26 January: Constitution of India
Debate on constitution According to a Rajya Sabha TV documentary, during 1857, revolutionaries also tried hard to make India's own constitution but the rebellion ended and the work remained incomplete. In 1914, Sh. Gopal Krishna Gokhale, the Guru of the Father of the Nation, presented the Indian Constitution to the British Government. At that time, the British said, after the war, we will accept this constitution, but something else was going on in their mind. In fact, they wanted to make a constitution for us which was not acceptable to Indians. Started with 'Cabinet Mission' Well, after much struggle, three cabinet ministers of British Government were sent together to India and it was called 'Cabinet Mission'. The meeting started in Shimla and on behalf of the Congress, its president Maulana Azad, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan were present in the meeting. At the same time, Liaquat Ali Khan, Jinnah, Nawab Ismail Kha...