Making of Indian Constitution-II

*First M N Roy (communist party) put forward for making Constituent Assembly -1934 
*INC officially demanded Constituent Assembly to frame Constitution of India-1935 
*August offer at 1940 Constitution demand is accepted 
*At 1942 Sir Stafford cripps member of cabinet came to India with draft proposal of British govt to frame Constitution after world war II this proposal rejected by Muslim League 
*Then at 1946 cabinet mission sent to india and constituent assembly constituted in Nov 1946 
*It is partly elected and partly nominated body (indirectly elected by member of provincial assemblies) 

COMPOSITION OF CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY 

*Total strength 389 where 296 from British india and 93 from princely states 
*208 from Indian National Congress and 73 from Muslim League 
*First meeting Dec 9,1946 in this session  muslim league boycotted and Sachindra Singa elected as temporary president 
*Dec 11,1946 Rajendra Prasad elected as President and H C Mukherjee and V T Krishnamachari elected as Vice President 
*Objective Resolution moved by Jawaharlal Nehru at Dec 13 ,1946 
*Jan 22,1947 Objective Resolution adopted 
*June 3,1947 Mountbatten Plan 
*July 22,1947 National flag 
*Jan 24 ,1950 National anthem 
*Dr Rajendra prasad elected as first president of india Jan 24 1950 
*Total session in Constituent assembly 11 session and duration 2 years 11 months and 18 days 
*Total cost to make Constitution -64 lakhs rupees 
*22 parts 395 articles and 8 schedule when Constitution is adopted Nov 26,1949 

COMMITTEES 

MAJOR COMMITTEES 

UNION POWER COMMITTEE-Jawarharlal Nehru 
UNION CONSTITUTIONAL COMMITTEE-Jawarharlal Nehru 
PROVINCIAL CONSTITUTIONAL COMMITTEE-Sardar Vallabhai Patel 
DRAFTING COMMITTEE-Dr.BR Ambedkar 
STEERING COMMITTEE -Rajendra Prasad 
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS COMMITTEE-J B Kripalani 
MINORITIES COMMITTEE-H C Mukherjee 

MINOR COMMITTEES 

HOUSE COMMITTEES-Pattabi Sitaramaya 
BUSINESS COMMITTEES-K M Munshi 
Adhoc National Flag -Rajendra Prasad 
Linguistic provinces-S K Dhar 
Adhoc citizenship -S Vardachari 
Adhoc Supreme court-S Vardachari 

DRAFTING COMMITTEE 

Dr.B R Ambedkar(Chairman) 
N Gopalasamy Ayyangar 
Alladi krishnasamy Iyer 
K M Munshi 
Syed Mohammad Sadullah 
Madhavara Rao (Replaced BL mitter)
T T Krishnamachari (Replaced D B Khairan)

OTHER OFFICIALS 

B N Rao - Constitutional Advisor for Constituent assembly
S N Mukherjee -Chief Draftsman of Constituent assembly 
Prem Behari Raizada -Originally written in Italic style.
 
CRITICISM OF CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY 
*Not a pure Representative body 
*Not a sovereign body 
*Time consuming 
*Dominated by congress 
*Lawyer politician Domination 
*Dominated by hindus 


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