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Constituent Assembly of India

Constituent Assembly of India

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The Constituent Assembly of India
India
India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the west, and the Bay of Bengal...

was elected to write the Constitution of India
Constitution of India
The Constitution of India is the supreme law of India. It lays down the framework defining fundamental political principles, establishing the structure, procedures, powers and duties, of the government and spells out the fundamental rights, directive principles and duties of citizens...

, and served as its first Parliament
Parliament
A parliament is a legislature, especially in those countries whose system of government is based on the Westminster system modeled after that of the United Kingdom. The name is derived from the French parlement, the action of parler : a parlement is a discussion. The term came to mean a meeting at...

 as an independent nation.

The Constituent Assembly of India was set up as a result of negotiations between the Indian leaders and members of the British Cabinet Mission. The constituent assembly was elected indirectly by the members of the Provincial legislative assembly. The Congress
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress is a major political party in India. Founded in 1885 by Allan Octavian Hume, Dadabhai Naoroji, Dinshaw Wacha, Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee, Surendranath Banerjee, Monomohun Ghose, and William Wedderburn, the Indian National Congress became the leader of the Indian...

 secured an overwhelming majority in the general seats while the Muslim League
Muslim League
The All-India Muslim League , founded at Dhaka, Bengal, in 1906, was a political party in British India that played a role in the Indian independence movement and developed into the driving force behind the creation of Pakistan as a Muslim state on the Indian subcontinent...

 managed to sweep almost all the seats reserved for Muslims. The Congress had a majority of 69%.
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The Constituent Assembly of India
India
India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the west, and the Bay of Bengal...

was elected to write the Constitution of India
Constitution of India
The Constitution of India is the supreme law of India. It lays down the framework defining fundamental political principles, establishing the structure, procedures, powers and duties, of the government and spells out the fundamental rights, directive principles and duties of citizens...

, and served as its first Parliament
Parliament
A parliament is a legislature, especially in those countries whose system of government is based on the Westminster system modeled after that of the United Kingdom. The name is derived from the French parlement, the action of parler : a parlement is a discussion. The term came to mean a meeting at...

 as an independent nation.

Election


The Constituent Assembly of India was set up as a result of negotiations between the Indian leaders and members of the British Cabinet Mission. The constituent assembly was elected indirectly by the members of the Provincial legislative assembly. The Congress
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress is a major political party in India. Founded in 1885 by Allan Octavian Hume, Dadabhai Naoroji, Dinshaw Wacha, Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee, Surendranath Banerjee, Monomohun Ghose, and William Wedderburn, the Indian National Congress became the leader of the Indian...

 secured an overwhelming majority in the general seats while the Muslim League
Muslim League
The All-India Muslim League , founded at Dhaka, Bengal, in 1906, was a political party in British India that played a role in the Indian independence movement and developed into the driving force behind the creation of Pakistan as a Muslim state on the Indian subcontinent...

 managed to sweep almost all the seats reserved for Muslims. The Congress had a majority of 69%. There were also members from smaller parties like the Scheduled Caste Federation, the Communist Party of India
Communist Party of India
The Communist Party of India is a political party in India. In the Indian communist movement, there are different views on exactly when the Indian communist party was founded. The date maintained as the foundation day by CPI is 26 december 1925...

 and the Unionist Party
Unionist Party
- :In the United Kingdom the term "unionist' may indicate support for either;* the 1707 Act of Union between Scotland and England or,* the 1800 Act of Union between Ireland and Great Britain.- Worldwide :...

.

It first met on December 9 1946 in Delhi
Delhi
Delhi, known locally as Dilli , and also by the official name National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest metropolis by population in India...

, while India was still under British rule
British Raj
The British Raj was the British colonial rule in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947; it can also refer to the period of dominion, and even the region under the rule...

. It originally included the provinces that now compose Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located at the crossroads of South Asia, the Middle East, and Central Asia...

 and Bangladesh
Bangladesh
, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a country in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

, and the representation of the princely states of India. In June 1947, the delegations from the provinces of Sindh
Sindh
Sindh , is one of the four provinces of Pakistan and historically is home to the Sindhis. Different cultural and ethnic groups also reside in Sindh including Urdu-speaking Muslim refugees who migrated to Pakistan from India upon independence as well as the people migrated from other provinces after...

