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Years:
1922
1928
Nehru Report
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1934
1939
World War II
1940
August offer
1942
- Cripps Mission
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1942
1945
1945
- Simla Conference
1946
1946
1947
1947
1947
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1947
- Partition
1947
1948
1949
1950
May 17, 1927 - At Bombay session Motilal Nehru moved a resolution calling up on the
Congress working committee to frame a Constitution for India.
May 19, 1928 In all party conference a committee was set up under the Chairmanship
of Motilal Nehru to determine the principles of the Constitution of India.
Report was submitted on August 10, 1928 and was called Nehru Report.
This was the 1st attempt by Indians to frame a full-fledged Constitution for India.
MN Roy in the year 1934 put forward the idea of Constituent Assembly for India for the
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first time.
In the year 1935, the Indian National Congress for the first time officially demanded for
the CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY.
August offer: The demand for the CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY was for the first time
and authoritatively conceded by the British Government in the year 1940 through
August Offer.
1940 - The coalition government in England recognized the principle that the Indians
should themselves frame a new Constitution.
1942: Cripps mission: Sir Stafford Cripps(Cabinet Minister) came to India with a
proposal of framing of Independent Constitution of India to be adopted after World War
II provided that the 2 major political parties INC and the Muslim League could come to
an agreement.
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The Muslim League rejected the same on the demand that India to be divided into 2
autonomous states on communal lines with 2 separate CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLYs.
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After the World War II, the new labor party government came to the power in England.
Simla Conference was held in the year 1945 at the instance of viceroy, Lord Wavell.
SIMLA CONFERENCE:
The Simla Conference of 1945 was arranged by
Lord Archibald Wavell and the major political
parties in India.
This was convened to agree up on the Wavell plan
for Indian self Government to provide separate
representation to Muslims.
The talks failed
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1946 - Cabinet Mission plan (Lord Pethick Lawrence, Sir Stafford Cripps and A V
Alexander ) was sent on March 24, 1946 to India with a proposal of CONSTITUENT
ASSEMBLY.
Note: Remember the names of the members in the Cabinet Mission plan.
The delegation rejected the claim for a separate Constituent Assembly and a separate
state for Muslims.
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(Please remember that the Constituent Assembly members were both elected
(indirectly) and nominated).
Out of 296 INC won 208 including all general seats except 9, Muslim League 73,
others and independent members 15. Princely states initially decided to stay away from
the CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY.
Congress
208
Muslim League
73
Unionist
Unionist Muslim
Krishak Praja
Sikh (non-congress)
Communist
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Independents
Kindly Note: (Except Mahatma Gandhi and Mohammed Ali Jinnah all prominent
persons were members in CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY.
The first meeting of the CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY took place on December 9, 1946.
Muslim League boycotted the meeting and insisted on separate state Pakistan.
December 11, 1946 - Dr Rajendra Prasad was elected as the President of the
Constituent Assembly.
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Preamble was the modified version of the Objectives Resolution. (Hence very
important).
Lord Mountbatten was sent to India as the Governor-General replacing Lord Wavell.
This plan was given a formal shape by a statement made by British Government on June
3, 1947.
The Indian Independence bill was introduced in the British Parliament on July 4, 1947.
The India Independence Act came into force from July 18, 1947.
The Indian Independence Act of 1947 provided that from August 15, 1947 would be set
up two independent dominions India and Pakistan.
The Constituent Assembly reassembled on August 14, 1947 as the Sovereign Constituent
Assembly for the Dominion of India.
The members of the Pakistan area in the Constituent Assembly are ceased to be the
members.
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When the Constituent Assembly reassembled on October 31, 1947 the membership was
reduced to 299.
Dr Rajendra Prasad was elected as the first President of India on January 24, 1950.
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January 24, 1950 was the last session of the CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY.
The Constituent Assembly continued as the provisional Parliament of India from January
26, 1950 to till the completion of first ever general elections in India. (1951-52)
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The President and the members of the Constituent Assembly signed it.
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1950).
In all it took 2 years 11 months and 18 days for the Constitution to get completed.
The Provisional Parliament ceased to exist on April 17, 1952. The first elected
Parliament (2 houses) came into being in May, 1952.
The rest of the Constitution came into force on January 26, 1950.
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