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write a short note on the working of the drafting committee

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Answered by bhavya101
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The Drafting Committee was one of the eight major committees appointed by the Constituent Assembly ( Proposed by M.N.Roy ) headed by Dr.B.R.Ambedkar.

It was set up on August 29, 1947 to prepare a draft of the new Constitution for India. It's members included-:

Dr.B.R.Ambedkar

N.Gopalaswamy Ayyangar

A. Krishnaswamy Ayyar

Dr.K.M. Munshi

Syed Mohammad Saadullah

N.Madhava Rau( Replaced B.L.Mitter )

T.T.Krishnamachari ( Replaced D.P.Khaitan )

The committee published it's first draft in February 1948 and after about 8 months of discussions and proposed amendments it published a second draft in October 1948.

It sat for a total of 141 days only.

Dr.B.R.Ambedkar introduced the final draft in the Assembly on November 4, 1948 ( first reading which ended on November 9 ), second reading started on November 15, 1948 and ended on October 17, 1949 ( during this stage about 7653 amendments were proposed and 2473 were discussed in the Assembly ).

The third reading started on November 14, 1949 and Dr.Ambedkar moved a motion which was declared passed on November 26, 1949 and we had a new Constitution for independent India.

The Constitution as adopted on November 26, 1949 contained a Preamble, 395 Articles and 8 Schedules.

Answered by sanskarsworup
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The drafting committee was established to prepare a drafting constitution. Dr. B R Ambedkar set up drafting committee on 29 August 1947. The constituent assembly took 2 years, 11 months and 17 days to frame the constitution. It spent 6.4 crore Rupees in the preparation. There were 22 parts, 395 articles and 8 schedules. Some provisions relating to Citizenship, Elections, and provisional parliament, temporary & transitional provisions were given immediate effect on 26th November 1949.Rest of the constitution came into force on 26 January 1950.

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