SSC CGL 2015:- INDIAN POLITY

PART-1

Constitution of     India:                                                                    

Historical Background

Framing of Constitution of India

·         The constituent Assembly was set up in November 1946 as per the Cabinet Mission Plan of 1946

·         The members were elected indirectly by the Provincial Assemblies in the ratio of one member per million populations.

·         There were a total of 389 members in the constituent Assembly, of which 296 were elected by the members of the Provincial Assemblies and the rest were nominated by the Princely States.

·         Its first meeting was held on 9^th December 1946 with Sachidanand Sinha as the Interim President. He was the oldest member of the assembly and was elected as interim President following the French practice. Later, on December 11, 1946 Rajender Prasad and H.C Mukherjee were elected as the President and Vice- President of the Assembly respectively. Sir B.N Rau was appointed as the constitutional advisor to the Assembly.

·         Jawaharlal Nehru moved the objectives resolution in the Assembly on December 13, 1946. It was adopted by the Assembly on January 22, 1947.

·         The constituent Assembly formed committees for framing the constitution. Chairman of some important committees are given below.

Committee                                                                         Chairman

Drafting Committee……………………………………………………………..  B.R. Ambedkar

Union Constitution Committee…………….………………………………………. J. L Nehru

Committee for State Negotiation………………………………………  Rajender Prasad

Provincial Constitution Committee…………………………………………..  Sardar Patel

Union Powers Committee…………………………………………………………….  J. L Nehru

Committee on Fundamental Rights & Minorities ………………………Sardar Patel

The Steering Committee………………………………………………………….  K. M Munshi

Rules of Procedure Committee………………………………………..  Rajender Prasaed

Do You Know? Drafting Committee of Constituent Assembly was the most important committee among all the committees. It was set up on 29th August 1947. It consisted total 7 members including chairman. 1. B.R. Ambedkar (Chairman)                    4. K.M. Munshi 2. N. Gopalswami Ayyangar                       5. Syed Mohammed Saadullah 3. Alladi Krishna Swami Ayyar                   6. B.L. Mittar (replaced by N. Madhav Rao due to ill health) 7. D.P. khaitan (died in 1948 and was replaced by T.T. Krishnamachari)