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Some Facts of Constituent Assembly

The Constituent Assembly took nearly three years to draft the Constitution of India, holding 11 sessions over 165 days to consider the draft. It was composed of members elected indirectly by provincial assemblies and representatives of princely states, totaling originally 389 but reduced to 299 after partition. On January 22, 1947 the Assembly unanimously adopted the Objectives Resolution laying out the principles of the new constitution, including establishing an independent sovereign republic. The constitution was finally adopted on November 26, 1949 and came into effect on January 26, 1950, transforming the Assembly into the Provisional Parliament of India.

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Some Facts of Constituent Assembly

The Constituent Assembly took nearly three years to draft the Constitution of India, holding 11 sessions over 165 days to consider the draft. It was composed of members elected indirectly by provincial assemblies and representatives of princely states, totaling originally 389 but reduced to 299 after partition. On January 22, 1947 the Assembly unanimously adopted the Objectives Resolution laying out the principles of the new constitution, including establishing an independent sovereign republic. The constitution was finally adopted on November 26, 1949 and came into effect on January 26, 1950, transforming the Assembly into the Provisional Parliament of India.

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11/12/2016 SomeFactsofConstituentAssembly

TheConstituentAssemblytookalmostthreeyears(twoyears,elevenmonthsandseventeendaysto
beprecise)tocompleteitshistorictaskofdraftingtheConstitutionforIndependentIndia.During
thisperiod,itheldelevensessionscoveringatotalof165days.Ofthese,114dayswerespenton
theconsiderationoftheDraftConstitution.
Astoitscomposition,memberswerechosenbyindirectelectionbythemembersoftheProvincial
Legislative Assemblies, according to the scheme recommended by the Cabinet Mission. The
arrangementwas:(i)292memberswereelectedthroughtheProvincialLegislativeAssemblies(ii)
93 members represented the Indian Princely States and (iii) 4 members represented the Chief
Commissioners'Provinces.ThetotalmembershipoftheAssemblythuswastobe389.However,as
a result of the partition under the Mountbatten Plan of 3 June, 1947, a separate Constituent
AssemblywassetupforPakistanandrepresentativesofsomeProvincesceasedtobemembersof
theAssembly.Asaresult,themembershipoftheAssemblywasreducedto299.
On13December,1946,PanditJawaharlalNehrumovedtheObjectivesResolution

1.This Constituent Assembly declares its firm and solemn resolve to proclaim India as an
IndependentSoverignRepublicandtodrawupforherfuturegovernanceaConstitution

2.WHEREINtheterritoriesthatnowcompriseBritishIndia,theterritoriesthatnowformtheIndian
States,andsuchotherpartsfoIndiaasareoutsideBritishIndiaandtheStatesaswellassuchother
territoriesasarewillingtobeconstitutedintotheIndependentSoverignIndia,shallbeaUnionof
themalland

3.WHEREINthesaidterritories,whetherwiththeirpresentboundariesorwithsuchothersasmay
bedeterminedbytheConstituentAssemblyandthereafteraccordingtothelawoftheConstitution,
shallpossessandretainthestatusofautonomousUnits,togetherwithresiduarypowersandexercise
all powers and functions of goverrnment and administration, save and except such powers and
functionsasarevestedinorassignedtotheUnion,orasareinherentorimpliedintheUnionor
resultingtherefromand

4.WHEREIN all power and authority of the Soverign Independent India, its constituent parts and
organsofgovernment,arederivedfromthepeopleand

5.WHEREINshallbeguaranteedandsecuredtoallthepeopleofIndiajustice,socialeconomicand
political : equality of status, of opportunity, and before the law freedom of thought, expression,
belief,faith,worship,vocation,associationandaction,subjecttolawandpublicmoralityand

6.WHEREINadequatesafeguardsshallbeprovidedforminorities,backwardandtribalareas,and
depressedandotherbackwardclassesand

7.WHEREBY shall be maintained the integrity of the territory of the Republic and its soverign
rightsonland,sea,andairaccordingtojusticeandthelawofcivilizednationsand

8.thisancientlandattainsitsrighfulandhonouredplacedintheworldandmakeitsfullandwilling
contributiontothepromotionofworldpeaceandthewelfareofmankind.

ThisResolutionwasunanimouslyadoptedbytheConstituentAssemblyon22January1947.
Lateintheeveningof14August,1947theAssemblymetintheConstitutionHallandatthestroke
ofmidnight,tookoverastheLegislativeAssemblyofanIndependentIndia.
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11/12/2016 SomeFactsofConstituentAssembly

On 29 August, 1947, the Constituent Assembly set up a Drafting Committee under the
ChairmanshipofDr.B.R.AmbedkartoprepareaDraftConstitutionforIndia.Whiledeliberating
upon the draft Constitution, the Assembly moved, discussed and disposed of as many as 2,473
amendmentsoutofatotalof7,635tabled.

TheConstitutionofIndiawasadoptedon26November,1949andthehon'blemembersappended
theirsignaturestoiton24January,1950.Inall,284membersactuallysignedtheConstitution.On
thatdaywhentheConstitutionwasbeingsigned,itwasdrizzlingoutsideanditwasinterpretedasa
signofagoodomen.

TheConstitutionofIndiacameintoforceon26January,1950.Onthatday,theAssemblyceasedto
exist, transforming itself into the Provisional Parliament of India until a new Parliament was
constitutedin1952

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