DAMODARAM SANJIVAYYA NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY

SABBAVARAM, VISAKHAPATNAM, A.P., INDIA

SUBJECT: HISTORY-II
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PROJECT TITLE:

“CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY MEMBERS AND THEIR ROLE

IN FARMING THE INDIAN CONSTITUTION’’
a. Deshbandhu Gupta
b. Mukut Bihari Lal Bhargava
c. C.M. Pooncha

PROF. Dr . Viswachandra Nath Madasu

SUBMITTED BY: M. SWETCHCHA

ROLL NO: 2019LLB089
SEMISTER: II
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I would sincerely like to put forward my heartfelt appreciation to our respected HISTORY
professor Dr . VISWACHANDRA NATH MADASU for giving me a golden opportunity in
doing the project about “CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY MEMBERS AND THEIR ROLE
IN FARMING THE INDIAN CONSTITUTION a. Deshbandhu Gupta , b. Mukut
Bihari Lal Bhargava , c. C.M.Pooncha ”. I have tried my level best in doing the project to
give a clear description about the topic. I would also like to thank for the eminent support and
suggestions.
 TABLE OF CONTACTS

 INTRODUCTION
 DESHBANDHU GUPTA
 Early life
 Political Activism
 Constituent assembly debates
 The Journalist

 Mukut Bihari Lal Bhargava

 Member of constituent Assembly
 Lok Sabha MP

 C.M. POONCHA
 Freedom movement
 Politics

 Bibliography
 ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION :

a. Deshbandhu Gupta :

Deshbandhu Gupta's dynamic contribution in political occasions of his time was a main
consideration in his incorporation in significant occasions related with the Indian opportunity
battle. He had shown social mindfulness and an enthusiasm for being a piece of significant
organization with associations he acquainted with even before joining the INC. For instance,
he was a functioning individual from the Arya Samaj branch at Chawdi Bazar. He
additionally came to hold the post of councilor of the branch at one purpose of time. He
endured political detainment on various events because of his dynamic association in the
opportunity battle. He was first detained at 19 years old.

b. Mukut Bihari Lal Bhargava :

Beawar Municipality; Represented India in the 41st Inter-Parliamentary Conference at Berne

in 1952 and attended Second Session of the World Government Conference, London in 1952;
Attended World Moral Rearmament Assembly at Caux in 1952; Member, Central Legislative
Assembly, Constituent Assembly, Provisional Parliament, First Lok Sabha, 1952—57 and
Second Lok Sabha, 1957—62.In 1928, Bhargava joined the Indian National Congress and the
All India States Peoples Conference. He fought for the Indian independence and was jailed in
quit India movement. He lost his eyesight when in jail. He was a member of Constituent
Assembly of India in 1949. He was elected to the 1st Lok Sabha in 1951 from Ajmer South
constituency in Ajmer state.

c. C.M. Pooncha:
C. M. Poonacha was a descendant of the Coorg Dewans. During the Freedom Movement he
was sentenced to imprisonment twice during the Salt Satyagraha in 1932 and 1933. He was
again imprisoned in 1940–41. and in 1942–44. He became a member of All-India Congress
Committee in 1938. Also, in 1938 he was elected to Coorg District Board, became its
President in 1941 and in 1945 he was elected to Coorg Legislative Council. From 1945
to1951 he was leader of the Congress Legislative Party in the Council. He hence became a
prominent member of the Indian National Congress party in Coorg.
Submitted by : M.Swetchcha , Roll No. : 19llb089 , Semister :ii
 SYNOPSIS

Title of the project: Constituent Assembly Members and their role in framing the Indian
constitution
a. Deshbandhu Gupta
b. Mukut Bihari Lal Bhargava
c. C.M. Pooncha

Introduction :

a. Deshbandhu Gupta :

