Prem Behari Narain Raizada was born in December 1901 to a
Saxena Kayastha family of calligraphers. When the Indian Constitution was being drafted by the
Constituent Assembly of India in the late 1940s, Raizada was asked by
Jawaharlal Nehru to write out the first copy of the seminal document. The stipulation that he and his grandfather's names be added to the document was honored, and both names can be seen in the document. When it was completed, the manuscript was 251 pages and weighed 3.75 kg (8.26 lbs). The manuscript was completed on 26 November 1949, and was signed on 26 January 1950. == References ==