Time Line of Formation of ‘The Constitution of India

 

Time Line of Formation of ‘The Constitution of India’

November 1946

  •          Formation of the Constituent Assembly.
9 December 1946

  • The first meeting was held in the constitution hall (now the central hall of parliament house).
  • 1st person to address – J.B. Kripalani.  Temporary president appointed – Sachidananda Sinha.  (Demanding a separate state, the Muslim League boycotted the meeting.)

11 December 1946

•       President Appointed - Rajendra  Rajendra Prasad

•       vice-Chairman Harendra Coomar Mookerjee

•       constitutional legal adviser B. N. Rau (initially 389 members in total, which declined to 299 after partition. Out of 389, 292 were from government provinces, 4 from chief commissioner provinces and 93 from princely states)

13 December 1946

•       An 'Objective Resolution' was presented by Jawaharlal Nehru, laying down the underlying principles of the constitution, which later became the Preamble of the constitution.

22 January 1947

•       Objective resolution unanimously adopted.

22 July 1947

•       National flag adopted.

15 August 1947

•       Achieved independence. India split into Dominion of India and Dominion of Pakistan.

29 August 1947

•       Drafting Committee appointed with Dr. B. R. Ambedkar as the Chairman.

•       Other 6 members of the committee were: K.M.Munshi, Muhammed Saadulah, Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer, Gopala Swami Ayyangar, N. Madhava Rao (He replaced B.L. Mitter who resigned due to ill-health), T. T. Krishnamachari (He replaced D.P. Khaitan who died in 1948)

16 July 1948

•       Along with Harendra Coomar Mookerjee, V. T. Krishnamachari was also elected as the second vice-president of the Constituent Assembly.

26 November 1949

•       'Constitution of India' passed and adopted by the assembly.

24 January 1950

•       Last meeting of the Constituent Assembly. 'Constitution of India' (with 395 articles, 8 schedules, 22 parts) was signed and accepted by all.

26 January 1950

•       The 'Constitution of India' came in to force after 2 years, 11 months and 18 Days, at a total expenditure of ₹6.4 million to finish.

•       Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar was the first speaker when meeting the assembly of Lok Sabha, after turning republic.


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