Overview
- On January 24, 1950, 264 members of the Constituent Assembly affixed their signatures to the Constitution of India.
- Ramesh noted that the members signed three copies, including two handwritten editions in English and Hindi featuring 22 illustrations by Shantiniketan artists led by Nandalal Bose.
- He credited Prem Behari Narayan Raizada with the English calligraphy and Vasant K Vaidya with the Hindi calligraphy.
- Ramesh highlighted Dinanath Bhargava’s national emblem on the first page, recalling months of study at the Kolkata Zoo to render lifelike lions.
- He cited the Lalit Kala Akademi’s description of the illustrated Constitution as a seminal art treatise and recalled the group photograph taken that day.