The Constitution of India has some outstanding features which distinguish it from other constitutions. The framers of our constitution studied other constitutions, selected their valuable features and put them with necessary modifications in our constitution. Ours is not a borrowed constitution, though it has been influenced by other constitutions. The Indian Constitution framed by the Constituent Assembly came into force from 26th January 1950

The framers of the constitution of India did not aim at a completely new or original constitution. They just wanted to produce "a good and workable" constitution. And they succeeded doing this. The fact that the constitution, for last 59 years, has been working satisfactorily is a testimony to its quality and utility