, East Bengal
East Bengal
East Bengal was a province in the Dominion of Pakistan, and was in existence from August 15, 1947 to October 14, 1955. It came into being after the partition of Bengal in 1947...

, Baluchistan
Baluchistan (Chief Commissioners Province)
The Chief Commissioners Province of Baluchistan was a former province of British India located in the northern parts of modern Balochistan province.- History :...

, West Punjab and the North West Frontier Province formed the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan in Karachi
Karachi
is the largest city, main seaport and the financial capital of Pakistan, and the capital of the province of Sindh. It is the 3rd largest city in the world by population and 20th largest city of the world, in terms of metropolitan population. It is Pakistan's premier centre of banking, industry, and...

.

The final Constituent Assembly had two hundred and seven representatives, including fifteen women. Only 28 members of the Muslim League finally joined the Indian Assembly. Later, 93 members were nominated from the princely states. The Congress thus secured a majority of 82%.

On August 15 1947, India became an independent nation, and the Constituent Assembly became India's Parliament
Parliament of India
The Parliament of India is the federal and supreme legislative body of India. It consists of the office of President of India and two houses, the lower house, known as the Lok Sabha and the upper house, known as the Rajya Sabha.. It is located in New Delhi at Sansad Bhavan on Sansad Marg...

.

Organization


Dr. Sachchidananda Sinha was the first president(temporary Chairman of the Assembly )of the Constituent Assembly when it met on December 9,1946.
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Rajendra Prasad
Dr. Rajendra Prasad was the first President of the Republic of India .He was an independence activist and, as a leader of the Congress Party, played a prominent role in the Indian Independence Movement. He served as President of the Constituent Assembly that drafted the constitution of the...

 then became the President of the Constituent Assembly, and would later became the first President of India
President of India
The President of India or Rashtrapati is the head of state and first citizen of India, as well as the Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces. In theory, the President possesses considerable power...

. The Vice President of the Constituent Assembly was Professor Harendra Coomar Mookerjee
Harendra Coomar Mookerjee
Harendra Coomar Mookerjee was the Governor of West Bengal from November 1, 1951 through August 8, 1956.Mookerjee was the first Indian to receive a Doctor of Philosophy degree...

, former Vice-Chancellor of Calcutta University and a prominent Christian from Bengal who also served as the Chairman of the Minorities Committee of the Constituent Assembly
Constituent assembly
A constituent assembly is a body composed for the purpose of drafting or adopting a constitution...

. He was appointed Governor of West Bengal after India became a republic.

Constitution and elections
See Also: Constitution of India
Constitution of India
The Constitution of India is the supreme law of India. It lays down the framework defining fundamental political principles, establishing the structure, procedures, powers and duties, of the government and spells out the fundamental rights, directive principles and duties of citizens...



The Assembly approved the Constitution on November 26, 1949, making it official. On January 26, 1950, the Constitution took effect — a day now commemorated as Republic Day
Republic Day
Republic Day is the name of a holiday in several countries to commemorate the day when they became republics.-January 9th in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina:...

nationwide.

At this point, the Constituent Assembly became the Provisional Parliament of India, until the first elections under the new Constitution took place in 1952.

Committees under the Constituent Assembly

  • Committee on the Rules of procedure - Rajendra Prasad
    Rajendra Prasad
    Dr. Rajendra Prasad was the first President of the Republic of India .He was an independence activist and, as a leader of the Congress Party, played a prominent role in the Indian Independence Movement. He served as President of the Constituent Assembly that drafted the constitution of the...

  • Steering Committee Rajendra Prasad
  • Finance and Staff Committee Anugrah Narayan Sinha
  • Credential Committee Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer
  • House Committee B. Pattabhi Sitaramayya
  • Order of Business Committee K.M. Munshi
  • Ad hoc Committee on the National Flag Rajendra Prasad
  • Committee on the Functions of the Constituent Assembly G.V. Mavalankar
  • States Committee Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Advisory Committee on Fundamental Rights, Minorities

and Tribal and Excluded Areas Vallabhbhai Patel
  • Minorities Sub-Committee H.C. Mookherjee
  • Fundamental Rights Sub-Committee J.B. Kripalani
  • North-East Frontier Tribal Areas and Assam. Excluded & Partially Excluded Areas Sub-Committee Gopinath Bardoloi
  • Excluded and Partially Excluded Areas (Other than those in Assam) Sub-Committee A.V. Thakkar
  • Union Powers Committee Jawaharlal Nehru
    Jawaharlal Nehru
    Jawaharlal Nehru was an Indian statesman who was the first, and has been the longest-serving prime minister of India to date, having served from 1947 until 1964...

