Polity Timeline of Constitution Making

Polity: Timeline of Constitution Making

• 9 December 1946: The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly was held in the constitution hall (now the Central Hall of Parliament House). Demanding a separate state, the Muslim League boycotted the meeting. Sachchidananda Sinha was elected temporary president of the assembly, in accordance with French practice.

 

• 11 December 1946: Rajendra Prasad was elected as president and C. Mukherjee was elected as vice-president of the constituent assembly. B. N. Rau was appointed as its constitutional adviser.

 

• 13 December 1946: An 'Objective Resolution' was moved by Jawaharlal Nehru in the assembly, laying down the underlying principles of the constitution. It finally became the Preamble of the constitution

 

• 22 January 1947: Objective resolution unanimously adopted

 

• 22 July 1947: National flag adopted.

 

• 15 August 1947: Indian independence achieved as the Dominion of India.

 

• 29 August 1947: Drafting Committee appointed with B. R. Ambedkar as the Chairman.

 

• 16 July 1948: Along with Harendra Coomar Mookerjee T. Krishnamachari was also elected as second vice-president of Constituent Assembly.
• 26 November 1949: Constitution passed and accepted by the the assembly.

 

• 24 January 1950: "Jana Gana Mana" adopted as the national anthem, with the first two verses of "Vande Mataram" the national Rajendra Prasad elected the first president of India.

The assembly was chaired by Dr. Rajendra Prasad when it met as a constituent body, and by G. V. Mavlankar when it met as a legislative body. It completed the task of drafting a constitution in two years, eleven months and eighteen days, at a total expenditure of Rs.6.4 million.