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■ LENGTHIEST CONSTITUTION OF WORLD

#Salientfeatures

◇ The Constitution of India is the lengthiest of all the written Constitutions in world.

◇ Originally (1949), the Constitution contained a Preamble, 395 Articles (divided into 22 Parts) and 8 Schedules.

◇ Presently (2019), it consists of a Preamble, about 470 Articles (divided into 25 Parts) and 12 Schedules.

◇ The various amendments carried out since 1951 have deleted about 20 Articles and one Part (VII) and added about 95 Articles, four Parts (IVA, IXA, IXB and XIVA) and four Schedules (9, 10, 11 and 12).

□ Four factors have contributed to the elephantine size of our Constitution. They are:

1. Geographical factors, that is, the vastness of the country and its diversity.

2. Historical factors, e.g., the influence of the Government of India Act of 1935, which was bulky.

3. Single Constitution for both the Centre and the states.

4. Dominance of legal luminaries in the Constituent Assembly.