  • Union Constitution Committee Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Drafting Committee B.R. Ambedkar

Indian National Congress

  • Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, 1st Prime Minister
  • Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
    Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
    Vallabhbhai Patel was a political and social leader of India who played a major role in the country's struggle for independence and guided its integration into a united, independent nation...

    ,Deputy Prime Minister cum Home Minister
  • Maulana Azad, Minister for Education,
  • Dr. Rajendra Prasad, Chairman of the Assembly
  • C. Rajagopalachari
    C. Rajagopalachari
    Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari , informally called Rajaji or C.R., was an Indian lawyer, freedom-fighter, politician, writer, statesman and leader of the Indian National Congress who served as the last Governor-General of India...

    , Governor General
  • Sarat Chandra Bose
    Sarat Chandra Bose
    Sarat Chandra Bose was a barrister and Indian freedom fighter. He was the elder brother of Subhash Chandra Bose.-Early life:...

  • Sri Krishna Sinha
    Sri Krishna Sinha
    Sri Krishna Sinha , known as Bihar Kesari, was the first Chief Minister of the Indian state of Bihar . Along with eminent nationalists Dr Rajendra Prasad & Dr Anugrah Narayan Sinha, Sri Babu is regarded among the Architects of Modern Bihar...

    , Chief Minister,Bihar
  • Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra
    Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra
    Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra was born at Gonawan, Patna, India in October, 1920, and had his education at Sursand, Muzaffarpur and Patna Law College, Patna....

  • Anugrah Narayan Sinha
    Anugrah Narayan Sinha
    Anugrah Narayan Sinha , known as Bihar Vibhuti, was the first Deputy Chief Minister cum Finance Minister of the Indian state of Bihar . He was also a Member of the Constituent Assembly of India, which was elected to write the Constitution of India and served as its first Parliament as an...

    ,Deputy Chief Minister cum Finance Minister,Bihar
  • Rafi Ahmed Kidwai
    Rafi Ahmed Kidwai
    Rafi Ahmed Kidwai , was an Indian independence activist and a socialist, sometimes described as an Islamic socialist...

  • Asaf Ali
    Asaf Ali
    Asaf Ali was an Indian independence fighter and noted Indian lawyer. He was the first ambassador from India to the United States. He also worked as the governor of Orissa....

  • Syama Prasad Mookerjee
    Syama Prasad Mookerjee
    Syama Prasad Mookerjee was a nationalist political leader of India, and is considered the godfather of modern Hindutva and Hindu Nationalism....

    , President, Hindu Mahasabha
  • Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
    Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
    Dame Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, DStJ was the health minister in the Indian Cabinet for ten years after India's independence from the British Raj in 1947. She was an eminent Gandhian, a freedom fighter, and a social activist....

    , Minister for Health
  • Hansa Mehta, President, All India Women's Conference
  • Prof. N.G. Ranga
    N.G. Ranga
    Gogineni Ranganayukulu , better known as N. G. Ranga , was an Indian freedom fighter, parliamentarian, and kisan leader...

  • Deep Narayan Singh
    Deep Narayan Singh
    Deep Narayan Singh was an Indian politician, participant in the Indian independence movement, and a former Chief Minister of Bihar. He was a Member of the Constituent Assembly of India which was elected to write the Constitution of India, and served as part of its first Parliament as an...

  • P. Subbarayan
    P. Subbarayan
    Paramasiva Subbarayan was an Indian politician, freedom fighter and diplomat who served as the Chief Minister of Madras Presidency, India's ambassador to Indonesia and Union Minister of Transport and Communications in Jawaharlal Nehru's government. He is the father of General P. P...

  • Kailashnath Katju
  • N.G Ayyangar
  • T.T. Krishnamachari
  • Rameshwar Prasad Sinha
    Rameshwar Prasad Sinha
    Rameshwar Prasad Sinha was an Indian politician and a participant in the Indian independence movement. He was a Member of the Constituent Assembly of India which was elected to write the Constitution of India, and served as its first Parliament as an independent nation. He was also a Member of...

