Question

The first meeting of constituent assembly was held on:
1. 9 December, 1946 A. D.
2. 9 January, 1949 A. D.
3. 9 December, 1949 A. D.
4. 9 January, 1946 A. D.

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : 9 December, 1946 A. D.

The correct answer is 9 December 1946 A. D. 

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.