CONSTITUTION

OF
INDIA

The Constituent Assembly

took exactly how much time
to complete its historic task
of drafting the Constitution
for Independent India? 2
years, 11 months and 17
days(From 9 December
1946 to 26 November 1949)

How many sessions of

Constituent Assembly were
held to complete Indian
Constitution? 11 sessions

When was the first session

of Constituent Assembly
held? From 9 to 23
December, 1946

When was the first session

of Constituent Assembly
held? From 9 to 23
December, 1946

When was the 2nd session

of Constituent Assembly
held? From 20 to 25
January, 1947

When was the 3rdsession of

Constituent Assembly held?
From 28 April to 2 May,
1947

When was the 4thsession of

Constituent Assembly held?
From 14 to 31 July,
1947

When was the 5thsession of

Constituent Assembly held?
From 14 to 30 August,
1947

When was the 6 session of

Constituent Assembly held?
On 27 January, 1948
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When was the 7thsession of

Constituent Assembly held?
From 4 November, 1948
to 8 January, 1949

When was the 8thsession of

Constituent Assembly held?
From 16 May to 16
June, 1949

When was the 9thsession of

Constituent Assembly held?
From 30 July to 18
September, 1949

When was the 10 session

of Constituent Assembly
held? From 6 to 17
October, 1949
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When was the 11thand final

session of Constituent
Assembly held? From 14
to 26 November, 1949

How many days were spent

in total to hold these eleven
sessions of the Constituent
Assembly? 166 days

Which was the longest

session of the Constituent
Assembly? 7thsession(It
was held for 66 days from 4
November, 1948 to 8
January, 1949)

Which was the shortest

session of the Constituent
Assembly? Sixth
session(It was held for just
a single day, i.e., 27 January
1948)

How many days were spent

for considering the Draft
Constitution? 114 days

The committee of the

Constituent Committee that
created the draft of the
Indian Constitution was
known by which popular
name? Drafting
Committee

When was the Drafting

Committee formed? On
29 August, 1947

Who was Chairman of the

Drafting Committee? Dr.
B.R. Ambedkar

Who were the initial

members of the Drafting
Committee? 1) Pandit
Govind Ballabh Pant, 2)
KM. Munshi, 3) A.
Krishnaswamy Iyer, 4) N.
Gopalaswami Iyengar, 5)
B.L. Mitter, 6) Mohammad
Saadullah and 7) D.P.
Khaitan

Who was appointed as the

Constitutional Advisor of the
Drafting Committee? Sir
B.N. Rau (Benegal
Narsing Rau)

Who were the two members who

later became members of the
Drafting Committee? Madhav
RaoandT.T.
Krishnamachari(Madhav Rao
was appointed after B.L. Mitter
resigned from the committee while
T.T. Krishnamachari was appointed
after the death of D P Khaitan)

How many amendments were

tabled over the draft of the
Indian Constitution while
deliberating on it? 7,635( A
total of a 7,635 amendments
were tabled whereas the
Constituent Assembly moved,
discussed and disposed of as
many as 2,473 amendments)

Indian Constitution was

adopted by the Constituent
Assembly on which date?
26 November, 1949

The process of constitution

making was completed on
26 November, 1949

On which date the members of

the Constituent Assembly
appended their signatures on
the Constitution of India? 24
January 1950(308 members of
the Assembly signed two copies
of the document (one each in
Hindi and English) on this day)

Indian Constitution came into

effect on 26 January 1950. Why
26 January was chosen for this
important day? To
commemorate the Purna
Swarj Declaration of
Independence, which was put
into effect on 26 January
1930.