Prem Behari Narain Raizada

Raizada would go on to study at St. Stephen's College in Delhi, where he continued to refine his calligraphic skills.

[1][2] 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.

[1] Asked what he would charge for hand-writing the constitution, Raizada replied, “Not a single penny.

By the grace of God I have all the things, and am quite happy with my life,” “But I have one reservation—that on every page of Constitution I will write my name and on the last page I will write my name along with my grandfather’s name.”[2] Prem Behari Narain Raizada was the calligrapher of the Indian Constitution.

[1] He incorporated his flowing style of calligraphy into the document, using hundreds of pen nibs in the course of his writing.