  • Durgabai Deshmukh
    Durgabai Deshmukh
    Durgābāi Deshmukh was born in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, India. Durgabai was married to C.D...

  • K.M. Munshi
  • Krishana Vallabh Sahay
  • Frank Anthony
    Frank Anthony
    Frank Anthony was a prominent leader of the Anglo-Indian community in India, and was until his death their nominated representative in the Parliament of India....

    , Anglo Indian representative
  • Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
    Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
    Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Virswami, OM, FBA, or , , was an Indian philosopher and statesman....

  • Dr. John Mathai
    John Mathai
    John Mathai was an economist who served as India's first Railway Minister and subsequently as India's Finance Minister, taking office shortly after the presentation of India's first Budget, in 1948. Mathai graduated in economics from Madras Christian College...

  • Pratap Singh Kairon
    Pratap Singh Kairon
    Pratap Singh Kairon was the Chief Minister of the Punjab province , and is widely acknowledged to be the architect of post-Independence Punjab Province. Moreover, he was an Indian independence movement leader...

  • Prof. Shibbanlal Saxena
  • R. K. Shanmukham Chetty
    R. K. Shanmukham Chetty
    Sir R. K. Shanmukham Chetty was an economist. Chetty graduated from the prestigious Madras Christian College . He became the first finance minister of India after it became independent in 1947. He belonged to Tamil Vania Chetty family who were traditional businessmen in Tamil Nadu that owned...

  • Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer
    Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer
    Diwan Bahadur Sir Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer was an Indian lawyer and member of the Constituent Assembly of India, which was responsible for framing the Constitution of India.- Early life :...

  • Jagjivan Ram
    Jagjivan Ram
    Babu Jagjivan Ram , known popularly as Babuji was a freedom fighter and a social reformer hailing from the backward classes of Bihar in India...

    , President, All India Depressed Classes League
  • Pandit Govind Ballab Pant, Premier, United Provinces
  • Minoo Masani
  • Renuka Ray
  • Purushottam Das Tandon
    Purushottam Das Tandon
    Purushottam Das Tandon पुरुशोत्तम दास टंडन , was an independence fighter from Uttar Pradesh in India, of Khatri descent. He is widely remembered for his efforts in achieving the Official Language of India status for Hindi. He was customarily given the title Rajarshi...

  • Mahavir Tyagi
    Mahavir Tyagi
    Mahavir Tyagi was an Indian independence fighter and famous parliamentarian from the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.-Early life:Tyagi was educated in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. He joined the British Indian Army and was posted in Persia but resigned after the Amritsar Massacre, or Jallianwala Bagh...

  • Thakur Das Bhargava
  • Bhagwan Das
    Bhagwan Das
    Bhagwan Das was an Indian theosophist and public figure. For a time he served in the Central Legislative Assembly of British India. He became allied with the Hindustani Culture Society and was active in opposing rioting as a form of protest...

  • Feroze Gandhi
    Feroze Gandhi
    Feroze Gandhi was an Indian politician and journalist. He was a member of the Lok Sabha, the Lower House of India's parliament. In 1942 he married Indira Nehru and they had two sons Rajiv Gandhi and Sanjay Gandhi.Feroze Gandhi was born in Mumbai into a Parsi family...

  • B. Shiva Rao
  • Jairamdas Daulatram
  • A. Thanu Pillai
  • R. Sankar
    R. Sankar
    R. Sankar was an Indian politician and the third Chief Minister of Kerala. He was born on April 30, 1909 to Raman and Kunchali Amma in Kuzhikkalidavaka village in Kottarakkara. Though born in a large family and despite the not so favourable conditions, he was fortunate enough to get good education...

  • P.S. Nataraja Pillai
  • K.A. Mohamed
  • P.T. Chacko
  • P. Govinda Menon
  • Annie Mascarene
  • Bhograju Pattabhi Sitaramayya
  • Kamraj
    Kamraj
    Kamraj can refer to:*An alternative spelling of K. Kamaraj, a Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu .*A colloquial term for Helminthostachys zeylanica, a plant...

  • Ammu Swaminathan
    Ammu Swaminathan
    Ammu Swaminathan was an Indian social worker and a prominent political activist during the Indian independence movement. After independence, she served as a member of the Constituent Assembly of India and later, as a member of the Rajya Sabha from Madras State...

