With reference to the making of Indian Constitution explain the following: (a) When and how were the members of the Constituent Assembly elected ?
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Members were chosen by indirect election by the members of the Provincial Legislative Assemblies, according to the scheme recommended by the Cabinet Mission. The arrangement was:
(i) 292 members were elected through the Provincial Legislative Assemblies.
(ii) 93 members represented the Indian Princely States.
(iii) 4 members represented the Chief Commissioners' Provinces.
The total membership of the Assembly thus was to be 389. However, as a result of the partition under the Mountbatten Plan of 3 June, 1947, a separate Constituent Assembly was set up for Pakistan and representatives of some Provinces ceased to be members of the Assembly.
As a result, the membership of the Assembly was reduced to 299.
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