January 26 selected as the date for the inauguration of

Home » Indian Polity » Indian polity miscellaneous » Question

January 26 selected as the date for the inauguration of the Constitution, because

1. it was considered to be an auspicious day
2. on that day the Quit India Movement was started in 1942
3. the Congress had observed it as the Independence Day in 1930
4. None of these

Correct Option: C

The Indian constitution was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on the 26th November, 1949 and it came into force after two months on 26th January, 1950. The day January 26 was chosen because it was this very day when the Poorna Swaraj resolution was made in Lahore in 1930 and the first tricolor of India unfurled.