INDIAN CONSTITUTION

INDIAN CONSTITUTION -   FACTS TO REMEMBER

* 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.

* Mr. Sachchidanand Sinha was elected provisional chairman of the assembly.

* Dr Rajendra Prasad later became the permanent chairman of the constituent assembly.

* On 13 December, 1946,Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru moved the Objectives Resolution which resolved to proclaim India as an Independent Sovereign Republic and to draw up for her future governance a Constitution.

* The Constituent Assembly took almost three years (two years, eleven months and seventeen days to be precise) to complete its historic task of drafting the Constitution for Independent India.

* The Constituent Assembly held eleven sessions covering a total of 165 days.

* India is governed in terms of the Constitution, which was adopted on26 November, 1949, which was the last day of the Eleventh sessionof the Constituent Assembly.

* The honourable members appended their signatures to the constitution on 24 January, 1950.

* The Constitution of India came into force on 26 January, 1950.

* On that day, the Constituent Assembly ceased to exist, transforming itself into the Provisional Parliament of India until a new Parliament was constituted in 1952.

IMPORTANT DATES

Constituent Assembly met for the first time        -     9 Dec 1946

Objectives Resolution moved         -   13 Dec 1946
    
Constitution adopted          -     26 Nov 1949

Signed by members      -     24 Jan 1950

Constitution came into force and Constituent Assembly ceased to exist        -      26 Jan 1950