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Illumination of civilization of India in manuscript of Constitution of India by Acharya Nandalal Bose Nandalal Bose ( 3 December 1882 – 16 April 1966) Padma Vibhushan (1954) At the suggestion of Prof. K. T. Shah the question of calligraphy and artistic decoration and printing of the original authoritative copy of the Constitution of India was taken. up. It was decided that the work should be started as early as possible and calligraphy should be completed by the 20th January, 1950 and the work of illumination and decoration of the calligraphed pages may continue even after that date till it is completed. Copy of Constitution of India in English was handwritten by Prem Bihari Raizada Saxena and in Hindi the work of calligraphy was done by Vasant Krishna Vaid. The matter to be calligraphed consisted of about 300 pages of 6½" x 9½", each page containing about 40 lines. It was also proposed to use parchment paper of the size ...