Indian Constitution — [Old] Social science STD 8 — Question
Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 8[Old] Social scienceIndian Constitution4 Marks
Question
Describe the process of the formation of the Constitution.
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Answer
A total of $389$ members formed the Constitution committee which included $30$ members of schedule castes .
Frank Anthony represented the Anglo-Indians and the H.P.Modi represented the Parsis in the Constitution committee.
Scholars and leaders like Jawaharlal Nehru ,Dr. Rajendra Prasad , Sardar Vallbhabhai Patel ,Maulana abul Kalam Azad, Shyam Prasad Mukherjee, Sardar Baldevsingh were included in the Constitution committee.
Scholars like Alladi Krishnaswami Iyer, Dr. B.R.Ambedkar, K.M. Munshi and female members like Sarojini Naydu and Vijyalakshmi Pandit were included in the Constitution committee.
Dr. Rajendra Prasad was elcted president of the Constitution committee.
A Drafting committee was formed to prepare the final draft of the Constitution.
This committee was headed by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar .
The Constitution committee started working on $9{th}$ Dec $1946$.
The members met $166$ times over a period of $2$ years $11$ months and $18$ days.
During this days the Constitution committee discussed each detail of the Constitution.
The Constitution was passed on $26^{th}$ November, $1949$ and implemented on $26^{th}$ January ,$1950$.
India became republic from that day.
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