Committees of the Indian Constituent Assembly
The constituent assembly held its first meeting on December 9, 1946.The Muslim League boycott the meeting and insisted separate state of Pakistan.
The meeting was does attended by only 211 members.
Dr Sachidanand Sinha, the oldest member was elected as the temporary president of the assembly.
Later Dr. Rajendra Prasad was elected as the President of the assembly and S.C. Mukharji and T.T. Krishnamachari elected as the Vice-President of the assembly.
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The constituent assembly appointed a number of committees to deal with different task of constitution making.
Out of these 8 were major committees
and the other minor committees.
The names of these committees
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and their chairman are given below.
Major Committee
1. Union Powers Committee Jawaharlal Nehru
2. Union Constitution Committee Jawaharlal Nehru
3. Provincial Constitution Committee Sardar Patel
4. Drafting committee- Dr B R Ambedkar
5. Advisory Committee on fundamental rights minorities and tribal and excluded areas-Sardar Patel
This committee had the following 5 subcommittees:
- Fundamental Rights Sub-Committee.
- J B Kripalani Minorities Sub-Committee.
- H C Mukherjee North East Frontier tribal areas and Assam excluded and partially exploded areas Sub-Committee- Gopinath bordoloi
- Excluded and Partially Excluded areas Sub-Committee A. V. Thakkar
- North West Frontier Tribal Areas Sub-Committee.
6. Rules of Procedure Committee-Dr Rajendra Prasad
7. State Committee (committee for negotiating with state)- Jawaharlal Nehru
8. Steering Committee Doctor Rajendra Prasad
Minor communities
- Finance and Staff Committee- Dr Rajendra Prasad
- Credential Committee- Alladi Krishnaswamy Ayyar
- House Committee - B. Pattabhi Sitaramayya
- Order of Business Committee- Dr K M Munshi
- Ad-Hoc Committee on the National Flag- Dr Rajendra Prasad
- Committee on the Function of the Constituent Assembly- G.V.Mavalankar
- Ad-Hoc Committee on the Supreme Court- S Vardhachari (not an assembly member)
- Linguistic Province Commission- S.K. Dar (not an assembly member)
- Committee on Chief Commissioner Province- B. Pattabhi Sitaramayya
- Expert Committee on the Financial Provisions of the Union Constitution- Nalini Ranjan Sarkar (not an assembly member)
- Special Committee to Examine the Draft Constitution - Jawaharlal Nehru
- Press Gallery Committee - Usha Nath Sen
- Ad -Hoc Committee on Citizenship -S. Vardachari (not an assembly member
Drafting Committee?
Among all of these all of these committees Drafting Committee was the most important committee which was set up on August 29 1947.
This committee was entrusted with the task of preparing a draft of the new constitution.
Who were the members of Drafting Committee ?
Drafting Committee consisted of seven members they were:
- Dr BR Ambedkar- Chairman
- N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar
- Alladi krishnaswami Ayyar
- Dr. K M Munshi
- Syed Mohammed Sadullah
- N. Madhava Rau (He replaced B.L.Mittal who resigned due to ill health)
- T.T. Krishnamachari (He replaced D.P.Khaitan who died in 1948)
Why B. R. Ambedkar recognised as the 'Father of Constitution'?
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| B. R. Ambedkar |
Dr B.R. Ambedkar,the then Law Minister piloted the Draft Constitution in the Assembly.
He took a very prominent part in the deliberations of the Assembly. He was known for his logical, forceful and persuasive arguments on the floor of the assembly.
That's why he is recognised as the 'Father of the Constitution' of India.
That's why he is recognised as the 'Father of the Constitution' of India.
This brilliant writer,constitutional expert undisputed leader of the scheduled caste and the chief architect of the Constitution of India also known as 'Modern Manu'.
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