Foreign Influences on Indian Constitution

Countries Those Have Influence

Indian Constitution is the largest Constitution of the world. The writers of the Indian Constitution had given their best to bring a unique Constitution. So, they had read all other constitutions from the contemporary democratic countries like the U.S., the Great Britain, Australia, Canada, Germany, Ireland, South Africa etc.

List of countries

U.S., the Great Britain, Australia, Canada, Germany, Ireland, South Africa

The Details of Influences on Indian Constitution

The writers of Indian Constitution did not only follow the foreign constitution blindly, but they also made it suitable for Indian perspective. The parliamentary democratic administration system was an influence from the British parliamentary system. Bilateral assembly system was also taken from the British bilateral system. The ideas like fundamental rights, the freedom of judicial system, preference of the Constitution, the relation between the Centre and the States were adopted from the U.S. Constitution. But the idea of withdrawal of the fundamental rights during emergency was received from the German constitution. The composers of the Indian Constitution were influenced by the directive principles of the Constitution of Ireland. African constitutional subjects like amendment and the selection of the members of Rajyasabha had influenced the writers of the Indian Constitution. They followed Constitutions of Canada and Australia for the distribution of power between the Centre and the States and accepted some ideas.

Issue	Country
Parliamentary Democratic System	England
Fundamental rights, the freedom of judicial system, preference of the Constitution, the relation between the Centre and the States	U.S.A.
Withdrawal of the fundamental rights during emergency	Germany
Directive principles	Ireland
Amendment and the selection of the members of Rajyasabha	Africa
Distribution of power between the Centre and the States	Canada, Australia

Indian Constitution Is Not a Copy

The Indian writers had not only read thoroughly but analysed each and every chapters of all constitutions. After thorough reading, they took the relevant subject appropriate to the Indian context.