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write short note on drafting committee on the constitution

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Answered by DTrivedi1
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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. 

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 vachhaninetra
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Explanation:

drafting committee

❀ Among all the committee of the constituent assembly the most important committee was the Drafting committee, set up in August 29th 1947.

❀ It was the committee that was entrusted with the task of preparing the draught of the new constitution. It consisted of 7 members.

❀ They are DR. B.R. Ambedkar chairman, B.L. Mitter, N Gopalaswami Ayyangar, Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer, DR. K.M. Munshi , Syed Mohd Sadullah ,DP Khaitan.

❀ The drafting committee after taking into consideration the proposals of various committees prepared the first draft which was published in February 1948.

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