Question

Indian Constitution Drafting Committee's Chairman
1. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
2. Jawaharlal Nehru
3. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
4. Gandhi

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

The correct answer is Dr. B.R. Ambedkar.

• On 29, August 1947  was the Drafting Committee formed.
  • The drafting committee was set up on 29 August 1947 under the chairmanship of Dr. B R Ambedkar.
  • While deliberating upon the draft Constitution, the Assembly moved, discussed, and disposed of as many as 2,473 amendments out of a total of 7,635 tabled.
  • The constitution had got ready on 26th November 1949 and some provisions relating to Citizenship, Elections, provisional parliament, temporary & transitional provisions were given immediate effect.
• The Drafting Committee had seven members:
  • Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar
  • N. Gopalaswami
  • B.R. Ambedkar
  • K.M Munshi
  • Mohammad Saadulla
  • B.L. Mitter
  • D.P. Khaitan

 

• Role of the drafting committee :
  • The drafting committee was entrusted with the responsibility to prepare the Draft constitution.
  • The Constituent Assembly of India first met on 9 December 1946 and continued till 24 January 1950.
  •  The constituent assembly took 2 years, 11 months, and 17 days to frame the constitution.
  • There were 22 parts, 395 articles, and 8 schedules.
  •  This demand for a constituent assembly was accepted in the August offer of 1940.
• Constitution :
  • The Constitution of India was adopted on 26 November 1949 and the hon'ble members appended their signatures to it on 24 January 1950. In all, 284 members actually signed the Constitution.
  • The Constitution of India is the supreme law of India.
  • The document lays down :
    • the framework demarcating fundamental political code, structure, procedures, powers, and duties of government institutions and sets out fundamental rights, directive principles, and the duties of citizens.
  • It is the longest written constitution of any country on earth.
  • The Indian constitution is the world's longest for sovereign nation.
  • At its enactment, it had 395 articles in 22 parts and 8 schedules.
  • It created a powerful central government.
• Manabendra Nath Roy :
  • An idea for a Constituent Assembly was proposed in 1934 by M. N. Roy.
  • He is a pioneer of the Communist movement in India and an advocate of radical democracy. 
  • The idea of the constituent assembly was not of congress.
  • The idea was put forward by MN Roy in 1934.
  • Manabendra Nath Roy was a Bengali Indian revolutionary, internationally known political theorist, and activist.