The Indian Constitution is the longest constitution in theworld. It had 395 articles, 22 parts and 8 schedules at the time ofcommencement.

The difficulties faced by the framers of our Constitutionwere:

1. India was a huge and diverse country. It was not an easytask to frame a Constitution keeping in mind the needs of all the variousregions and groups.

2. The Indian people had lived as subjects till then. Theywere now coming up to the status of citizens.

3. There was a lot of disturbance due to the partition ofthe country on the basis of religion. India and Pakistan were separated.

4. There were a number of princely states. Integration ofstates was a difficult task.

5. It was a long process. Earlier there were 389 members inthe Constituent Assembly which was set up to frame the Constitution. Later thenumber was reduced to 299 after the withdrawal of the Muslim League members. 13committees were set up to prepare the draft of the Constitution. This wasdiscussed in detail by the people, press, provincial assemblies and theConstituent Assembly. It took 2 years, 11 months and 18 days to frame theConstitution.