Indian independence · TURNING POINT ·
Constitution of India (1950)
On the Indian independence map as “New Delhi — the Constitution”
26 Jan 1950 — The constitution drafted under B. R. Ambedkar came into force, and India became a republic with universal adult suffrage, fundamental rights and the abolition of untouchability. The date was the anniversary of Congress’s 1930 pledge of complete independence.
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- India under Nehru (chapter 15 of Indian independence)
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- Indian Independence & Partition, 1857–1964
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