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How was the Constitution of India formed ? Describe ?
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View full question & 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.