Making of The Indiaan Constitution by Anita Dasgupta https://padlet.com/anitakolkata2018/project3 en-us 2022-05-03 12:24:28 UTC 2022-05-03 12:55:19 UTC hello@padlet.com anitakolkata2018 https://padlet.com/anitakolkata2018/project3/wish/2168214928 As a first step towards a constitution, Provincial Elections  were held in 1946 to elect the ‘Provincial Assemblies’ under the 'Cabinet Mission Plan’. Elected members of the Provincial Assemblies in turn elected a Constituent Assembly with 389 members (292 representatives of the States, 93 of Princely States and 4 of Chief Commissioner Provinces).]]> 2022-05-03 12:35:12 UTC https://padlet.com/anitakolkata2018/project3/wish/2168214928 anitakolkata2018 https://padlet.com/anitakolkata2018/project3/wish/2168218827 The Constituent Assembly first met in December 1946 to frame the constitution of India.
After the British rule (1857-1947) formally ended, the Indian subcontinent was divided into two independent dominions, India and Pakistan through the “Indian Independence Act”. 
]]> 2022-05-03 12:38:09 UTC https://padlet.com/anitakolkata2018/project3/wish/2168218827 anitakolkata2018 https://padlet.com/anitakolkata2018/project3/wish/2168220946 After partition, members belonging to the areas incorporated in the newly formed Pakistan ceased to be a part of the Indian ‘Constituent Assembly’.
The reorganized Constituent Assembly for India finally had 299 members.
]]> 2022-05-03 12:39:40 UTC https://padlet.com/anitakolkata2018/project3/wish/2168220946 anitakolkata2018 https://padlet.com/anitakolkata2018/project3/wish/2168223971 A draft constitution was prepared and presented to the Constituent Assembly by November 1947. The Assembly then debated every provision of the constitution for almost 3 years in more than hundred sessions which were open to
public. These debates are preserved and formally called “Constituent Assembly Debates.]]> 2022-05-03 12:41:57 UTC https://padlet.com/anitakolkata2018/project3/wish/2168223971 anitakolkata2018 https://padlet.com/anitakolkata2018/project3/wish/2168227945 The final version was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 26th November 1949; it came into effect on 26th January 1950. The original constitution exists in two copies (in Hindi and English) and is preserved in the Parliament House, New Delhi.]]> 2022-05-03 12:44:36 UTC https://padlet.com/anitakolkata2018/project3/wish/2168227945