Deshbandhu Gupta's dynamic contribution in political occasions of his time was a main
consideration in his incorporation in significant occasions related with the Indian opportunity
battle. He had shown social mindfulness and an enthusiasm for being a piece of significant
organization with associations he acquainted with even before joining the INC. For instance,
he was a functioning individual from the Arya Samaj branch at Chawdi Bazar. He
additionally came to hold the post of councilor of the branch at one purpose of time. He
endured political detainment on various events because of his dynamic association in the
opportunity battle. He was first detained at 19 years old.

b. Mukut Bihari Lal Bhargava :

Beawar Municipality; Represented India in the 41st Inter-Parliamentary Conference at Berne

in 1952 and attended Second Session of the World Government Conference, London in 1952;
Attended World Moral Rearmament Assembly at Caux in 1952; Member, Central Legislative
Assembly, Constituent Assembly, Provisional Parliament, First Lok Sabha, 1952—57 and
Second Lok Sabha, 1957—62.In 1928, Bhargava joined the Indian National Congress and the
All India States Peoples Conference. He fought for the Indian independence and was jailed in
quit India movement. He lost his eyesight when in jail. He was a member of Constituent
Assembly of India in 1949. He was elected to the 1st Lok Sabha in 1951 from Ajmer South
constituency in Ajmer state.

c. C.M. Pooncha:
C. M. Poonacha was a descendant of the Coorg Dewans. During the Freedom Movement he
was sentenced to imprisonment twice during the Salt Satyagraha in 1932 and 1933. He was
again imprisoned in 1940–41. and in 1942–44. He became a member of All-India Congress
Committee in 1938. Also, in 1938 he was elected to Coorg Legislative Council. From 1945 to
1951 he was leader of the Congress Legislative Party in the Council. He hence became a
prominent member of the Indian National Congress party in Coorg.

Objective of the study:

To understand how they struggled for freedom and help to formate
of constitution.

Scope of the study:

The scope of the study is limited to know about the three persons and
they struggled for freedom.

Significance of the study:

The concept help us to know their struggle and their profession
and their part getting freedom.

Literature review:
The reasearcher has taken information from various books, websources ,
articles, journals
Reasearch methodology:
The study is based on the doctrinal method of research

Research question:
Whether like other freedom fighters they also get the name for fighting
for the freedom ?

Name of the student: M.Swetchcha

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 INTRODUCTION

a. Deshbandhu Gupta :

Rati Ram Deshbandhu Gupta (14 June 1901 – 21 November 1951), all the more prevalently
known as Lala Deshbandhu Gupta, was an Indian political dissident, administrator and writer
conceived in Panipat, Haryana to Shri Shadiram and Rajrani Gupta. He is broadly known for
supporting the opportunity of the press and for contending for get together status for the
National Capital Territory of Delhi. He likewise contended for the detachment of Punjab and
Haryana. Deshbandhu Gupta's dynamic contribution in political occasions of his time was a
main consideration in his incorporation in significant occasions related with the Indian
opportunity battle.

He had shown social mindfulness and an enthusiasm for being a piece of significant
organization with associations he acquainted with even before joining the INC. For instance,
he was a functioning individual from the Arya Samaj branch at Chawdi Bazar. He likewise
came to hold the post of councilor of the branch at one purpose of time. He endured political
imprisonment on various events because of his dynamic contribution in the opportunity
battle. He was first detained at 19 years old. He is known to have crusaded for the partition of
Haryana and Punjab upon discharge from prison in 1927. He was bolstered by Ch. Ranbir
Huda right now, others.

b. Mukut Bihari Lal Bhargava :

Mukat Behari Lal Bhargava (30 June 1903 – 18 December 1980 in Jaipur) was an Indian
government official, an individual from the Indian National Congress ideological group and
an individual from the Lok Sabha from 1951 to 1967. In 1928, Bhargava joined the Indian
National Congress and the All India States Peoples Conference. He battled for the Indian
autonomy and was imprisoned in quit India development. He lost his visual perception when
in prison.

