constituent assembly debates have been compiled in how many volumes?
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Excerpts from three speeches made during the Constituent Assembly debates as a newly independent India drew up the ground rules for its governance
The Constitution of India was drafted, debated upon and chiselled by the Constituent Assembly through discussions held over three years — from December 9, 1946 to January 24, 1950. BLink culls out selected bits from three significant speeches made by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, BR Ambedkar and Rajendra Prasad, respectively, at pivotal turns during the deliberations. The debates, which began before the Partition and ended days before India became a republic, capture the speakers’ hopes for an independent country, its identity abroad and also their trepidation about its future. As leaders who were shaping the country’s destiny, what comes through in their speeches is an unwavering faith and devotion to the idea of India