Question

Which of the following was the first Law Minister of Independent India?
1. Jawaharlal Nehru
2. Abul Kalam Azad
3. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar
4. Asaf Ali

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar

The correct answer is Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar.

Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was the first Law Minister of Independent India.

• B. R. Ambedkar is popularly known as 'Babasaheb' on 14^th April 1891 in Indore city in Madhya Pradesh.
• He was the great leader of the depressed class and an eminent jurist.
• He is known as the chief architect of the Indian Constitution and father of the Indian Constitution.
• He became the Chairman of the Drafting Committee.
• Ambedkar considered the Right to Constitutional Remedy as the "Soul of the Indian Constitution".
• Ambedkar was the first Indian to get a Doctorate (Ph.D.) degree in Economics from abroad.
• Ambedkar was against the caste-based discriminations in society and advocated the Dalits to organize and demand their rights.
• He was appointed to the Rajya Sabha in 1952 and remained a member till his death.
• He conferred with Bharat Ratna on 31^st March 1990.
• Resting place - Chaitya Bhoomi

Jawaharlal Nehru

• He is the first Prime Minister of India born on 14th November 1889 at Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh and his birthday is celebrated as 'Children's Day.
• He is the longest-serving PM of India (15th August 1947 to 27th May 1964).
• He is the architect of the Preamble of the Indian Constitution.
• He was the First Chairman of the Planning Commission and President of the National Planning Board.
• He was the first PM to get Bharat Ratna in 1955.
• The first PM to appear Postal stamps and coins.
• The newspaper started by Nehru - National Herald
• In 1929 Lahore Congress was presided by Nehru and passed the resolution Poorna Swaraj (Complete Independence).
• First PM to die in harness.
• Resting place - Santhivan

Abul Kalam Azad

• Azad was the first Education Minister of Independent India born on 11^th November 1888 in Mecca and his birthday is celebrated as 'National Education Day' in India.
• In the 1923 Delhi INC Session, he became the youngest President of the Indian National Congress.
• He protested against the Partition of Bengal which went against popular Muslim sentiment of the day.
• His journals Al-Hilal and Al-Balagh were banned by the government.
• He was awarded the Bharat Ratna posthumously in 1992.

Asaf Ali

• Asaf Ali was an Indian independence fighter and noted lawyer born on 18^th May 1888.
• He served as the first Indian Ambassador to the United States from February 1947 to mid-April 1947.
• He was elected to Central Legislative Assembly in 1935 as a member of the Muslim Nationalists Party.
• He was in charge of the Railways and Transport in the Interim Government of India headed by Jawaharlal Nehru from 2 September 1946.
• He also served as the Governor of Odhisa.
• He died in office in Bern on 2^nd April 1953, while serving as Indian Ambassador to Switzerland.
• India Post brought out a stamp in honor in 1989.