Prem Behari Narain Raizada

Prem Behari Narain Raizada (1901–1966) was an Indian calligrapher. He is notable for being the calligrapher who hand-wrote the Constitution of India.

Biography Preamble of the Constitution calligraphed by Prem Behari Narain RaizadaPrem 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.