Constituent Assembly of Bangladesh

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The Constituent Assembly of Bangladesh was the legislative body responsible for framing and adopting the country’s first constitution following its independence.

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Constituent Assembly of Bangladesh canonical 2

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Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constituent assembly ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ
adoptedDocument Constitution of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh ⓘ
adoptionDateOfConstitution 1972-11-04 ⓘ
constitutionalPrinciplesFramed democracy ⓘ
nationalism ⓘ
secularism ⓘ
socialism ⓘ
constitutionCameIntoForce 1972-12-16 ⓘ
country Bangladesh ⓘ
countryAtTime People’s Republic of Bangladesh ⓘ
establishedAfter independence of Bangladesh ⓘ
establishedFrom members elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from East Pakistan in 1970 ⓘ
members elected to the Provincial Assembly of East Pakistan in 1970 ⓘ
historicalContext post-independence state-building of Bangladesh ⓘ
jurisdiction entire territory of Bangladesh ⓘ
languageOfProceedings Bengali ⓘ
legalBasis Provisional Constitution of Bangladesh Order 1972 ⓘ
legislativeFunction served as the legislature of Bangladesh before the first Jatiya Sangsad ⓘ
location Dhaka ⓘ
mainTask defining the structure of the legislature, executive and judiciary of Bangladesh ⓘ
drafting the fundamental principles of state policy of Bangladesh ⓘ
drafting the fundamental rights chapter of the Constitution of Bangladesh ⓘ
establishing the form of government of Bangladesh ⓘ
nature unicameral legislature ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle Speaker ⓘ
responsibility enacting ordinary laws during the interim period before the first parliamentary elections ⓘ
role adopting the Constitution of Bangladesh ⓘ
framing the Constitution of Bangladesh ⓘ
succeededBy 1st Jatiya Sangsad ⓘ
timePeriod early 1970s ⓘ

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Constitution of Bangladesh → draftingBody → Constituent Assembly of Bangladesh ⓘ
Provisional Government of Bangladesh → legislativeBody → Constituent Assembly of Bangladesh ⓘ