Page 31 - A brief note on calligraphy of the Constitution of India in English and Hindi

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APPENDIX XVIII
LETTER FROM SECRETARY, PARLIAMENT SECRETARIAT TO
THE SURVEYOR GENERAL OF INDIA, DATED THE 27TH
MARCH, 1950.

I am directed to refer to your letter No. 542/49-A-14,
dated the 23rd January, 1950 to the Constituent
Assembly of India Secretariat, New Delhi and to state
that, it has been decided to print one thousand copies
of the calligraphed Constitution of India both in
English and in Hindi under arrangements to be made
by you.

2. The. size of the original calligraphed page will
be ■reduced by l/3rd in the printed page and the
printing will be done in colours as per specimen
page forwarded by you and on one side of the paper
only. It is also proposed to print the signatures of
the Members of the Constituent Assembly in the
printed copies at the end and it is hoped that there
will be no printing difficulty on this account. The
estimated cost of Rs. 62,500 for printing 1,000 copies
has been noted.

3. As regards the style of binding, it is suggested
that the copies may be suitably bound in Rexine
or cloth. The sample of this binding as well as the
one suggested by you in your letter referred to above,
may be forwarded to this Secretariat for inspection
by the Honourable the Speaker.
4. It is proposed to send the calligraphed pages as
and when completed to the press for being printed.
Some pages of the English copies are already complete
and they can be printed if necessary arrangements
are made for their printing at an early date. As and
when further pages are completed they will be sent
to you for printing. The calligraphy work of the
Hindi Constitution has not yet been started and as
soon as it is started and sufficient number of pages are