Constitutional Assembly - General Knowledge Of Modern India
The Constituent Assembly was formed on 16 May 1946 under the Cabinet Mission Plan. Its members were elected under the system of proportional representation by means of single transferable vote. The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly was held on 9 December 1946 in the library of the Delhi Council Chamber, in which 205 members participated. The representatives of the League and the members nominated by the princely states did not participate in it. On 11 December, the Sabha elected Dr. Rajendra Prasad as its permanent president.
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Committees of the Constituent Assembly
- Rules Committee, Steering Committee, Finance and Staff Committee, Ad-hoc Committee on National Flag - Rajendra Prasad.
- Introduction Committee-Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer.
- Home Committee-B.Pattabhi Sitaramayya.
- Trade Committee-KM Munshi.
- Constituent Assembly Working Committee-GV Mavalankar
- State Committee, Sangh Shakti Committee, Federal Constitution Committee-Jawahar Lal Nehru.
- Fundamental Rights Advisory Committee, Minorities, Tribals and Outside Areas - Vallabhbhai Patel.
- Minorities Sub-Committee-HC Mukherjee.
- Fundamental Rights Sub-Committee-JB Kriplani.
- North-East Frontier Tribal Area and Assam Exterior and Partial Outer Area Sub-Committee - Gopinath Bardolai.
- External and Partial External Regions (Except Assam) Sub-Committee-AV Thakkar.
- Drafting Committee-BR Ambedkar.
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