How to " Know Your Constitution"- KYC

Media has reported that Speaker Loksabha   has announced KYC- Know Your Constitution campaign on Constitution Day  to enhance Constitution Quotient -CQ  along with IQ,EQ and SQ. Herewith please find my   Open letter to  Honorable  Speaker , Lok Sabha

 Subject: How to " Know Your Constitution"- KYC

Respected Sir,

 Your Good Self  shall be pleased to appreciate the following :

 1 That following remain  the unknown contributors for the   Calligraphy and artistic decoration and printing of the original Constitution of India .

 

1	Prof K T Shah: proposal for handwritten Original Constitution of India
2	Prem Bihari Naraina Raizada: calligraphy work of Original Constitution of India in English
3	Vasant Krishan Baid: calligraphy work of Original Constitution of India in Hindi
4	Acharya Nandlal Bose: illumination of Original Constitution of India in English
5	Arun Kumar Das,Chitranjan Pakdashi,Shitanshu Kumar Rai ,Rameshwar Saran  Srivastav: illumination of Original Constitution of India in Hindi
6	Dinanath Agarwal: artistic work of the National Emblem in the Original Constitution of India
7	Ram Beohar Sinha: Artistic work of the Preamble of India
8	Survey of India : Photo prints of Original Constitution of India

 

Proposal :Constitution Day 26 November  to 3 Dec (Birthday of Dr Rajendra Prasad and Acharya Nandlal Bose)  8 days long exhibitions on the civilization illumined in the constitution of India at

1 Sansad Bhawan

2 Constitution Club of India

3 India International Centre

4 India Habitat Centre

5 Shanti Niketan,

6  Indira Gandhi National Centre for Art

( Already started in Jaipur JKK 2018)

 2  That  History of Dharmaśāstra, with subtitle Ancient and Medieval Religious and Civil Law in India, is a monumental five-volume work consisting of around 6,500 pages. It was written by Dr P V Kane   Bharat Ratna, nominated member Rajya Sabha  Judge Bombay High Court , Sr Advocate, Supreme Court of India ,Fellow of Bombay Asiatic Society and of the London School of Oriental and African Studies. The first volume of the work was published in 1930 and the last one in 1962.

Proposal :To highlight the contribution of  Dr  Pandurang Vaman Kane   on his birthday and be remembered in  Schools and law colleges . Material on Ancient legal history of India be prepared with the help of Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Pune

3  That National Motto "सत्यमेव जयते " "Truth Alone Triumphs"  and Motto of Supreme Court || यतो धर्मस्ततो जय: || "Yato dharmastato jay "needs to be explained  in terns of the historical,heritage and  spiritual significance .

Proposal :

A-Detailed note on the meaning of the National Motto  of India and role of Bharat Ratna Madan Mohan Malviya, related to National Emblem of India

B-Note on Seal of the Constituent Assembly of India

C- Note on Seal of the Constituent Assembly of India - Legislative with the motto

धर्म चक्र प्रवर्तनाय 

4  That Know Your Constitution through Constituent Assembly Debates initiative needs to be started

		issues to be decided by present generation -we, the people of India
Sr	Issues decided by Constituent Assembly	Pending issues to be decided by Parliament	Alternate solution  to be decided by Parliament	Issues bad in implementation	Issues to be decided by judiciary
1	Prohibition of  untouchability	PoK to be made free from foreign control	Affirmative action(EWS)	Hindi-State language	Veda and Gita in schoolsand colleges
2	Equality of women	Vandemataram be included in  Fundamental Duties	Compulsory  NCC training in schools or colleges	Judgment in HC  in mother/ state language	Laxman Rekha on the issues of Faith , tradition and religion
3	Universal adult suffrage	Uniform Civil Code	Minimum education qualification for legislatures	Right to Education	Freedom of Speech & Expression  and Unity & integrity of India

 

Proposal :To study the provisions of the Constitution of India in the background of the Constituent Assembly Debates  remembering Vedas, Ramayan, Mahabharat , Gita,etc and the  National heroes of India like Shivaji, Maharan Pratap Swami Vivekanand,Sri Aurobindo, Netaji Bose, Gandhi ji, Rabindra Nath Tagore etc

 

5-That various committees were formed  . These committees remain unknown due to non availablity of the information of the composition of the committes members

Proposal: A brief note on the committees for better understanding and appreciating the role of members of the Constituent Assembly

Major Committees of the Indian Constituent Assembly	Chairman
Ad hoc Committee on the National flag	Rajendra Prasad
Advisory Committee on Fundamental Rights	Vallabhbhai Patel
Committee on the Functions of the Constituent Assembly	G.V. Mavalankar
Committee on Minorities and Tribal and Excluded Areas	Vallabhbhai Patel
Committee on the Rules of Procedure	Rajendra Prasad
Special Committee to Examine the Draft Constitution	Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar
Provincial Constitution Committee	Vallabhbhai Patel
Drafting Committee	B.R. Ambedkar
Excluded and Partially Excluded Areas  Sub-Committee	A.V. Thakkar
Finance and Staff Committee	Rajendra Prasad
Fundamental Rights Sub-Committee	J.B. Kripalani
House Committee	B. Pattabhi Sitaramayya
Minorities Sub-Committee	H.C. Mukherjee
North-East Frontier Tribal Areas and Assam, Excluded and Partially Excluded Areas Sub-Committee	Gopinath Bardoloi
Order of Business Committee	K.M. Munshi
States Committee	Jawaharlal Nehru
Steering Committee	Rajendra Prasad
Union Constitution Committee	Jawaharlal Nehru
Union Powers Committee	Jawaharlal Nehru

6- Replica of the original Manuscript of the Constitution of India in Hindi and English be uploaded on the website of the Loksabha and all the websites of all Legislative Assemblies.

7 Constitutional Morality as mentioned in Constituent Assembly by Dr Ambedkar  be always followed by Fundamental Duties .

This citizen of India would feel privileged for any kind of academic or technical support on the above proposals.

Advocate Surya Pratap Singh Rajawat