Question

The Constituent Assembly of India was formed in _______. 
1. 1947
2. 1948
3. 1946
4. 1945

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : 1946

The correct answer is 1946.

• The Constituent Assembly of India was formed in 1946.

• Constituent Assembly
  • Cabinet Mission Plan of 1946 first proposed the constituent assembly.
  • Members of the Constituent Assembly were elected by the Provincial Legislative Assemblies.
  • After the partition of India, the number of members of the Constituent Assembly came to 299, of whom 284 were actually present on the 26 November 1949 and signed on the final approved Constitution of India Assembly, which had been elected for undivided India.
  • It held its first meeting on December 9, 1946, and reassembled on August 14, 1947, as the sovereign Constituent Assembly for the dominion of India.
  • The Constituent Assembly finalized the Constitution in two years, eleven months, and eighteen days.
  • Objective Resolution was moved in the first session of the Constituent Assembly i.e. on 13 December 1946 by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.

• • Dr. Sachidanand Sinha was the first President of the Constituent Assembly.
  • Dr. Rajendra Prasad was elected the President of the Assembly.
  • B.N. Rao was appointed as the Constitutional Advisor of the Assembly.