as well as from the Government of 1935. Dr. BR, Ambedkar eclaimed that the Constitution of ‘been framed after ‘ransacking all the Constitutions of the World! structural part of the Constitution is, to ‘a large extent, derived from the Goyernment ‘of India Act of 1935, The philosophical part Of the Constitution (the Fundamental Rights and the Directive Principles of State Policy) derive their inspiration from the American and Irish Constitutions, respectively.) The political part of the Constitution (the princi- ple of Cabinet Government and the relations between the Executive and the Legislature) have been largely drawn from the British Constitution’, The other provisions of the Constitution have been drawn from the Constitutions of Canada, Australia, Germany, USSR (now Russia), France, South Africa, Japan and so on’. ‘The most profound influence and material source of the Constitution is the Government of India Act, 1935.\The Federal Scheme, Judiciary, Governors, Emergency Powers, the Public Service Commissions and most of the administrative details are drawn from this Act. More than half of the provisions of Constitution are identical to or bear resemblance to the Act of 1935", _} a close 3. Blend of Rigidity and Flexibili y Constitutions are also classified into rigid and -flexibls. A rigid Constitution is one that requires a special procedure for ite amendment, as for example, the American Grasttction. A flexible constitution, on the other hand, is one that can be amended in the same manner as the ordinary lawy | made, as for example, the Britich ‘ sess tal some provision m special majority o of each House pres a majority of the total each House. Some other provisions can by a special majority of the and with the ratification by total states, At the same time, some provision Constitution can be amended by 4 majority of the Parliament in the of ordinary legislative process, these amendments do not com Article 368. (b) h Unitary Bi The Constitution of India establish eral system of Government. It cont the usual features of a federation, Government, division of powers, Constitution, supremacy of Constitu rigidity of Constitution, independent iary and bicameralism, However, ‘ the Indian Constitutio contains a large number of unit non-federal features, viz., a gtOHm single Constitution, single citizensh ibility of Constitution, integrated ji “ppointment of state governor by s, emergency provis Moreover, the term nowhere been used in Article 1, on the other hand, des as a “Union of states’ which things: one Ti in Federa result _of_an agreement |