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Making of the Constitution

Abirlal Mukherjee (Mukhopadhyay) 0 Comments

  1. Timeline***

    1. 1934: M.N.Roy, idea of the Constituent Assembly
    2. 1935: INC officially demanded a CA to frame the Constitution of India.
    3. 1938: Jawaharlal Nehru on behalf of INC declared, “the Constitution of free India must be framed without outside interference, by a Constituent Assembly elected on the basis of adult franchise”
    4. 1940: Demand Accepted in “August Offer”
    5. 1942: Sir Stafford Cripps, a member of British Cabinet came to India with a draft proposal to frame an Independent Constitution of India after the World War II. Muslim League rejected with a demand of separate Constituent Assembly.
    6. 1946, November: The CA was constituted under the scheme of the Cabinet Mission Plan.
    7. 1946, December: 1st meeting of CA, Muslim league boycotted on demand of separate CA.
    8. 1946, December 13: Nehru’s Objective Resolution.
    9. 1947, January 22: The Objective Resolution was adopted.
    10. 1947: Indian Independence Act made 3 changes to CA.
    11. 1948, November 4: Final draft of Constitution Introduced by Dr BR Ambedkar
    12. 1949, November 26: The Constitution was adopted with a Preamble, 395 Articles, 8 schedules
    13. 1949, May: India’s Membership to Commonwealth Nations
    14. 1947, July 22: National Flag Adopted.
    15. 1950, january 24:
      1. National Anthem adopted,
      2. National Song adopted,
      3. Elected Dr Rajendra Prasad as the 1st President of India.
      4. CA had its final session
    16. 1950, January 26: Date of Commencement of the Constitution/ Republic Day.

  2. Facts

    1. Elephant was the symbol of CA
    2. Seats allocated to each British Provinces divided among three principal communities: Muslims, Sikhs, General (all accept Muslims & Sikhs)
    3. Total strength of the Constituent assembly: 389 (296 seats to British India(292 sears from 11 govornor’s provinces, 4 from chief commissioners) + 93 seats to Princely States)
    4. July-August, 1946: INC won 208 seats, Muslim League: 73 Seats
    5. Meetings of Constituent Assemblies
      1. 1st Meeting: 1946, December 9
        1. Muslim League Boycotted with a demand for a new CA for pakistan
        2. The meeting was attended by 211 members
        3. Oldest member Dr Sachchidananda Sinha  became temporary president of CA.
        4. Later Dr Rajendra Prasad was elected as the President of CA
        5. H.C Mukherjee & V.T Krishnamachari were the Vice-Presidents
      2. Objective Resolution: 1946, December 13:
        1. Sovereign, Republic,
        2. Union of territory
    6. Indian Independence Act 1947 made 3 changes to CA:
    7. Major CA Committees:
    8. Drafting Committee:
    9. Readings of the Constitution:
    10. Contributors:
      1. B.N Rao: Constitutional Advisor/Legal Advisor of CA
      2. H.V.R Iyengar: Secretary to the CA
      3. S.N Mukherjee:  Chief draftsman of the constitution in CA
      4. Prem Behari Narain Raizada: Calligrapher of Constitution, handwritten by him in Italic style.
      5. Nandalal Bose & Beohar Rammanohar Sinha: Decorators
      6. Vasant Krishna Vaidya: Hindi calligraphy
    11. Criticism of Constitution
    12.   CA had 11 sessions over: 11 months and 8 days
    13. Hindi Text of the Constitution
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About the Author: Abirlal Mukherjee (Mukhopadhyay)

Assistant Professor (Amity University), Digital Humanist
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