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The Indian Constitution draws inspiration from constitutions of several other countries such as:

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Feature Borrowed

1. British Constitution
  • Nominal Head – President (like Queen)
  • Cabinet System of Ministers
  • Post of PM
  • Parliamentary Type of Govt.
  • Bicameral Parliament wherein the Lower House is more powerful and the Council of Ministers are responsible to the Lower House.

2. U.S. Constitution
  • Nominal Head – President (like Queen)
  • Cabinet System of Ministers
  • Post of PMParliamentary
  • Type of Govt. Bicameral Parliament where in the Lower House is more powerful. The Council of Ministers are responsible to the Lower House Speaker in Lok Sabha.

3. USSR Constitution
  • Fundamental Duties
  • Five Year Plan

4. Australian Constitution
  • Concurrent List
  • Language of the Preamble
  • Provision regarding trade, commerce and intercourse

5. Japan Constitution

Law on which the Supreme Court functions

6. Weimar Constitution of Germany

Suspension of Fundamental Rights during the emergency.

7. Canada Constitution
  • Scheme of federation with a strong centre
  • Distribution of powers between the centre and the states and placing.
  • Residuary Powers with the centre

8. Ireland Constitution
  • Concept of Directive Principles of States Policy (Ireland borrowed it from SPAIN)
  • Method of election of President
  • Nomination of members in the Rajya Sabha by the President

9. South Africa Constitution

The procedure of Constitutional Amendement

Constitution: Why and How? Class 11 Polity Notes

Constitution: Why and How? Class 11 Notes: Constitution: Why and How? Class 11 Notes will help students understand what a constitution is, how it was made, its importance and why we should know what is written in the constitution. A constitution is a body of fundamental principles according to which a state is constituted or governed. The Constitution of India was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 26 November 1949 and came into effect on 26 January 1950. It was drafted by the Drafting Committee which was headed by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar.

In this article, we have talked about the Constitution, its functions, its authority, how the Indian Constitution was made and its borrowed features from other countries’ constitutions.

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