He was an individual from Constituent Assembly of India in 1949. He was chosen to the first
Lok Sabha in 1951 from Ajmer South voting public in Ajmer state. He was chosen to the
second and third Lok Sabha from Ajmer voting demographic in Rajasthan state in 1957 and
1962 individually. He was a notable legal counselor of his occasions. He had an astonishing
memory.
 c. C.M. Pooncha :

Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha usually referred to as C. M. Poonacha was Chief Minister of

Coorg, Minister in Mysore State, Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha),
Union Railway Minister of India and Governor of Madhya Pradesh and Governor of Orissa.
C. M. Poonacha was a relative of the Coorg Dewans. During the Freedom Movement he was
condemned to detainment twice during the Salt Satyagraha in 1932 and 1933. He was again
detained in 1940–41. what's more, in 1942–44. He turned into an individual from All-India
Congress Committee in 1938.

Additionally, in 1938 he was chosen to Coorg District Board, turned into its President in
1941 and in 1945 he was chosen for Coorg Legislative Council. From 1945 to 1951 he was
pioneer of the Congress Legislative Party in the Council. He consequently turned into a
noticeable individual from the Indian National Congress party in Coorg.
 DESH BANDHU GUPTA

Rati Ram Deshbandhu Gupta (14 June 1901 – 21 November 1951), more popularly known as
Lala Deshbandhu Gupta, was an Indian freedom fighter, legislator He is widely known for
championing the freedom of the press and for arguing for assembly status for the National
Capital Territory of Delhi. He also argued for the separation of Punjab and Haryana.
Deshbandhu Gupta, a revolutionary freedom fighter, journalist par excellence, and a robust
legislator, stood true to what he believed in at all times.

A member of the Constituent Assembly, Gupta championed many causes throughout his life
he was a staunch defender of the free press, and an advocate for assembly status of the
national capital of Delhi, among others. Born as Rati Ram Gupta in 1901 in Panipat, he was
given the title “Deshbandhu”, or friend of the nation, by Swami Shraddhanand and Mahatma
Gandhi.

 Early Life :

Deshbandhu Gupta was conceived as Rati Ram Gupta in the Badi Pahad region of Panipat.
His dad Shadiram was an appeal essayist and a Vedic researcher. He additionally composed
Urdu composition and poetry. He was 19 when he wedded the multi year old Sona Devi,
however their marital coalition had been organized since he was five years of age and she
three. He had four children Vishwabandhu Gupta, Prembandhu Gupta, Ramesh Gupta and
Satish Gupta. Rati Ram Gupta finished his basic training at a madrasa in Panipat, and
afterward learned at St Stephen's College. Charles Indridge, Western and Ghosh showed him
there, while Shri SK Rudra was the head. He additionally filled in as collaborator for Shri
Jamanalal Bajaj, a fabric dealer at Chandini Chowk for 18 days when he was at St Stephen's.
It was around this time occasions, for example, the Jallianwalla Bagh slaughter occurred.
They left their engraving on open memory everywhere, and on the youthful Rati Ram
specifically. Therefore, following a Non-Cooperation Conference by Mahatma M K Gandhi
in Bhiwani on 22 October 1920, Deshbandhu Gupta was propelled to assume a more
straightforward job in the battle for opportunity against British principle in India. He gave the
head of the school, Shri S K Rudra, a notification such that he wished to leave St Stephen's.
As S K Rudra was thoughtful to the progressive reason, he acknowledged this, and is noted to
have energized the youthful Rati Ram to settle on the best of his choice to serve the
opportunity battle.
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 Political Activism :

Deshbandhu Gupta's dynamic contribution in political occasions of his time was a central
point in his incorporation in significant occasions related with the Indian opportunity battle.
He had shown social mindfulness and an enthusiasm for being a piece of significant
organization with associations he acquainted with even before joining the INC. For instance,
he was a functioning individual from the Arya Samaj branch at Chawdi Bazar. He
additionally came to hold the post of councilor of the branch at one purpose of time. He
endured political detainment on various events because of his dynamic association in the
opportunity battle. He was first detained at 19 years old. He is known to have battled for the
partition of Haryana and Punjab upon discharge from prison in 1927. He was bolstered by
Ch. Ranbir Huda right now, others. Among different individuals from the opportunity
development, he was related with both Lala Lajpat Rai and Swami Shraddhanand. The
previous was his educator at the Tilak School of Politics. Later turned into the friend of Lala
Lajpat Rai. He once tended to a social event in Delhi at the command of the ladies' wing of
the INC.As the substance of his discourse was viewed as offensive by the British
government, he was restricted from tending to some other get-togethers in Delhi. Thus,
Lajpat Rai relegated him the assignment of sorting out Congress boards of trustees in Karnal,
which was the tehsil that his origination, Panipat, had a place with at that point.

