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How was the Indian Constitution made ?

Introduction to the constitution of India - As we all know that , Britishers ruled over our country around 200 years . After a lot of struggle we got the taste of independence on 15th August , 1947 . Finally we got the freedom but there was many challenges for building a nation .
 As we see above we were under the colonial power for a long time so our economic health is not good . Along with this we faced another big problem of partition . Here we will discuss about how the Indian Constitution was made ? First of all we see the historical background step by step process and details introduction to the constitution of india...
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How was the constitution of India Made Step by Step Process

DEC  29, 1929 - Pt. JAWAHAR LAL NEHRU held a meeting of INC in LAHORE --- First time national flag was unfurled --- call for PURNA SWARAJ was made.

JAN 26 , 1930 --- decided as the day of independence  ---- and was celebrated 17 years till 15th August 1947 .

1934 --- first time idea of the Constitution was given by M. N. ROY .

1935 --- INC also demanded for the Constitution for the first time .

AUGUST OFFER --- in 1940 , Britishers gave us an offer in the month of August which known as August Offer in which they said that we will make the constitution that was rejected by our people .

CRIPS MISSION --- 1942 --- by this mission Britishers said that we will make the Constitution after the second world war -- which was rejected by the MUSLIM LEAGUE .

CABINET MISSION --1946 -- This proposal was accepted by all .
   
       At the time of struggle , our leaders were set their mind to make a Constitution for the country . After the independence they began to work in the process of making the Constitution , so , first of all  they were decided to make a Constitutional Assembly .

                 CONSTITUTIONAL ASSEMBLY
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Total members -----   389

from British Provinces --- 296  ( 292 + 4 members from chief election states - Delhi , Coorg , Ajmer & Baluchistan ).

from Princely States --- 93 ( indirectly elected )

* Ratio of seats --- 1 : 1000000

* Seats divided into --- Muslims , Sikhs & General

* But after partition of India & Pakistan ( August 14 , 1947 ) , the number of members in the Assembly was reduced to 299 .

NOV 26 , 1949 ---Our Constitution was adopted .

JAN 24 , 1950 --- actually 284 members were presented and appended their signature , and finally the Constitution passed  .

JAN 26 , 1950 --- the Constitution came into force .
* Mahatma Gandhi & Md. Ali Jinna was not a member of the Constitutional Assembly

* Dr. B.R. Ambedkar ---called as the father of the Indian Constitution . He was the president  ( Aug 29 , 1947 ) of the Drafting Committee ( + 6 members also ) .

* for making the constitution -- Total Time Period --- 2 years 11 months 18 days
Total Cost  --- 64 lakhs

* INDIAN CONSTITUTION ------ Articles -- 448
                                                          Parts ---- 25
                                                         Schedules ---12

* IMPORTANT DATES ---

DEC 6 , 1946 --- Formation of the Constitutional Assembly

DEC 9 , 1946 --- first meeting of INC was held ---and Sachchidananda Sinha was appointed as the temporary president .

DEC 11 , 1946 --- 2nd meeting was held --- and Dr. Rajendra Prasad was appointed as the president , H.C. Mukherjee was vice - chairman & B.N. Rau was appointed as the constitutional legal advisor .

DEC 13 , 1946 --- An " OBJECTIVE RESOLUTION " was presented by J.L. Nehru --- which was later became the " PREAMBLE " of the Constitution .

JULY 22 , 1947 --- National Flag adopted

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