From U.K.

♤ Nominal Head – President (like Queen)

♤ Cabinet System of Ministers

♤ Post of PM

♤ Single Citizenship

♤ Parliamentary Type of Government

♤ Bicameral Parliament

♤ Lower House more powerful

♤ Council of Ministers responsible to Lower House

♤ Power of Lok Sabha Speaker

♤ Prerogative writs

♤ Parliamentary privileges

From U.S.A.

♤ Written Constitution

♤ Executive head of state known as President and his being the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces

♤ Vice- President as the ex-officio Chairman of Rajya Sabha

♤ Fundamental Rights

♤ Supreme Court

♤ Provision of States

♤ Independence of judiciary and judicial review

♤ Preamble

♤ Removal of Supreme court and High court Judges

From USSR

♤ Fundamental Duties

♤ The ideal of justice (social, economic and political) in the Preamble

From AUSTRALIA

♤ Concurrent list

♤ Language of the preamble

♤ Provision regarding trade, commerce and intercourse

♤ The joint sitting of the two Houses of Parliament

From JAPAN

♤ Law on which the Supreme Court function

♤ Procedure Established by Law

From WEIMAR CONSTITUTION OF GERMANY

♤ Suspension of Fundamental Rights during the emergency

From CANADA

♤ Scheme of federation with a strong centre

♤ Distribution of powers between centre and the states and placing.

♤ Residuary powers with the centre

From IRELAND

♤ Concept of Directive Principles of States Policy (Ireland borrowed it from SPAIN)

♤ Method of election of President

♤ Nomination of members in the Rajya Sabha by the President

From SOUTHAFRICA

♤ Procedure of amendment with a two-thirds majority in Parliament

♤ Election of members of Rajya Sabha

From Government of India Act of 1935

♤ Federal Scheme

♤ Office of governor

♤ Judiciary

♤ Public Service Commissions

♤ Emergency provisions

♤ Administrative details