The word 'polity' takes its origin from 'politics'. Politics can be defined as “the realm of who gets what”. Indian Polity is governed by the Constitution. Constitution is a body of fundamental rules that a nation is bound to follow. [[Indian Constitution]] was adopted on November 26th 1949 and came into force on January 26th 1950. Polity has three important aspects: 1. [[Legislature]] 2. [[Executive ]] 3. [[Judiciary]] 4. Others - [[Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG)]] - [[ Election Commission of India (ECI)]]