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governed by rule of law. More-
over there was widespread scepti-
cism among foreign constitutional
experts, predicting balkanisation of
India and/or descent of the Republic
into army rule. However, except for
a brief interregnum of 19 months
during the Emergency (1975-77), the
Constitution of India has stood the
test of time and although it has been
amended 106 times, it has retained
its basic structure and remained true
to the mandate of the Constituent
Assembly.
Therefore on November 26, last
year, the Platinum Jubilee (75 years)
of the Constitution Day was com-
memorated countrywide with great L-R: Naveen Jindal, Arjun Ram Meghwal (Union minister for justice) & Dr. Raj Kumar
aplomb. This momentous anniver- inaugurate Constitution Museum
sary was celebrated by a specially
convened joint session of Parliament adoption of the Constitution by the recounts the history of the Constitu-
addressed by President Droupadi Constituent Assembly and the people tion; debates that shaped its provi-
Murmu; a special address by Prime will soon fade from public memory. sions; landmark judgements of the
Minister Narendra Modi in the audi- On the other hand, the Constitution Supreme Court that interprets it;
torium of the Supreme Court; launch Museum & the Rights and Freedoms fundamental and other rights that
of constitution75.com, an interactive Academy — a monumental tribute the Constitution confers upon the
website by the Central government, set in bricks-n-mortar, embellished citizenry. Designed by celebrated
and mass recitation under which by steel and glass, inaugurated on French architect Stephane Paumi-
school/college students and citizens the campus of the O.P. Jindal Global er and spread over three floors, the
participated in a nationwide syn- University (JGU) in Sonipat, Delhi museum showcases a photolitho-
chronised reading of the evocative NCR (which also hosts the coun- graphic copy of the Constitution (one
Preamble of the Constitution. try’s largest and most respected law of 1,000 printed) as the centrepiece,
Yet, these celebrations and trib- school) — is certain to endure. a mix of memorabilia, archival
utes to mark the Platinum Jubilee of This imaginative initiative documents, art and sculptures, and
AI-driven audio-visual displays that
Centrepiece photolithographic copy of the Constitution of India
capture the “grandeur and glory of
the world’s longest written Constitu-
tion”.
Dr. C. Raj Kumar, a polymath
alum of Madras, Delhi, Oxford and
Harvard universities and Founding
Vice Chancellor of JGU, says that the
country’s first Constitution Museum
has been established to attain several
objectives. “First, to pay tribute and
contribute to the Constitution as a
living, breathing and growing docu-
ment. Second, to advance the ideas
of civic consciousness and education,
and to connect our past, present
and future. Third, to pay tribute and
celebrate the framers of the Constitu-
tion. Fourth, to ensure that there is
democratic access to the Constitu-
tion. Fifth, to encourage conversa-

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