New Delhi, Jan. 26 -- Marking 76 years since the Constitution of India came into force, senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Monday reflected on the making of the Constitution and the lesser-known history of India's national emblem and motto, drawing attention to scholarly debates and historical decisions that shaped them.
In a detailed post on X, Ramesh noted that the Constitution's drafting process has been intensely studied ever since the publication of Granville Austin's seminal 1966 work The Indian Constitution: Cornerstone of a Nation and B Shiva Rao's five-volume The Framing of India's Constitution, completed by 1968.
"The history of its making has continued to be analysed ever since," Ramesh wrote, adding that while many import...