  • Purnima Banerjee
    Purnima Banerjee
    Purnima Banerjee was an Indian freedom fighter, and a member of the Constituent Assembly of India. She was also the sister of Aruna Asaf Ali....

  • Vijayalakshmi Pandit
  • Ramnath Goenka
    Ramnath Goenka
    Ramnath Goenka was a newspaper baron of India. He launched The Indian Express and created the Indian Express Group with various English and regional language publications.-Early life:...

    , Editor of the Indian Express
  • Sarojini Naidu
    Sarojini Naidu
    Sarojini Naidu or Sarojini Chattopadhyaya , also known by the sobriquet Bharatiya Kokila , was a child prodigy, freedom fighter, and poet...

  • Jaipal Singh
    Jaipal Singh
    Jaipal Singh Munda was a Munda tribal man, who captained the Indian field hockey team to clinch gold in the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. He is well known for his sportsmanship and political skills....

     Munda, President,Adibasi Mahasabha
  • Jagjivan Ram
    Jagjivan Ram
    Babu Jagjivan Ram , known popularly as Babuji was a freedom fighter and a social reformer hailing from the backward classes of Bihar in India...

  • Dakshayani Velayudan
  • Reverend Jerome D'Souza
  • Reverend JJM Nichols-Roy
  • Gopinath Bordoloi
    Gopinath Bordoloi
    Gopinath Bordoloi was the first Chief Minister of the Indian state of Assam, and also a leading Indian freedom-fighter. He was a follower of the Gandhian principle of non violence as a political tool....

  • Dharanidhar Basumatari
  • Malati Choudhury
    Malati Choudhury
    Malati Choudhury was born in 1904 in an upper middle class Brahmo family. She was the daughter of Barrister Kumud Nath Sen, whom she had lost when she was only two and a half years old, and Snehalata Sen, who brought her up....

  • Homi Mody
  • Leela Roy
    Leela Roy
    Leela Roy née Nag , was a radical leftist Indian politician and reformer, and a close associate of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose-Family:...

  • Biswanath Das
    Biswanath Das
    Biswanath Das was an Indian politician. He was the Prime Minister of Orissa Province of British India 1937–39, the Governor of Uttar Pradesh 1962–67 and later the Chief Minister of Orissa 1971–72.-Political career:...

    , Premier of Orissa
  • Acharya Kriplani
  • Sucheta Kriplani
    Sucheta Kriplani
    Sucheta Kriplani was an Indian freedom fighter and politician in Uttar Pradesh, India. She became the first woman to be elected Chief Minister of any Indian state.-Early life:...

  • Harendra Coomar Mookerjee
    Harendra Coomar Mookerjee
    Harendra Coomar Mookerjee was the Governor of West Bengal from November 1, 1951 through August 8, 1956.Mookerjee was the first Indian to receive a Doctor of Philosophy degree...

  • Gopi Krishna Vijayvargiya
  • Pandit Raghunath Vinayak Dhulekar
    Pandit Raghunath Vinayak Dhulekar
    Pandit Raghunath Vinayak Dhulekar was a prominent Indian freedom fighter from Uttar Pradesh who took an active part in the Quit India movement and held many responsible positions in Indian politics such as Member of the Parliament of India and Constituent Assembly in the year 1952...

    , Member of Parliament, 1952,Jhansi
  • D.H. Chandrasekharaiya
  • Nibaran Chandra Laskar
  • Ari Bahadur Gururng, Gorkha Community(Darjeeling)
  • Ch. Ranbir Singh Hooda.

Muslim League

  • Begum Aizaz Rasul
    Begum Aizaz Rasul
    Begum Qudsia Aizaz Rasul was an Indian politician and the only Muslim woman to be a member of the Constituent Assembly of India.-Family:...

    , Vice President (later President)Muslim League
    Muslim League
    The All-India Muslim League , founded at Dhaka, Bengal, in 1906, was a political party in British India that played a role in the Indian independence movement and developed into the driving force behind the creation of Pakistan as a Muslim state on the Indian subcontinent...

