Lesson 1/34 min

Making the Constitution

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   Bangladesh's Constitution was adopted in the Constituent Assembly on 4 November 1972 and came into effect on 16 December 1972.

2. 2

   Dr. Kamal Hossain chaired the 34-member Constitution Drafting Committee.

3. 3

   The committee's only woman member was Begum Razia Banu and its only opposition member was Surendra Kumar Sengupta.

4. 4

   The handwritten original of the Constitution was calligraphed by Abdur Rouf; its illustrations are by Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin.