Making Of Constitution Flashcards
Idea of Constituent Assembly out forward for the first time by
M.N Roy in 1934
INC demanded constituent assembly for the first time in
1935
Demand for Constituent Assembly was accepted in
August Offer of 1940
Constituent Assembly was constituted under the scheme formulated by
Cabinet Mission Plan
Constituent Assembly was constituted in
November 1946
According to the Cabinet Mission plan, seats of Constituent Assembly were divided between
- Princely State: 93
- British India - 296
( 292 from 11 governor provinces and 4 from 4 Chief Commissioner’s provinces)
Seats were allotted based on
Proportion of population
Seats allocated to provinces were divided among
Muslims, Sikhs and General in proportion to their population
Members from provinces were selected by
Members of the particular community in the Provincial Legislative Assembly by proportional representation by means of single transferable vote
Representatives of princely states were selected by
Nominated by heads of states
First meeting of Constituent Assembly
December 9, 1946
Temporary president of Assembly
Dr. Sachidanand Sinha
___ was elected as president of Constituent Assembly
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Vice Presidents of Constituent Assembly
H.C Mukherjee
V.T Krishnamachari
Changes in Constituent Assembly after Indian Independence Act of 1947
- Made a fully sovereign body
- Also became legislative body
- ML members from Pakistan areas withdrew – Total strength: 296 –> 229(Provinces); Princely State: 93 –> 70
Chairperson when Constituent Assembly met as legislative body:
G.V Mavlankar
Dadasaheb
G.V Mavlankar
Father of Lok Sabha
G V Mavlankar
Union Powers Committee
Nehru
Union Constitution Committee
Nehru
Provincial Constitution Committee
Sardar Patel
Drafting Committee
Ambedkar
Advisory Committee on Fundamental Rights, Minorities and Tribal and Excluded areas
Sardar Patel
Rules of Procedure committee
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
States Committee
Nehru
Steering Committee
Rajendra Prasad
Members of Drafting Committee
Ambedkar
N. Gopalaswamy Ayyangar
Alladi Krishnaswamy Ayyar
K M Munshi
Syed Mohammad Saadullah
N Madhava Rau
T T Krishnamachari
Constitution was adopted on
November 26, 1949
The original constitution had how many articles and schedules
395 Article and 8 Schedules
Symbol of Constituent Assembly
Elephant
Legal advisor to Constituent Assembly
B N Rau
Secretary to Constituent Assembly
H.V.R Iyengar
Calligrapher of Indian constitution
Prem Behari Narain Raizada
The original Constitution was beautified and decorated by
Nand Lal Bose and Beohar Rammanohar Sinha
Authoritative text of Constitution in Hindi under which amendment
58th CAA, 1987
Cabinet Mission members
Pathick Lawrence, Stafford Cripps, A V Alexander