     (India)
  • Maulana Hasrat Mohani
  • Nawab Mohammad Ismail Khan
  • Kazi Syed Karimuddin
    Kazi Syed Karimuddin
    Kazi Syed Karimuddin MA, LLB was a member of the Constituent Assembly of India that framed the Indian Constitution....

  • Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman
    Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman
    Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman was an Indian Muslim politician and leader of the All India Muslim League in the United Provinces . A strong supporter of Muhammad Ali Jinnah and the Pakistan movement, Khaliquzzaman migrated to Pakistan in 1947....

    , President, Muslim League
    Muslim League
    The All-India Muslim League , founded at Dhaka, Bengal, in 1906, was a political party in British India that played a role in the Indian independence movement and developed into the driving force behind the creation of Pakistan as a Muslim state on the Indian subcontinent...

     (India)
  • Naziruddin Ahmad
  • Z.H. Lari
  • Mohammad Saadullah, Premier of Assam
  • Aziz Ahmed Khan
    Aziz Ahmed Khan
    Aziz Ahmed Khan was Pakistan's High commissioner to India from June 2003 to September 2006. His tenure as High Commissioner to India was extended by Prime Minister of Pakistan, Shaukat Aziz by a year in August 2005....

  • Maulana Daud Ghazhnavi
  • Tajamul Hussain
  • Hussain Imam
  • Mahboob Ali Baig Sahib Bahadur
  • Pocker Sahib Bahadur

Others


Scheduled Caste Federation
  • Dr. Ambedkar


Akalis
  • Sardar Hukam Singh
    Sardar Hukam Singh
    Sardar Hukam Singh was an Indian politician and the speaker of the Lok Sabha from 1962 to 1967. He was also governor of Rajasthan from 1967 to 1972.-Early life:...



Communist
  • Somnath Lahiri

List of Members(According to regions)


MADRAS

O.V. Alagesan
Mrs. Ammu Swaminadhan
M. Ananthasayanam Ayyangar
Moturi Satyanarayana
Mrs. Dakshayani Velayudhan
Mrs. G. Durgabai
Kala Venkatarao
N. Gopalaswamy Ayyangar
D. Govinda Das
Rev. Jerome D'suuza
P. Kakkan
K. Kamaraj
V.C. Kesava Rao
T.T. Krishnamachari
Alladi Krishnaswamy Ayyar
L. Krishnaswami Bharathi
P. Kunhiraman
M. Thirumula Rao
V.I. Muniswamy Pillay
M.A. Muthiah Chettiyar
V. Nadimuthu Pillai
S. Nagappa
P.L. Narasimha Raju
B. Pattabhi Sitaramayya
C. Perumalswamy Reddy
T. Prakasam
S.H. Prater
Raja Swetachalapati Ramakrishna Renga Roa of Bobbili
R.K. Shanmukham Chetti
T.A. Ramalingam Chettiyyar
Ramanath Goenka
O.P. Ramaswamy Reddiyar
N.G. Ranga
N. Sanjeeva Reddi
K. Santhanam
B. Shiva Rao
Kallur Subba Rao
U. Srinivasa Mallayya
P. Subbarayan
C. Subramaniam
V. Subramaniam
M.C. Veerabahu
P.M. Velayudapani
A.K. Menon
T.J.M. Wilson
Mohamed Ismail Sahib
K.T.M. Ahmed Ibrahim
Mahboob Ali Baig Sahib Bahadur
B. Pocker Sahib Bahadur

BOMBAY

Balchandra Maheshwar Gupte
Mrs. Hansa Mehta
Hari Vinayak Pataskar
B.R. Ambedkar
Joseph Alban D'Souza
Kanayalal Nanabhai Desai
Keshavrao Marutirao Jedhe
Khandubhai Kasanji Desai
Bal Gangadhar Kher
M.R. Masani
K.M. Munshi
Narhar Vishnu Gadgil
S. Nijalingappa
S.K. Patil
Ramchandra Manohar Nalavade
R.R. Diwakar
Shankarrao Deo
G.V. Mavalankar
Vallabhbhai J. Patel
Abdul Kadar Mohammad Shaikh
A.A. Khan

