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The making of the Indian Constitution is described as an attempt towards ‘social revolution’. Comment.

  • UPSC 2022
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  • Making of the Indian Constitution

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The description comes from Granville Austin, The Indian Constitution: Cornerstone of a Nation (1966), for whom the document was "first and foremost a social document": most of its provisions either pursue a social revolution or build the conditions for one. The claim holds for the framers' intent; the revolution itself was left to the republic.

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