- 1934- Idea of constitution assembly(M.N. Roy)
- 1935- INC officially demanded constitution assemble
- 1938- Constituent assemble formed who is outside interference (basis of the adult franchise)
- 1940- British accepted demand through the august offer
- 1942-Crisps consistent mission assembly after ww2
- 1946-Cabinet mission led to the formation of one constituent assembly
- Constitent assemble - 389 seats
- 296 British India Indirectly elected by the member of the provincial assembly + Nominated
- 93 Princely states according to population
The election of the Constituent Assembly was held in July 1946
Result
- Congress-208
- Muslim League-73
- Independent-15 seat
The first meeting of C. A held on 9th December 1946. 211 members attended the meeting
Dr. Sachdand Sinha 1st president of C.A(folded member)
11 Dec 1946
- Dr. Rajnderda prasad (president)
- H.C Mukherjee (vice president)
- B.N Rao - constituent advisor
13dec 1946- J.N . Nehru Objective resolution of constituent assembly passed by C.Assembly - 22 Jan 1947
3 June 1947- Mount batten plan - princely states also started to join their respective country constituent assemblies. strength reduced from 389 to 299.
15 Aug 1947-India became Independent
the assembly became a legislative body headed by
G.V Malverker formed the constitution of Dr. Rajndrea prasad with these two functions till 26 Nov 1949.
Constituent assemble
- May 1949- ratification of Indian membership of the commonwealth
- 22 July 1947- adopted a national flag
- 24 Jan 1950-adopted the national anthem
- 24 Jan 1950-adopted a national song
- 24 Jan 1950-elected Rajendra prasad as the first president of India.
- 11 sessions and 2 years 11 months 18 days
- 60 countries 64 lakh
- final session - 24 Jan 1950
- first general election 1951-1952
- Constituent Assembly frames different committees to deal with various tasks of the constitution
- 8 primary and other minor communities (15)
- The first draft of the constitution of India = Feb 1948
- constituent adopted 26 Nov 1949 (preamble schedule)
- article 5,6,7,8,9, 324,60etc came into force on 26 November 1949
- Remaining provision on 26 Jan 1950(commenced)
- 1929 Lahore session (headed by J.LNehru)
- Adopted poor swaraj as its goal on 26 Jan 1930 as completed intense day / burn swaraj was
Criticism of constituent assembly
- not a representative body- members are indirectly elected
- time-consuming - 4 months.
- sovereign body (British proposal)
- dominated by congress
