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stages of making our constitution

Answer 1

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The Constitution of India came into force on 26 January 1950. Since then, the day is celebrated as Republic Day. However, before 1950, 26 January was called Independence Day. Since 26 January 1930, it was the day on which thousands of people, in villages, in mohallas, in towns, in small and big groups would take the independence pledge, committing themselves to the complete independence of India from British rule. It was only fitting that the new republic should come into being on that day, marking from its very inception the continuity between the struggle for independence and the adoption of the Constitution that made India a Republic.

The process of the evolution of the Constitution began many decades before 26 January 1950 and has continued unabated since. Its origins lie deeply embedded in the struggle for independence from Britain and in the movements for responsible and constitutional government in the princely states.

On 19 February 1946, the British government declared that they were sending a Cabinet Mission to India to resolve the whole issue of freedom and constitution making. The Cabinet Mission, which arrived in India on 24 March 1946, held prolonged discussions with Indian leaders. On 16 May 1946, having failed to secure an agreement, it announced a scheme of its own. It recognized that the best way of setting up a constitution-making machinery would 'be by election based on adult franchise; but any attempt to introduce such a step now would lead to a wholly unacceptable delay in the formulation of the new constitution. Therefore, it was decided that the newly-elected legislative assemblies of the provinces were to elect the members of the Constituent Assembly on the basis of one representative for roughly one million of the population. The Sikh and Muslim legislators were to elect their quota based on their population

Answer 2

stages of making our Constitution :-

Preparation of Memorandum



•Dissemination of Constitutional Advisor's Brief (pamphlets) & Questionnaire (September 1946-November 1947)

•Preparation of Memorandum by the Advisor based on responses; Submission of notes by certain members (February-November 1947)

•Deliberations in Principal Committees, including joint and sub-committees, and their Reports (February-August 1947)

•Discussion on Reports in Constituent Assembly and adoption of principles (April-Aug. 1947)

•Preparation of First Draft by Constitutional Advisor (July-October 1947)


Deliberations and recommendations


• Deliberations in Sectoral Committees and their Reports (April-December 1947)

• Deliberations in Drafting Committee and resultant Draft Constitution (October 1947- February 1948)

• Consideration of Responses by Drafting Committee, and its recommendations (March 23, 24 and 27, 1948)

•Deliberations on Responses in Special Committee, and its decisions (April 10-11, 1948)

•Deliberations in Drafting Committee for parallel/official amendments (October 18-20, 1948)

•Publication of bound books of proposed amendments, both officially sponsored and private member's amendments (October 26, 1948)

Final voting



•Discussions and voting in meetings of Congress Assembly Party, held in Constitution House (October 1948-November 1949)

•Discussion and voting on Draft Constitution and amendments, in the Assembly (November 4, 1948 –October 17, 1949)

•Preparation of so-called Final Draft, by Drafting Committee (November 3, 1949)

•Discussion for three days and final voting for amendment of certain clauses (November 14-16, 1949)

•Discussion on ‘settled-by-Assembly’ version of Constitution Bill (November 17-26 1949)

•Final adoption, enactment through signing by Chairman of Assembly; and partial commencement (November 26, 1949)

•Signing of calligraphed version of the Constitution by all members of Assembly (January 24, 1950)

•Formal Commencement (January 26, 1950)




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