Dp khaitan biography
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Constituent Assembly of India
Unicameral assembly for making the Constitution of India
Constituent Assembly of India | |
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Seal of the Constituent Assembly | |
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| Founded | 6 December 1946 (1946-12-06) |
| Disbanded | 25 January 1950 (1950-01-25) |
| Preceded by | Imperial Legislative Council |
| Succeeded by | Parliament of India (1951-1952) Constituent Assembly of Pakistan (1947) |
First President | Sachchidananda Sinha |
President (Permanent) | Dr. Rajendra Prasad, INC |
Vice President | H. C. Mookerjee |
Chairman of the Drafting Committee | B. R. Ambedkar, SCF |
Constitutional Advisor / Legal Advisor | B. N. Rau |
| Seats | 389 (December 1946 – June 1947) 299 (August 1947 – January 1950) |
Political groups | INC: 208 seats Others (inc. CPI, ABHM, JP, SAD, Independent etc.): 15 seats Princely States: 93 seats AIML: 73 seats, (until August 1947) |
Voting system | Single transferable vote |
| Old Parliament House, Raisina Hill, New Delhi | |
Constituent Assembly of India was partly elected and partly nominated body to frame the Constitution of India. It was elected by the Provincial assemblies of British India follow
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Understanding the Drafting Committee
The Government of India Act (1935) was superseded as India’s governing document on January 26, 1950, by the Constitution of India. After decades of British control, the Constitution established our nation as a fully autonomous republic in the Commonwealth of Nations, with the President of India as the titular leader of the Indian Union. Even though the constitution went into force in 1950, the Indian Constituent Assembly accepted it on November 26, 1949.
The Drafting Committee of the Indian Constitution
Following India’s independence, the Constituent Assembly established a drafting committee by resolution to review the draft text of the Constitution of India provided by the Constitutional Advisor. This gave effect to the Assembly’s previous resolutions and contained any issues which are supplementary thereto or which must be covered in such a constitution. They were also supposed to deliver to the Assembly the constitutional drafts as updated by the committee.
But Who Drafted the Indian Constitution?
Seven members drafted the Indian Constitution. They were B. R. Ambedkar, Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar, N. Gopalaswami, K. M. Munshi, Mohammad Saadulla, B. L. Mitter and D. P. Khaitan. B. R. Ambedkar was elected as the C