Constituent Assembly of India

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The Constituent Assembly of India was the sovereign body of elected representatives that drafted and adopted the Constitution of independent India between 1946 and 1950.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constituent assembly
legislative body
adoptedConstitutionDate 1949-11-26
adoptedInstrument Constitution of India
National Anthem of India
linked to: Jana Gana Mana

National Flag of India
National Song of India
linked to: Vande Mataram
adoptedPreambleDate 1949-11-26
alsoKnownAs Constituent Assembly
Indian Constituent Assembly
cameIntoForceOfConstitutionDate 1950-01-26
chairmanOfAdvisoryCommitteeOnFundamentalRights Vallabhbhai Patel
chairmanOfDraftingCommittee B. R. Ambedkar
chairmanOfProvincialConstitutionCommittee Vallabhbhai Patel
chairmanOfUnionConstitutionCommittee Jawaharlal Nehru
country India
dissolutionReason replacement by democratic Parliament under Constitution of India
draftingCommitteeMember Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer
B. L. Mitter
B. R. Ambedkar
D. P. Khaitan
K. M. Munshi
Md. Saadulla
N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar
T. T. Krishnamachari
electionMethod indirect election by provincial legislative assemblies
endDate 1950-01-24
establishedBy British Government
linked to: UK government

Cabinet Mission Plan
firstMeetingDate 1946-12-09
firstMeetingPresidedBy Sachchidananda Sinha
historicalEra Indian independence movement
includedRepresentativesFrom British Indian provinces
linked to: British India

princely states
languageOfDebate English
Hindustani
linked to: Hindi
lastSessionDate 1950-01-24
legalSuccessor Provisional Parliament of India
location New Delhi
linked to: New Delhi, India
meetsIn Central Hall of Parliament House
linked to: Central Hall

Constitution Hall
notableMember Hansa Mehta
Jawaharlal Nehru
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
Sarojini Naidu
Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
Vallabhbhai Patel
numberOfMembers 389
numberOfMembersAfterPartition 299
numberOfSessions 11
numberOfSittings 165
politicalPartyDominance Indian National Congress
president Rajendra Prasad
purpose adopt Constitution of India
draft Constitution of India
replacedBy Lok Sabha
Parliament of India
Rajya Sabha
sovereignty sovereign body
startDate 1946-12-09
vicePresident H. C. Mukherjee

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Indian National Congress participatedIn Constituent Assembly of India
Vande Mataram declaredNationalSongBy Constituent Assembly of India
Jana Gana Mana adoptionContext Constituent Assembly of India
Dominion of India legislature Constituent Assembly of India
Legislative Assembly (British India) replacedBy Constituent Assembly of India
subject linked to: Legislative Assembly
Legislative Assembly (British India) replacedBy Provisional Parliament of India
subject linked to: Legislative Assembly
linked to: Constituent Assembly of India
Constituent Assembly of India alsoKnownAs Indian Constituent Assembly
linked to: Constituent Assembly of India
Constituent Assembly of India alsoKnownAs Constituent Assembly
linked to: Constituent Assembly of India
Constituent Assembly of India legalSuccessor Provisional Parliament of India
linked to: Constituent Assembly of India
Tryst with Destiny speech deliveredAt Constituent Assembly of India
Constitution of India adoptedBy Constituent Assembly of India
Article 52 of the Constitution of India enactedBy Constituent Assembly of India
B. R. Ambedkar notableWork Drafting of the Constitution of India
linked to: Constituent Assembly of India
B. R. Ambedkar memberOf Constituent Assembly of India
Tiranga adoptedBy Constituent Assembly of India
subject linked to: Tiranga (Indian national flag)
Rajendra Prasad participatedIn Constituent Assembly of India
Article 80 of the Constitution of India draftedBy Constituent Assembly of India
Article 84 of the Constitution of India framedBy Constituent Assembly of India
Sucheta Kriplani associatedWith Constituent Assembly of India
Council of State (British India) successorInstitution Provisional Parliament of India
linked to: Constituent Assembly of India
B. L. Mitter memberOf Constituent Assembly of India
B. L. Mitter memberOf Drafting Committee of the Constituent Assembly of India
linked to: Constituent Assembly of India
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur officeContested Constituent Assembly of India
Constitution Hall usedBy Constituent Assembly of India
Hansa Mehta memberOf Constituent Assembly of India
H. C. Mukherjee memberOf Constituent Assembly of India
Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer memberOf Constituent Assembly of India
Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer participantIn Constituent Assembly debates
linked to: Constituent Assembly of India
Army Act, 1950 enactedBy Constituent Assembly of India (Legislative)
linked to: Constituent Assembly of India
D. P. Khaitan memberOf Constituent Assembly of India
D. P. Khaitan memberOf Drafting Committee of the Constituent Assembly of India
linked to: Constituent Assembly of India
N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar participatedIn Constituent Assembly of India
Constituent Assembly of Pakistan precededBy Constituent Assembly of India (for British Indian constitutional functions)
linked to: Constituent Assembly of India
P. Subbarayan memberOf Constituent Assembly of India
Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar associatedWith Constituent Assembly of India
Article 370 of the Constitution of India draftedBy Constituent Assembly of India
Part VIII of the Constitution of India adoptedBy Constituent Assembly of India
Parliament of India predecessor Constituent Assembly of India
subject linked to: House of Parliament
Jagjivan Ram memberOf Constituent Assembly of India
Jagjivan Ram memberOf Provisional Parliament of India
linked to: Constituent Assembly of India
Purushottam Das Tandon memberOf Constituent Assembly of India