Correct Answer - Option 3 : HVR Iyengar
The correct answer is HVR Iyengar.
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HVR Iyengar was the Secretary of the Constituent Assembly.
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Important facts about the Constituent Assembly
- In 1934, M N Roy first proposed the idea of a constituent assembly.
- The demand was taken up by the Congress Party in 1935 as an official demand.
- The British accepted this in the August Offer of 1940.
- Under the Cabinet Mission plan of 1946, elections were held for the formation of the constituent assembly.
- The members of this assembly were elected indirectly, that is by the members of the provincial assemblies by the method of a single transferable vote of proportional representation
- The constituent assembly was formed for the purpose of writing a constitution for independent India.
- HVR Iyengar was the Secretary of the Constituent Assembly.
- Initially, the number of members was 389.
- After partition, some of the members went to Pakistan and the number came down to 299.
- Out of this, 229 were from the British provinces and 70 were nominated from the princely states.
- Dr Sachchidananda Sinha was the first temporary chairman of the Constituent Assembly.
- Later, Dr Rajendra Prasad was elected as the President and its Vice President was Harendra Coomar Mookerjee.
- BN Rau was the constitutional advisor.
- On 13 December 1946, Jawaharlal Nehru moved the Objective Resolution.
- The National Flag of the Union was adopted on 22 July 1947.
- On 24 January 1950, ‘Jana Gana Mana’ was adopted as the national anthem.
- The final document had 22 parts, 395 articles and 8 schedules.
- The last session was held during 14 – 26 November 1949.
- The constitution was passed and adopted by the assembly on 26 November 1949.
- The constitution came into force on 26 January 1950 (which is celebrated as Republic Day).
