Building the Constitution

M.N.Roy Sensed India’s freedom to be a post-war reality following the defeat of the Axis powers and the weakening of British imperialism. Roy wrote a series of articles in Independent India on the economic and political structures of

Composition of Constituent Assembly

The Constituent Assembly met for the first time in New Delhi on 9th December, 1946 in the Constitution Hall which is now known as the Central Hall of

Constitutional Assembly Committees

On 29th August, 1947, the Constituent Assembly set up a Drafting Committee under the chairmanship of Dr. B.R.Ambedkar to prepare a Draft Constitution for India. While deliberating upon the Draft Constitution, the Assemble moved,

Working of the Constituent Assembly

The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly that took place on December 9, 1946 was attended by 211 members. J.B. Kripalini, the then Congress President, proposed the name of Dr. Sachidananda for the post of the Provisional President. Later on, Dr. Sachchidanand Shina, the oldest