Making of the Constitution of India

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The Indian constitution is the longest and the most voluminous constitution of any sovereign country in the world.

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Making of the Constitution of India(37)

Item	Detail
Second longest active constitution in the World(First	Alabama)
The idea for constitution was first conceived by	M.N Roy (1934)
Handwritten by	Prem Behari Narain Raizada(6 months for completion)
First Published in	Dehradun
Photo-lithographed by	Survey of India
Borrowed from	Britain, USA, Germany, Ireland, Canada, South Africa, Australia & Japan
Time taken to complete the final draft	2 years 11 months & 18 days.11 sessions.166 days of discussion.299 members
First Meeting of Constituent AssemblyVenue	Central Hall of Parliament House, New Delhi
Chairman	Dr. Sachchidananda Sinha(temporary for 2 days)
Members	207.No. of Womenattendees – 9
Vice President	H.C. Mukherjee*
Second Vice President	V. T. Krishnamachari(1948)*
Constitutional Legal Adviser	B. N. Rau
Chief Draftsman	S. N. Mukherjee
Members	389(after partition decreased to 299).293 – Government provinces.93 – Princely states.4 – Chief commissioner provincesNo. of Women Members – 17
Drafting CommitteeHead of the Drafting Committee	Dr. B.R. Ambedkar.7 members
First to sign on the Indian Constitution	Jawaharlal Nehru
Last to sign on the Indian Constitution	Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Jana Gana Mana	National Anthem
Vande Mataram	National Song
Approx. 145,000 words.*Total expenditure	₹6.4 million
National Emblem	Sarnath, the Lion Capital of Ashoka along with the wheel, bull, and horse
Malayalis in the Constituent AssemblyTotal No. of Malayali women in the Constituent Assembly	3(Annie Mascarene, Ammu Swaminathan & Dakshayani Velayudhan)
Total No. of Malayali Members of the Constituent Assembly	17.No of members from Cochin –1(Panampilly Govinda Menon).No. of members from United Provinces, Uttar Pradesh –1(Dr. John Matthai).No of members from Travancore –6(Pattom Thanu Pillai, P.S. Nataraja Pillai, K. Muhammad, R. Shankar, P.T. Chacko & Annie Mascarene).No of members from Madras –9(Ammu Swaminathan, Dakshayani Velayudhan, P. Kunhiraman, A. K. Menon, K. Madhava Menon, Qaede Millath Mohamed Ismail Sahib, B. Pocker Sahib Bahadur, K. T. M. Ahmed Ibrahim & Abdul Sathar Haji)
They are as follows:Chairman	Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
Members	K.M. Munshi,Muhammad Saadullah,N. Gopalaswamy Ayyangar,Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar,Dr. D.P. Khaitan(died in 1948)substituted by T.T. Krishnamachari.B.L. Mittar(resigned due to health issues)substituted by N. Madhava Rao,Our Constitution makers took inspiration from various other Constitutions - considering the vastness of the topic, we will discuss that in another post - while drafting the one for our country, which is why the Indian Constitution is often called abag of borrowings.A unique feature of the Indian constitution is that it gave the right to vote for women since its inception
The celebrations last for 3 days, ending with ‘Beating the Retreat’, a military ceremony held at Vijay Chowkon January 29 every year.It was first started in the 1950s byMajor Robertsof the Indian Army. The evening ends with the hymnAbide with Me, a favorite of Mahatma Gandhi.*Listed here is that of the Hindi version, whereas the English version has 444 articles in 22 parts, 12 schedules & 115 amendments with 117,369 words.📝SideNotes:Father / Architect of the Indian Constitution	Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
Architect of Preamble	Jawaharlal Nehru
Architect of Fundamental Rights in India	Sardar Vallabhai Patel
National Law Day/Constitution Day/Samvidhan Divas	November 26
Constitution Hall where the Constituent Assembly convened for the first time, is nowadays known as	Central Hall of Parliament
The first painter to feature on an Indian postal stamp	Nandalal Bose (1967).At whose insistence did Acharya Nandalal Bose displayed his paintings at the 1938 Haripura Congress session?Mahatma Gandhi
Who criticized the objective resolution presented by Jawaharlal Nehru in the Constituent Assembly as "wrong, illegal, premature, disastrous and dangerous"	Dr.M.R. Jayakar(Dr. B. R. Ambedkar also supported his view)
First Guest of Honor for India's First Republic Day Celebrations in 1950	Sukarno
First President of Indonesia	Sukarno*
First Speaker of the Lok Sabha	G. V. Mavlankar*
First Indian judge in the International Court of Justice(Hague)	Sir Benegal Narasinga Rau

