Embassy celebrates Constitution Day of India

KUWAIT CITY, Nov 27: Embassy of India, Kuwait celebrated 72nd Constitution Day of India (Samvidhan Divas) on Nov 26, 2022 and is celebrated on this day every year to commemorate the adoption of the Constitution of India on Nov 26, 1949. The Constituent Assembly of India adopted the Constitution of India, and it came into effect on January 26, 1950.

The Chargé d’Affaires Smt. Smita Patil in her remarks stated that the Constitution Day of India is a festival for every citizen of India to celebrate the foundational document of Indian democracy, calling it the largest democracy in the world.

She referred to the challenging global and domestic context of the time during which the Constitution was framed and paid tribute to the vision of the members of the Constituent Assembly, which included 15 women.

The world’s largest written constitution, the Constitution of India guarantees fundamental rights to its citizens. Smt Patil in her speech also paid tributes to the victims of the terrorist attack in Mumbai Nov 26, 2008.

The speech was concluded by reading the ‘Preamble of the Indian Constitution’.

On the occasion, Indian students in Kuwait read out the Preamble in 16 different Indian languages such as Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada,

Konkani, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu.

The Chargé d’Affaires also invited the Indian Diaspora in Kuwait to participate in Pravasi Bharatiya Divas-2023 (PBD) being held in Indore from January 8-10, 2023.

An exhibition on the making of Constitution of India was also organized.

The event witnessed enthusiastic response from members of the Indian community in Kuwait participating virtually as well as physically. For more details about the event, visit the website and social media handles of the dmbassy.