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    The Indian Constitution is the longest written constitution in the world, containing over 144,000 words across 22 parts and 12 schedules. In contrast, the Constitution of Monaco is the shortest at under 4,000 words. Only New Zealand and the United Kingdom have entirely unwritten constitutions. While most countries have codified constitutions, a few like Canada, the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, New Zealand, and Israel operate with various guiding laws and principles in place of a singular constitutional document. It took India's 389-member Constituent Assembly nearly three years, across eleven sessions and 165 days, to draft the country's Constitution, with Dr. B.R. Ambedkar serving as the chairman of the committee and

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    The Indian Constitution is the longest written constitution in the world, containing over 144,000 words across 22 parts and 12 schedules. In contrast, the Constitution of Monaco is the shortest at under 4,000 words. Only New Zealand and the United Kingdom have entirely unwritten constitutions. While most countries have codified constitutions, a few like Canada, the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, New Zealand, and Israel operate with various guiding laws and principles in place of a singular constitutional document. It took India's 389-member Constituent Assembly nearly three years, across eleven sessions and 165 days, to draft the country's Constitution, with Dr. B.R. Ambedkar serving as the chairman of the committee and

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    Constitution

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    The Indian Constitution is the longest written constitution in the world, containing over 144,000 words across 22 parts and 12 schedules. In contrast, the Constitution of Monaco is the shortest at under 4,000 words. Only New Zealand and the United Kingdom have entirely unwritten constitutions. While most countries have codified constitutions, a few like Canada, the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, New Zealand, and Israel operate with various guiding laws and principles in place of a singular constitutional document. It took India's 389-member Constituent Assembly nearly three years, across eleven sessions and 165 days, to draft the country's Constitution, with Dr. B.R. Ambedkar serving as the chairman of the committee and

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     Constitution:

    The Constitution of India is the longest written constitution of any sovereign country in the
    world, containing 444 articles in 22 parts, 12 schedules and 118 amendments with 146,385 words in
    its English-language version, while the Constitution of Monaco is the shortest written constitution,
    containing 10 chapters with 97 articles, and a total of 3,814 words. As of 2017 only two sovereign
    states, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, have wholly uncodified constitutions.

     Countries Which Don’t Have A Constitution:

    1. Canada.
    2. United Kingdom. ...
    3. Saudi Arabia. ...
    4. New Zealand. The constitution of New Zealand is a set of laws and principles that define
    the country and its citizens. ...
    5. Israel. The state of Israel operates under an unwritten constitution and by the Harari Decision
    of June 30, 1950, which was adopted by the Israeli Constituent Assembly.

     Indian constitution :

    The 389 member Constituent Assembly took almost three years (two years, eleven months and
    eighteen days to be precise) to complete its historic task of drafting the Constitution for
    independent India, during which, it held eleven sessions over 165 days. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar,
    the first law minister of free India, a jurist, an economist, and a social reformer, was
    the Chairman of the committee. He also carries the tag of “Father of Indian
    Constitution”.

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