02137cam a2200337 4500 13409334 20250606203617.2 cr ||||||||||| 031119q19501959ii a 000 0 eng 13409334 7 cbc premver u ncip 20 y-gencatlg ll00 ll03 2003-11-19 NEW INPUT ll03 2008-07-25 reclass 57026883 DLC DLC DLC KNS1744.5195 .A6 1950 342.5401 India. Constitution The Constitution of India. [Calligraphed by Prem Behari Narain Raizada (Saxena) Illuminated by Shri Nandalal Bose and other artists]. [Dehra Dun : Photolithographed at the Survey of India Offices, 195-] 230 l. illus., ports. 43 cm. "List of illustrations": leaf inserted. This book is one of 1,000 photolithographic reproductions of the Constitution of the Republic of India, which came into effect on January 26, 1950, after being approved by the Constituent Assembly on November 26, 1949. The original of this elaborate edition took nearly five years to produce. It is signed by the framers of the constitution, most of whom are regarded as the founders of the Republic of India. The original of the book is kept in a special helium-filled case in the Library of the Parliament of India. The illustrations represent styles from the different civilizations of the subcontinent, ranging from the prehistoric Mohenjodaro, in the Indus Valley, to the present. The calligraphy in the book was done by Prem Behari Narain Raizda. It was illuminated by Nandalal Bose and other artists, published by Dehra Dun, and photolithographed at the Survey of India Offices. World Digital Library. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Constitutions India. llscd 57026883 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.law/llscd.57026883 Formerly shelved under: LAW (Office Gt. Brit. India 1>. law wdl/wdl1 ll/wdl pmpull scd asian/asiansadc