WEST BENGAL

Monomohan Dass
Arun Chandra Guha
Lakshmi Kanta Maitra
Mihir Lal Chattopadhyay
Satis Chandra Samanta
Suresh Chandra Majumdar
Upendranath Barman
Prabhudayal Himatsingka
Basanta Kumar Das
Mrs. Renuka Ray
H.C. Mookherjee
Surendra Mohan Ghose
Syama Prasad Mookerjee
Ari Bahadur Gurung
R.E. Platel
K.C. Neogy
Raghib Ahsan
Jasimuddin Ahmad
Naziruddin Ahmad
Abdul Hamid
Abdul Halim Ghuznavi

UNITED PROVINCES

Ajit Prasad Jain
Algu Rai Shastri
Balkrishna Sharma
Banshi Dhar Misra
Bhagwan Din
Damodar Swarup Seth
Dayal Das Bhagat
Dharam Prakash
A. Dharam Dass
R. V. Dhulekar
Feroz Ganhdi
Gopal Narain
Krishna Chandra Sharma
Govind Ballabh Pant
Govind Malaviya
Har Govind Pant
Harihar Nath Shastri
Hriday Nath Kunzru
Jaspat Roy Kapoor
Jagannath Baksh Singh
Jawaharlal Nehru
Jogendra Singh
Jugal Kishore
Jwala Prasad Srivastava
B.V. Keskar
Mrs. Kamala Chaudhri
Kamalapati Tiwari
J.B. Kripalani
Mahavir Tyagi
Khurshed Lal
Masurya Din
Mohan Lal Saksena
Padampat Singhania
Phool Singh
Paragi lal
Mrs. Purnima Banerji
Prurshottamadas Tandon
Hira Vallabha Tripathi
Ram Chandra Gupta
Shibban Lal Saxena
Satish Chandra
John Matthai
Mrs. Sucheta Kripalani
Sunder Lall
Venkatesh Narayan Tivary
Mohanlal Gautam
Vishwambhar Dayal Tripathi
Begum Aizaz Rasul
Hyder Hussain
Hasrat Mohani
Abul Kalam Azad
Muhammad Ismail Khan
Rafi Ahmad Kidwai
Mohd. Hifzur Rahman

EAST PUNJAB

Bakshi Tek Chand
Jairamdas Daulatram
Thakurdas Bhargava
Bikramlal Sondhi
Yashwant Rai
Ranbir Singh
Achint Ram
Nand Lal
Sardar Baldev Singh
Giani Gurmukh Singh Musafir
Sardar Hukam Singh
Sardar Bhopinder Singh Mann

BIHAR

Amiyo Kumar Ghosh
Anugrahnarayan Sinha
Banarsi Prasad Jhunjhunwala
Bhagwat Prasad
Boniface Lakra
Brajeshwar Prasad
Chandika Ram
K.T. Shah
Devendra Nath Samanta
Dip Narain Sinha
Guptanath Singh
Jadubans Sahay
Jagat Narain Lal
Jagjivan Ram
Jaipal Singh
Kameshwara Singh of Darbhanga
Kamaleshwari Prasad Yadav
Mahesh Prasad Sinha
Krishna Ballabh Sahay
Raghunandan Prasad
Rajendra Prasad
Rameshwar Prasad Sinha
Ramnarayan Singh
Sachchidananda Sinha
Sarangdhar Sinha
Satyanarayan Sinha
Binodanand Jha
P.K. Sen
Sri Krishna Sinha
Sri Narayan Mahtha
Syamanandan Sahaya
Hussain Imam
Saiyid Jafar Imam
Latifur Rahman
Mohammad Tahir
Tajamul Hussain

CENTRAL PROVINCES & BERAR

Raghu Vira
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
B.A. Mandloi
Brijlal Nandlal Biyani
Thakur Cheedilal
Seth Govind Das
Hari Singh Gour
Hari Vishnu Kamath
Hemchandra Jagobaji Khandekar
Ghanshyam Singh Gupta
Lakshman Shrawan Bhatkar
Panjabrao Shamrao Deshmukh
Ravi Shankar Shukla
R.K. Sidhva
Shankar Tryambak Dharmadhikari
Frank Anthony
Kazi Syed Karimuddin
Ganpatrao dani

ASSAM

Nibaran Chandra Laskar
Dharanidhar Basu-Matari
Gopinath Bardoloi
J.J.M. NIchols-Roy
Kuladhar Chaliha
Rohini Kumar Chaudhury
Muhammad Saadulla
Abdur Rouf

