write an introductory note on constituent assembly
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The Constituent Assembly was a group of elected representatives, who came together to frame the Constitution of India. It was convened in August 1946 and chaired by Dr. Rajendra Prasad.
A constituent assembly or constitutional assembly is a body or assembly of popularly elected representatives which is assembled for the purpose of drafting or adopting a constitution or similar document. The constituent assembly is entirely elected by popular vote[citation needed]; that is, all constituent assemblies are constitutional conventions, but a constitutional convention is not necessarily a constituent assembly.For instance, The Indian constitution was made in 1928 .As the fundamental document constituting a state, a constitution cannot normally be modified or amended by the state's normal legislative procedures[citation needed]; instead a constitutional convention or a constituent assembly, the rules for which are normally laid down in the constitution, must be set up. A constituent assembly is usually set up for its specific purpose, which it carries out in a relatively short time, after which the assembly is dissolved. A constituent assembly is a form of representative democracy