Any constitution's basic idea is fairly straightforward. To constrain the government, that is. Many nations transitioned from the former autocratic and communist forms of governance, when oppression dominated, to democratic forms of government with the rise of liberal democracies in the 19th and 20th centuries. Therefore, it was only natural for the populace to defend the newly established democracy from the newly established government's tyranny. Therefore, the only way to implement this check on the executive branch of government was through constitutional democracy. The Indian Constitution is based on the same idea. Indians cannot be subject to tyranny once they have been freed from the British Raj's shackles. Thus, a constitution was necessary to set boundaries for the newly established independent government. It gave people rights and access to courts so they could defend themselves.
