Features of Indian Constitution borrowed from......
The Constitution of India is the supreme law of India. It is the longest written constitution of any country on earth. The Constitution of India was adopted by the Constituent Assembly of India on 26 November 1949 and became effective on 26 January 1950. During the preparation of the constitution, there were some features which were influenced by the constitution of other countries. Below is the list in details.
| Features | Borrowed From |
|---|---|
| The concept of Written Constitution | US |
| Fundamental Rights of People | US |
| The Concept of Supreme Court | US |
| Concept of Federal System | US |
| The Preamble | US |
| President and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces | US |
| Vice- President as the ex-officio Chairman of Upper House | US |
| Independence of Judiciary and judicial review | US |
| Method of Removal of Supreme court and High court Judges | US |
| Nominal Head-President | UK |
| Post of Prime Minister and functions | UK |
| The Cabinet System of Ministers | UK |
| Parliamentary form of Government | UK |
| Council of Ministers responsible to Lower House | UK |
| Two Chambers or Houses Parliament | UK |
| Speaker in Lower House | UK |
| The concept of powerful Lower House (Lok Sabha) | UK |
| Fundamental Duties | USSR |
| Five year Planning concept | USSR |
| Method of election of President | IRELAND |
| Concept of Directive Principles of States Policy | IRELAND |
| Nomination of members in the Rajya Sabha by the President | IRELAND |
| Concurrent list | AUSTRALIA |
| Language of the preamble | AUSTRALIA |
| Freedom of trade and commerce | AUSTRALIA |
| Fundamental Duties to the People | JAPAN |
| Law on which the Supreme Court function | JAPAN |
| Social and cultural rights to its citizen | JAPAN |
| A quasi-federal form of government (a federal system with a strong central government) | CANADA |
| Idea of Residual Powers | CANADA |
| Amendment of the Constitution | SOUTH AFRICA |
| The right to freedom and equality before law | FRENCH |
| Suspension of Fundamental Rights during the emergency | GERMANY |
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