Second longest active constitution in the World(First

Alabama)

The idea for constitution was first conceived by

M.N Roy (1934)

Handwritten by

Prem Behari Narain Raizada(6 months for completion)

First Published in

Dehradun

Photo-lithographed by

Survey of India

Borrowed from

Britain, USA, Germany, Ireland, Canada, South Africa, Australia & Japan

Time taken to complete the final draft

2 years 11 months & 18 days.11 sessions.166 days of discussion.299 members

First Meeting of Constituent AssemblyVenue

Central Hall of Parliament House, New Delhi

Chairman

Dr. Sachchidananda Sinha(temporary for 2 days)

Members

207.No. of Womenattendees – 9

Vice President*

H.C. Mukherjee

Second Vice President*

V. T. Krishnamachari(1948)

Constitutional Legal Adviser

B. N. Rau

Chief Draftsman

S. N. Mukherjee

Members

389(after partition decreased to 299).293 – Government provinces.93 – Princely states.4 – Chief commissioner provincesNo. of Women Members – 17

Drafting CommitteeHead of the Drafting Committee

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar.7 members

First to sign on the Indian Constitution

Jawaharlal Nehru

Last to sign on the Indian Constitution

Dr. Rajendra Prasad

Jana Gana Mana

National Anthem

Vande Mataram

National Song

Approx. 145,000 words.*Total expenditure

₹6.4 million

National Emblem

Sarnath, the Lion Capital of Ashoka along with the wheel, bull, and horse

Malayalis in the Constituent AssemblyTotal No. of Malayali women in the Constituent Assembly

3(Annie Mascarene, Ammu Swaminathan & Dakshayani Velayudhan)

Total No. of Malayali Members of the Constituent Assembly

17.No of members from Cochin –1(Panampilly Govinda Menon).No. of members from United Provinces, Uttar Pradesh –1(Dr. John Matthai).No of members from Travancore –6(Pattom Thanu Pillai, P.S. Nataraja Pillai, K. Muhammad, R. Shankar, P.T. Chacko & Annie Mascarene).No of members from Madras –9(Ammu Swaminathan, Dakshayani Velayudhan, P. Kunhiraman, A. K. Menon, K. Madhava Menon, Qaede Millath Mohamed Ismail Sahib, B. Pocker Sahib Bahadur, K. T. M. Ahmed Ibrahim & Abdul Sathar Haji)

They are as follows:Chairman

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

Members

K.M. Munshi,Muhammad Saadullah,N. Gopalaswamy Ayyangar,Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar,Dr. D.P. Khaitan(died in 1948)substituted by T.T. Krishnamachari.B.L. Mittar(resigned due to health issues)substituted by N. Madhava Rao,Our Constitution makers took inspiration from various other Constitutions - considering the vastness of the topic, we will discuss that in another post - while drafting the one for our country, which is why the Indian Constitution is often called abag of borrowings.A unique feature of the Indian constitution is that it gave the right to vote for women since its inception

The celebrations last for 3 days, ending with ‘Beating the Retreat’, a military ceremony held at Vijay Chowkon January 29 every year.It was first started in the 1950s byMajor Robertsof the Indian Army. The evening ends with the hymnAbide with Me, a favorite of Mahatma Gandhi.*Listed here is that of the Hindi version, whereas the English version has 444 articles in 22 parts, 12 schedules & 115 amendments with 117,369 words.📝SideNotes:Father / Architect of the Indian Constitution

Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

Architect of Preamble

Jawaharlal Nehru

Architect of Fundamental Rights in India

Sardar Vallabhai Patel

National Law Day/Constitution Day/Samvidhan Divas

November 26

Constitution Hall where the Constituent Assembly convened for the first time, is nowadays known as

Central Hall of Parliament

The first painter to feature on an Indian postal stamp

Nandalal Bose (1967).At whose insistence did Acharya Nandalal Bose displayed his paintings at the 1938 Haripura Congress session?Mahatma Gandhi

Who criticized the objective resolution presented by Jawaharlal Nehru in the Constituent Assembly as "wrong, illegal, premature, disastrous and dangerous"

Dr.M.R. Jayakar(Dr. B. R. Ambedkar also supported his view)

First Guest of Honor for India's First Republic Day Celebrations in 1950

Sukarno

First President of Indonesia*

Sukarno

First Speaker of the Lok Sabha*

G. V. Mavlankar

First Indian judge in the International Court of Justice(Hague)

Sir Benegal Narasinga Rau

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