Constitution of India, Nandalal Bose and Prem Behari Narain Raizada

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While author of constitution of India was Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar, there were others who also contributed to creation of this document.


Sir Benegal Narsing Rao was constitutional advisor to constituent assembly in formulating constitution. For research he traveled to US, UK, Canada and Ireland. He prepared initial draft of constitution.

“The credit that is given to me does not really belong to me. It belongs partly to Sir B. N. Rau, the Constitutional Adviser to the Constituent Assembly who prepared a rough draft of the Constitution for the consideration of the Drafting Committee.”
-Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

Another prominent personality was civil servant called S. N. Mukherjee, who was chief draftsman of constitution.

“Much greater share of the credit must go to Mr. S. N. Mukherjee, the Chief Draftsman of the Constitution. His ability to put the most intricate proposals in the simplest and clearest legal form can rarely be equalled, nor his capacity for hard work.”
-Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

The constitution was not printed but was handwritten. The job of writing constitution was given to calligraphist Prem Behari Narain Raizada. He did not charge anything for his work.

The constitution also has illustrations by famous painter Nandalal Bose. It consists drawings from historical epics, historical figures, India’s freedom struggle etc.

The constitution was signed by members of committee. First to sign was Jawaharlal Nehru while Rajendra Prasad was last to sign.

It is interesting to know which pen Dr. Ambedkar used to sign constitution. It is said that he used orange coloured Wilson ink pen.

2 thoughts on “Constitution of India, Nandalal Bose and Prem Behari Narain Raizada”

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  2. I think, on every pedestal of the statue of Dr B R Ambedkar names of B N Rao, Mukharjee, Raizada and Nandlaal Bose also should be there as the contributors to the Constitution of India(COI).
    We find statues of only Dr B R Ambedkar all over India, as father of Constitution of India, now it is time to have statues of other personalities that contributed to COI in new parliament building coming up near India Gate.

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