Constitution Day, also known as Samvidhan Divas, is celebrated in India on 26th November every year to commemorate the adoption of the Constitution of India. This day in 1949, the Constituent Assembly of India adopted the Constitution of India, and it came into effect, two months later, on 26th January 1950.
The Government of India declared 26th November as Constitution Day on 19th November 2015 by a gazette notification. Prime Minister Narendra Modi made this declaration on 11th October 2015 while laying the foundation stone of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s Statue of Equality Memorial in Mumbai.
