The Constitution of India (Original Calligraphed and Illuminated Version)
Contents
Preamble | |
Part 1 | The Union and its Territory (Art. 1-4) |
Part 2 | Citizenship (Art. 5-11) |
Part 3 | Fundamental Rights (Art. 12-35) |
Part 4 | Directive Principles of State Policy (Art. 36-51) |
Part 5 | The Union |
Chapter 1 | The Executive (Art. 52-78) |
Chapter 2 | Parliament (Art. 79-122) |
Chapter 3 | Legislative Powers of the President (Art. 123) |
Chapter 4 | The Union Judiciary (Art. 124-147) |
Chapter 5 | Comptroller and Auditor-General of India (Art. 148-151) |
Part 6 | The States in Part A of the First Schedule |
Chapters 1 and 2 | General; The Executive (Art. 152-167) |
Chapter 3 | The State Legislature (Art. 168-212) |
Chapter 4 | Legislative Power of the Governor (Art. 213) |
Chapter 5 | The High Courts in the States (Art. 214-232) |
Chapter 6 | Subordinate Courts (Art. 233-237) |
Part 7 | The States in Part B of the First Schedule (Art. 238) |
Part 8 | The States in Part C of the First Schedule (Art. 239-242) |
Part 9 | The Territories in Part D of the First Schedule and other Territories not specified in that Schedule (Art. 243) |
Part 10 | The Scheduled and Tribal Areas (Art. 244) |
Part 11 | Relations between the Union and the States |
Chapter 1 | Legislative Relations (Art. 245-255) |
Chapter 2 | Administrative Relations (Art. 256-263) |
Part 12 | Finance, Property, Contracts and Suits |
Chapter 1 | Finance (Art. 264-291) |
Chapter 2 | Borrowing (Art. 292-293) |
Chapter 3 | Property, Contracts, Rights, Liabilities, Obligations and Suits (Art. 294-300) |
Part 13 | Trade, Commerce and Intercourse within the territory of India (Art. 301-307) |
Part 14 | Services under the Union and the States |
Chapter 1 | Services (Art. 308-314) |
Chapter 2 | Public Service Commissions (Art. 315-323) |
Part 15 | Elections (Art. 324-329) |
Part 16 | Special Provisions relating to Certain Classes (Art. 330-342) |
Part 17 | Official Language |
Chapter 1 | Language of the Union (Art. 343-344) |
Chapter 2 | Regional Languages (Art. 345-347) |
Chapter 3 | Language of the Supreme Court, High Courts, etc. (Art. 348-349) |
Chapter 4 | Special Directives (Art. 350-351) |
Part 18 | Emergency Provisions (Art. 352-360) |
Part 19 | Miscellaneous (Art. 361-367) |
Part 20 | Amendment of the Constitution (Art. 368) |
Part 21 | Temporary and Transitional Provisions (Art. 369-392) |
Part 22 | Short Title, Commencement and Repeals (Art. 393-395) |
Schedules | |
First Schedule | The States and the territories of India |
Second Schedule | Emoluments, allowances and privileges |
Third Schedule | Forms of Oaths or Affirmations |
Fourth Schedule | Allocation of seats in the Council of States |
Fifth Schedule | Provisions as to the Administration and Control of Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes |
Sixth Schedule | Provisions as to the Administration of Tribal Areas in Assam |
Seventh Schedule | Union List, State List and Concurrent List |
Eighth Schedule | Languages |
Signatures | Constituent Assembly Members |
Calligraphed by Prem Behari Narain Raizada (Saxena), s/o Shree
Brij Behari Narain Raizada of Delhi.
c/o Messrs. Govan Bros. (Rampur) Ltd. Rampur.
Illuminated by Shri Nandalal Bose and other artists of
Santiniketan, Viswabharati.
Photolithographed at the Survey of India Offices,
Hathibarkala, Dehra Dun.
List of Illustrations
1Mohenjodaro Period | Decoration with Mohenjodaro seals. |
1 |
2Vedic Period | Scene from Vedic Asram (Gurukul). |
3 |
3Epic Period | Scene from the Ramayana (Conquest of Lanka and recovery of Sita by Rama). |
6 |
4Epic Perioddo | Scene from the Mahabharata (Srikrishna propounding Gita to Arjuna). |
17 |
5Mahanjanapada and Nanda Period | Scene from Buddha's life. |
20 |
6Mahanjanapada anddo | Scene from Mahavir's life. |
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7Mauryan Period | Scene depicting the spread of Buddhism by Emperor Asoka in India and abroad. |
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8Gupta Period | Scene from Gupta Art. It's development in different phases. |
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9Gupta Perioddo | Scene from Vikramaditya's Court. |
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10Gupta Perioddo | Scene depicting one of the ancient Universities (Nalanda). |
105 |
11Medieval Period | Scene from Orissan Sculptures. |
106 |
12Medieval Perioddo | Image of Nataraja. |
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13Medieval Perioddo | Scene from Mahabalipuram Sculptures (Bhagirath's penance and the descent of Ganga). |
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14Muslim Period | Portrait of Akbar with Mughal Architecture. |
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15Muslim Perioddo | Portraits of Shivaji and Guru Gobind Singh. |
141 |
16British Period | Portraits of Tipu Sultan and Lakshmi Bai (Rise against the British Conquest). |
144 |
17India's Freedom Movement | Portrait of the Father of the Nation (Gandhiji's Dandi March). |
149 |
18India's Freedomdo | Bapuji the Peace-Maker—his tour in the riot affected areas of Noakhali. |
154 |
19Revolutionary movement for freedom | Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and other patriots trying to liberate Mother India from outside India. |
160 |
20Natural Features | Scene of the Himalayas. |
167 |
21Natural Featuresdo | Scene of the Desert. |
168 |
22Natural Featuresdo | Scene of the Ocean. |
181 |
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