An interactive ‘Ask Me Anything’ with Dr B R Ambedkar’s talking hologram, a radio that lets you travel through time and one of the 1,000 photolithographic reproductions of the Constitution – these were on display at the country’s first ever Constitution Museum inaugurated at O P Jindal Global University in Sonipat on Saturday.
The museum, inaugurated by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Minister of State for Law and Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal, delves deep into the heart of the Constitution by promoting its makers, its philosophical underpinnings, its provisions, and its evolution through various amendments.
Curated by Anjchita B Nair, the museum also offers audio-visual interactive experiences to the visitors, as well as digital quizzes. Further, while a radio broadcasts narratives of significant historical events from 1940, a robot gives the visitors a tour of the museum.
Mini busts of 300 members of the Constituent Assembly are also neatly displayed in the museum. A bigger bust on display is that of B N Rau, a jurist who was instrumental in drafting the Constitution.
Moreover, the visitors can take a photograph of themselves taking the oath that the leaders took at the stroke of midnight on August 14, 1947. At the ‘Samvidhaan Theatre’, one can watch documentaries and movies inspired by the Constitution.
Throughout the museum, armour-cabled headphones have been installed to help one listen to speeches given at the Constituent Assembly and scholars explaining the philosophy behind the Constitution.
Paintings of prominent judges and jurists can be found on a background of black and hues of yellow. A gallery highlights the 75-year journey of the evolution of the Constitution through landmark judgments and amendments. Contemporary artworks of various artists are also on display throughout the museum.
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In a section titled ‘Flip and Learn’ are blocks. The front side of the block displays a technical term related to the Constitution. A nudge to the block and the term is explained.
Another section that stands out is called ‘You Know, Right?’. Visitors can challenge themselves on how well they know their fundamental rights. A question is written on a block and its answer underneath, which can only be revealed by pulling up the block.
The inauguration was also attended by Naveen Jindal, BJP MP and founding chancellor of Jindal Global University and C Rajkumar, founding vice chancellor of the university. Eminent Supreme Court judges like Justice Abhay Oka, Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice K V Viswanathan were speakers at the inauguration.
Nirbhay Thakur is a Senior Correspondent with The Indian Express who primarily covers district courts in Delhi and has reported on the trials of many high-profile cases since 2023.
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In 2025, he has written long form articles and two investigations. Along with breaking many court stories, he has also done various exclusive stories.
1) A long form on Surender Koli, accused in the Nithari serial killings of 2006. He was acquitted after spending 2 decades in jail. was a branded man. Deemed the “cannibal" who allegedly lured children to his employer’s house in Noida, murdered them, and “ate their flesh” – his actions cited were cited as evidence of human depravity at its worst. However, the SC acquitted him finding various lapses in the investigation. The Indian Express spoke to his lawyers and traced the 2 decades journey.
2) For decades, the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has been at the forefront of the Government’s national rankings, placed at No. 2 over the past two years alone. It has also been the crucible of campus activism, its protests often spilling into national debates, its student leaders going on to become the faces and voices of political parties of all hues and thoughts. The Indian Express looked at all court cases spanning over two decades and did an investigation.
3) Investigation on the 700 Delhi riots cases. The Indian Express found that in 17 of 93 acquittals (which amounted to 85% of the decided cases) in Delhi riots cases, courts red-flag ‘fabricated’ evidence and pulled up the police.
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