ORISSA

B.Das
Biswanath Das
Krishna Chandra Gajapati Narayana Deo of Parlakimedi
Harekrushna Mahatab
Lakshminarayan Sahu
Lokanath Misra
Nandkishore Das
Rajkrishna Bose
Santanu Kumar Das

DELHI

Deshbhandhu Gupta

AJMER-MERWARA

Mukut Bihari Lal Bhargava

COORG

C.M. Poonacha

MYSORE

K. Chengalaraya Reddy
T. Siddalingaiya
H.R. Guruv Reddy
S.V. Krishnamurthy Rao
K. Hanumanthaiya
H. Siddaveerappa
T. Channiah

JAMMU AND KASHMIR

Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah
Motiram Baigra
Mirza Mohmmad Afzal Beg
Maulana Mohammad Sayeed Masoodi

TRAVANCORE-COCHIN

A. Thanu Pillai
R. Sankar
P.S. Nataraja Pillai
Mrs. Annie Mascarene
K.A. Mohamed
P.T. Chacko
P. Govinda Menon

MADHYA BHARAT

V.S. Sarwate
Brijraj Narain
Gopikrishna Vijayavargiya
Ram Sahai
Kusum Kant Jain
Radhavallabh Vijayavargiya
Sitaram S. Jajoo

SAURASHTRA

Balwant Rai Gopalji Mehta
Jaisukhlal Hathi
Amritlal Vithaldas Thakkar
Chimanlal Chakubhai Shah
Samaldas Laxmidas Gandhi

RAJASTHAN

V.T. Krishnamachari
Hiralal Shastri
Sardar Singhjhi of Khetri
Jaswant Singhji
Raj Bhadur
Manikya Lal Varma
Gokul Lal Asava
Ramchandra Upadhyaya
Balwant Sinha Mehta
Dalel Singh
Jainarain Vyas

PATIALA AND EAST PUNJAB STATES UNION

Ranjit Singh
Sochet Singh
Bhagwant Roy

BOMBAY STATES

Vinayakrao Balshankar Vaidya
B.N. Munavalli
Gokulbhai Daulatram Bhatt
Jivraj Narayan Mehta
Gopaldas A. Desai
Paranlal Thakurlal Munshi
B.H. Khardekar
Ratnappa Bharamappa Kumbhar

ORISSA STATES

Lal Mohan Pati
N. Madhava Rau
Raj Kunwar
Sarangadhar Das
Yudhishthir Misra

CENTRAL PROVINCES STATES

R.L. Malaviya
Kishorimohan Tripathi
Ramprasad Potai
UNITED PROVINCES STATES
B.H. Zaidi
Krishna Singh

MADRAS STATES

V. Ramaiah

VINDHYA PRADESH

Avdesh Pratap Singh
Shambu Nath Shukla
Ram Sahai Tiwari
Mannulalji Dwidedi

COOCH BEHAR

Himmat Singh K. Maheshwari

TRIPURA AND MANIPUR

Girja Shankar Guha

BHOPAL

Lal Singh

KUTCH

Bhawani Arjun Khimji

HIMACHAL PRADESH

Y.S. Parmar

See also

  • History of Independent India
  • Constitution of India
    Constitution of India
    The Constitution of India is the supreme law of India. It lays down the framework defining fundamental political principles, establishing the structure, procedures, powers and duties, of the government and spells out the fundamental rights, directive principles and duties of citizens...

  • Central Legislative Assembly
    Central Legislative Assembly
    The Central Legislative Assembly was a legislature for India created by the Government of India Act 1919 from the former Imperial Legislative Council, implementing the Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms...

  • Indian Independence Movement
    Indian independence movement
    The term Indian independence movement incorporates various national and regional campaigns, agitations and efforts of both nonviolent and militant philosophy. The term encompasses a wide spectrum of political organizations, philosophies, and movements which had the common aim of ending the British...

  • Constituent Assembly
    Constituent assembly
    A constituent assembly is a body composed for the purpose of drafting or adopting a constitution...

  • Some facts of the Constituent Assembly
  • Debates of the Constituent Assembly The debates of the constituent assembly were held in the process of drafting the Indian Constitution.

External Source


Granville Austin, The Indian constitution: Cornerstone of a Nation, ISBN 78019564958

www.parliamentofindia.nic.in