The
Constituent Assembly of IndiaIndia, 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 IndiaThe 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
ParliamentA 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
CongressThe 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 LeagueThe 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%.
The
Constituent Assembly of IndiaIndia, 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 IndiaThe 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
ParliamentA 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
CongressThe 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 LeagueThe 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 IndiaThe 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- :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
DelhiDelhi, 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 ruleThe 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
PakistanPakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located at the crossroads of South Asia, the Middle East, and Central Asia...
and
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
SindhSindh , 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 BengalEast 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...
,
BaluchistanThe 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
Karachiis 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 ParliamentThe 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 PrasadDr. 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 IndiaThe 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 MookerjeeHarendra 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 AssemblyA 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 IndiaThe 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 DayRepublic 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
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 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
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
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, Governor General
- 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 , 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
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- Anugrah Narayan Sinha
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,Deputy Chief Minister cum Finance Minister,Bihar
- Rafi Ahmed Kidwai
Rafi Ahmed Kidwai , was an Indian independence activist and a socialist, sometimes described as an Islamic socialist...
- 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 was a nationalist political leader of India, and is considered the godfather of modern Hindutva and Hindu Nationalism....
, President, Hindu Mahasabha
- Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
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, Minister for Health
- Hansa Mehta, President, All India Women's Conference
- Prof. N.G. Ranga
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- Deep Narayan Singh
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- P. Subbarayan
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- Kailashnath Katju
- N.G Ayyangar
- T.T. Krishnamachari
- Rameshwar Prasad Sinha
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- Durgabai Deshmukh
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- K.M. Munshi
- Krishana Vallabh Sahay
- 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
Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Virswami, OM, FBA, or , , was an Indian philosopher and statesman....
- Dr. 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 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
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
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- 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
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- Mahavir Tyagi
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- Thakur Das Bhargava
- Bhagwan Das
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- Feroze Gandhi
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- B. Shiva Rao
- Jairamdas Daulatram
- A. Thanu Pillai
- R. Sankar
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- P.S. Nataraja Pillai
- K.A. Mohamed
- P.T. Chacko
- P. Govinda Menon
- Annie Mascarene
- Bhograju Pattabhi Sitaramayya
- Kamraj
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- Ammu Swaminathan
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- 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 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
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- Jaipal Singh
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Munda, President,Adibasi Mahasabha
- 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
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- Dharanidhar Basumatari
- Malati Choudhury
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- Homi Mody
- Leela Roy
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- Biswanath Das
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, Premier of Orissa
- Acharya Kriplani
- Sucheta Kriplani
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- Harendra Coomar Mookerjee
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- Gopi Krishna Vijayvargiya
- Pandit Raghunath Vinayak Dhulekar
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, 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
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, Vice President (later President)Muslim LeagueThe 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
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- Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman
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, President, Muslim LeagueThe 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
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- Maulana Daud Ghazhnavi
- Tajamul Hussain
- Hussain Imam
- Mahboob Ali Baig Sahib Bahadur
- Pocker Sahib Bahadur
Others
Scheduled Caste Federation
Akalis
- 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
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
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
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
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
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