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  "Like the Constitution of South Africa, Indian Constitution was also drawn up under very difficult  circumstances."   Elaborate  this statement with the help of any four circumstances.           

Answer:

                  The four circumstances that elaborate the statement (i) At that time, the people of India were emerging from the status of a subject to that of citizens. The country was born through a partition on the basis of religious differences. It was an    extremely traumatic experience for the people. (ii) The British rulers had left it to the rulers of the princely states to decide whether to merge with India or with Pakistan or remain independent. (iii) The future of the nation did not look very secure at that time. The makers of the Constitution had anxieties about the present and the future of the country. (iv) There were sharp differences of opinion about the path, the country should take after attaining freedom.