Constituent Assembly of India

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The Constituent Assembly of India was the sovereign body of elected representatives that drafted and adopted the Constitution of independent India between 1946 and 1950.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constituent assembly ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ
adoptedConstitutionDate 1949-11-26 ⓘ
adoptedInstrument Constitution of India ⓘ
Jana Gana Mana ⓘ
surface form: National Anthem of India

Tiranga (Indian national flag) ⓘ
surface form: National Flag of India

Vande Mataram ⓘ
surface form: National Song of India
adoptedPreambleDate 1949-11-26 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Constituent Assembly of India ⓘ
surface form: Constituent Assembly

Constituent Assembly of India ⓘ
surface form: Indian Constituent Assembly
cameIntoForceOfConstitutionDate 1950-01-26 ⓘ
chairmanOfAdvisoryCommitteeOnFundamentalRights Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel ⓘ
surface form: Vallabhbhai Patel
chairmanOfDraftingCommittee B. R. Ambedkar ⓘ
chairmanOfProvincialConstitutionCommittee Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel ⓘ
surface form: Vallabhbhai Patel
chairmanOfUnionConstitutionCommittee Jawaharlal Nehru ⓘ
country India ⓘ
dissolutionReason replacement by democratic Parliament under Constitution of India ⓘ
draftingCommitteeMember Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer ⓘ
B. L. Mitter ⓘ
B. R. Ambedkar ⓘ
D. P. Khaitan ⓘ
K. M. Munshi ⓘ
Md. Saadulla ⓘ
N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar ⓘ
T. T. Krishnamachari ⓘ
electionMethod indirect election by provincial legislative assemblies ⓘ
endDate 1950-01-24 ⓘ
establishedBy UK government ⓘ
surface form: British Government

Cabinet Mission negotiations ⓘ
surface form: Cabinet Mission Plan
firstMeetingDate 1946-12-09 ⓘ
firstMeetingPresidedBy Sachchidananda Sinha ⓘ
historicalEra Indian independence movement ⓘ
includedRepresentativesFrom British India ⓘ
surface form: British Indian provinces

princely states ⓘ
languageOfDebate English ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
surface form: Hindustani
lastSessionDate 1950-01-24 ⓘ
legalSuccessor Constituent Assembly of India self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Provisional Parliament of India
location New Delhi, India ⓘ
surface form: New Delhi
meetsIn Central Hall ⓘ
surface form: Central Hall of Parliament House

Constitution Hall ⓘ
notableMember Hansa Mehta ⓘ
Jawaharlal Nehru ⓘ
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad ⓘ
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur ⓘ
Sarojini Naidu ⓘ
Shyama Prasad Mukherjee ⓘ
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel ⓘ
surface form: Vallabhbhai Patel
numberOfMembers 389 ⓘ
numberOfMembersAfterPartition 299 ⓘ
numberOfSessions 11 ⓘ
numberOfSittings 165 ⓘ
politicalPartyDominance Indian National Congress ⓘ
president Rajendra Prasad ⓘ
purpose adopt Constitution of India ⓘ
Constitution of India ⓘ
surface form: draft Constitution of India
replacedBy Lok Sabha ⓘ
Parliament of India ⓘ
Rajya Sabha ⓘ
sovereignty sovereign body ⓘ
startDate 1946-12-09 ⓘ
vicePresident H. C. Mukherjee ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Indian National Congress → participatedIn → Constituent Assembly of India ⓘ
Vande Mataram → declaredNationalSongBy → Constituent Assembly of India ⓘ
Jana Gana Mana → adoptionContext → Constituent Assembly of India ⓘ
Dominion of India → legislature → Constituent Assembly of India ⓘ
Legislative Assembly → replacedBy → Constituent Assembly of India ⓘ
subject surface form: Legislative Assembly (British India)
Legislative Assembly → replacedBy → Constituent Assembly of India ⓘ
subject surface form: Legislative Assembly (British India)
this entity surface form: Provisional Parliament of India
Constituent Assembly of India → alsoKnownAs → Constituent Assembly of India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indian Constituent Assembly
Constituent Assembly of India → alsoKnownAs → Constituent Assembly of India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constituent Assembly
Constituent Assembly of India → legalSuccessor → Constituent Assembly of India self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Provisional Parliament of India
Tryst with Destiny speech → deliveredAt → Constituent Assembly of India ⓘ
Constitution of India → adoptedBy → Constituent Assembly of India ⓘ
Article 52 of the Constitution of India → enactedBy → Constituent Assembly of India ⓘ
B. R. Ambedkar → notableWork → Constituent Assembly of India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Drafting of the Constitution of India
B. R. Ambedkar → memberOf → Constituent Assembly of India ⓘ
Tiranga (Indian national flag) → adoptedBy → Constituent Assembly of India ⓘ
subject surface form: Tiranga
Rajendra Prasad → participatedIn → Constituent Assembly of India ⓘ
Article 80 of the Constitution of India → draftedBy → Constituent Assembly of India ⓘ
Article 84 of the Constitution of India → framedBy → Constituent Assembly of India ⓘ
Sucheta Kriplani → associatedWith → Constituent Assembly of India ⓘ
Council of State (British India) → successorInstitution → Constituent Assembly of India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Provisional Parliament of India
B. L. Mitter → memberOf → Constituent Assembly of India ⓘ
B. L. Mitter → memberOf → Constituent Assembly of India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Drafting Committee of the Constituent Assembly of India
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur → officeContested → Constituent Assembly of India ⓘ
Constitution Hall → usedBy → Constituent Assembly of India ⓘ
Hansa Mehta → memberOf → Constituent Assembly of India ⓘ
H. C. Mukherjee → memberOf → Constituent Assembly of India ⓘ
Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer → memberOf → Constituent Assembly of India ⓘ
Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer → participantIn → Constituent Assembly of India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constituent Assembly debates
Army Act, 1950 → enactedBy → Constituent Assembly of India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constituent Assembly of India (Legislative)
D. P. Khaitan → memberOf → Constituent Assembly of India ⓘ
D. P. Khaitan → memberOf → Constituent Assembly of India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Drafting Committee of the Constituent Assembly of India
N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar → participatedIn → Constituent Assembly of India ⓘ
Constituent Assembly of Pakistan → precededBy → Constituent Assembly of India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constituent Assembly of India (for British Indian constitutional functions)
P. Subbarayan → memberOf → Constituent Assembly of India ⓘ
Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar → associatedWith → Constituent Assembly of India ⓘ
Article 370 of the Constitution of India → draftedBy → Constituent Assembly of India ⓘ
Part VIII of the Constitution of India → adoptedBy → Constituent Assembly of India ⓘ
House of Parliament → predecessor → Constituent Assembly of India ⓘ
subject surface form: Parliament of India
Jagjivan Ram → memberOf → Constituent Assembly of India ⓘ
Jagjivan Ram → memberOf → Constituent Assembly of India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Provisional Parliament of India
Purushottam Das Tandon → memberOf → Constituent Assembly of India ⓘ