Correct Answer - Option 2 : 9
th December 1946
The correct answer is 9th December 1946.
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The constituent assembly
- The idea of a constituent assembly was put forward for the first time by MN Roy.
- In 1935, the Indian National Congress (INC), for the first time, officially called for a constituent assembly to frame a constitution for India.
- In 1938, J Nehru made this emphatic statement regarding the constitution- ‘The constitution of free India must be framed, without outside interference, by a constituent assembly elected based on adult franchise’
- The demand for a constituent assembly was accepted for the first time by the British through their ‘August offer’ of 1940. Eventually, a constituent assembly was established under the provisions of the Cabinet Mission plan.
- The Constituent Assembly met for the first time in New Delhi on 9 December 1946 in the Constitution Hall which is now known as the Central Hall of Parliament House. Hence, Option 2 is correct.
- The Constituent Assembly took two years, eleven months, and seventeen days to complete the drafting of the Constitution.
- The Constituent Assembly was formed on the recommendation of the Cabinet Mission which visited India in 1946.
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Mr. Sachchidanand Sinha was elected provisional Chairman of the Assembly.
- On 13 December 1946, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru moved the Objectives Resolution.
- The Constituent Assembly held eleven sessions covering a total of 165 days.
- India is governed in terms of the Constitution, which was adopted on 26 November 1949.
- The honorable members appended their signatures to the constitution on 24 January 1950.
- The Constitution of India came into force on 26 January 1950.
