Making of the Indian Constitution ‘feel that the Constitution Is workable, it is flexible and 4 8 strong enough to hold the country together both in peacetime and in wartime, Indeed, if | may say so, if things {go wrong under the new Constitution, the reason will not be that we had a bad Constitution, What we will have to say {s that Man was vile,” DrB.R. Ambedkar Modern constitutions, apart from delineating the composition of the “State”, also embody the inter- face between citizens and the government. In this manner, the bill of rights has come to become a key feature of modern liberal constitutions. After the British rule in India between 1600 and 1947 through the East India Company, Viceroys and Governor Generals with the help of Charters and other enactments ‘made by the British Parliament, India gained its independence on 15th August 1947, Three important legislation should ¢ referred to here as they have either directly or indirectly contributed to the making of the hwian Constitution, ‘They are the Indian Councils ““t 1909, the Government of India Act, 1919 and »oVernment of India Act, 1935, at Per the Cabinet Mission pl ; Be Viceroy Wavell, the pl Ue print for free Jan of 1946 (accord- lan is expected to be 'dom) a Constituent Assembly | @ scanned with OKEN Scanner