallabhbhai Patel, BG Kher, Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi and Frank Anthony

Updated on Nov 25, 2022 06:40 pm IST

Republic Day reads from HT: Celebrating 70 years of Indian Constitution

An Indian Border Security Force soldier walks through a gate painted with the Indian flag at the India-Pakistan border at Suchet Garh in Ranbir Singh Pura, about 27 kilometers south of Jammu.

Updated on Jan 26, 2020 09:03 am IST

The importance of fundamental rights, writes Gautam Bhatia

Students hold a national flag, claimed to be more than 1,000-feet long, during a rally ahead of Republic Day in Mumbai.

Updated on Nov 26, 2024 05:29 pm IST

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