Making Of Constitution Flashcards
Samvidhan Divas (Law Day or Constitution Day)
26th November
The idea of constituent assembly for making the constitution was first advised by
M N ROY 1934. Father of Indian Communalism.
1935 lo congress demand chesindi
1936 lo Jawaharlal Nehru in Lucknow session
The legal
advisor of the Constituent Assembly
BN Rau
The Constituent Assembly was formed on
6 December 1946.
The Constituent Assembly of India met for the first time.
9 December 1946,
The Constituent Assembly
had a total of ——– members.
389 members.
of which 93 were representatives of princely
states, 292 were representatives of the
provinces, 4 were from the chief
commissioner provinces of Delhi,
Ajmer-Merwara, Coorg and British
Baluchistan.
How many sessions were held in constituent assembly
11 sessions covering 165 days
The constitution of India took how many days to frame
2 years, 11 months, 18 days.
who is the head of state is
President
who is the head of the government
Prime Minister
The Objective Resolution of the Indian Constitution moved by Jawaharlal Nehru on
13 DEC, 1946
The Objective Resolution adopted by the
Constituent Assembly on
January 22, 1947.
Committee - Major 8 & Minor 13
The original Constitution of India
was hand written in English by:
Prem Behari Narayan Raizada (italic style)
the chief draftsman of
the constituent assembly that drafted the document of the Constitution
SN Mukherjee.
The drafting committee was formed under the
chairmanship of Dr B R Ambedkar by the Constituent Assembly
29th August 1947.
When did the drafting committee publish the first draft of the Indian constitution
February 1948
Who wrote in calligraphic style the Hindi version of the
original Indian Constitution?
Vasant Krishan Vaidya.
Decorated by Nand lal bose and Beohar Rammanohar sinha
The structural part of the Indian
Constitution is, to a large extent, derived
from the Act of
Government of India Act, 1935
“machine with strong brakes but no engine”.
Jawaharlal Nehru. He also called it a “Charter of Slavery”.
Who described the Indian Constitution as
‘quasi federal’ ?
K.C. Wheare.
Different scholars have different opinions on the
federal structure of India -
‘bargaining federalism’ by Morris Jones,
‘co-operative federalism’ by Granville Austin,
‘federation with a centralizing tendency’ by Ivor Jennings, etc.
The Constituent Assembly adopted
the National Anthem and National song in
JAN 24, 1950
the Constituent Assembly adopted the
Independent Indian National Flag on
JULY 22, 1947
How many female members were
part of the Constituent Assembly that
framed the Constitution of India?
15.
Founder of Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan (1938)
K M Munshi. Order of Business Committee.
The preamble of Indian Constitution as the ‘Political
horoscope of the Indian Constitution”