1
Lala Shri Deshbandhu Gupta Ji. Yuva Netritva Jyoti Sansthan. 2008
2. "Desh Bandhu Gupta: Too illustrious a son to be forgotten in hometown"
The Government of India Act 1935 was passed because of consultations in the Third Round
Table Conference in London that was assembled in November 1932. It accommodated the
setting up of an All India Federation and new administration models for the territories. There
were a few weaknesses in the Act, the push of which was that, however Indians could have
more noteworthy common managerial force, the key offices – safeguard and outside relations
were as yet the privilege of the British. Regardless of being "sharply contradicted" to the
arrangements of the Act, the INC proceeded with decisions and shaped governments in seven
out of eleven territories by July 1937, and alliance governments in two all the more later on.
It was just Bengal and Punjab that had non-Congress governments.

Punjab was managed by the Unionist Party and Bengal by the Krishak Praja Party-Muslim
League alliance. In 18 February administrative get together decisions in Punjab, just Lala
Deshbandhu Gupta and Pandit Shriram Sharma won seats from the INC. He remained on in
the Punjab get together for a long time. He was later chosen MP from Delhi, and furthermore
held a few significant situations inside the INC during his political vocation. It was Swami
Shraddhanand and Mahatma Gandhi who gave him the title deshbandhu (companion of the
country), which came to be utilized as his name.Notwithstanding dynamic legislative issues,
he was associated with countering the numerous collective uproars saw in Delhi and
numerous different territories in British India during this time as a result of developing
commonly disruptive powers in Indian culture.

As both a writer and Constituent Assembly part, he is known to have staunchly bolstered
opportunity of the Press in India, as particularly confirm in the discussions encompassing the
(at that point) section 88-An in the Assembly draft, held in September 1949. One more
significant issue he is known to have been associated with is the topic of get together status
for the National Capital, Delhi. He upheld the setting up of a capable government in Delhi,
which drove him to restrict B. R. Ambedkar on the issue. Dr. Ambedkar bolstered
exceptional status for the NCT. Delhi in the long run got a gathering, however as a unique
Union Territory instead of a state. It is for his job in making sure about this that Deshbandhu
Gupta is accepted to have been a feasible possibility for the primary Chief Minister of Punjab
and Haryana .
Deshbandhu was a socially mindful resident even before he entered dynamic governmental
issues. An individual from the Arya Samaj during his teenagers, he would regularly rampage
during fights. In any case, it was the Jallianwala Bagh slaughter in 1919 that shook him and
left him needing to contribute more to the opportunity battle. Subsequent to joining the Indian
National Congress, he developed nearer to the big bosses of the gathering, including pioneers,
for example, Lala Lajpat Rai and Mahatma Gandhi. Gupta effectively battled for the
detachment of Haryana and Punjab. He once tended to a social occasion in Delhi as a
component of the INC and the discourse left such a blemish on the crowd that before long,
the British government restricted him from giving any talks in Delhi. Thusly, Lala Lajpat Rai
alloted him the errand of arranging Congress boards of trustees in Karnal. Gupta proceeded to
turn into a piece of the Punjab authoritative gettogether. He likewise got chosen from Delhi
later. As an individual from the Constituent Assembly, Gupta raised some relevant issues.
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 Constituent assembly debates:

Gupta effectively contended against smothering the development of papers in any capacity.
He took solid issue with the burden of charges on papers and accepted they merited a
treatment unmistakable from different businesses. "They are not an industry as in different
enterprises are. This has been perceived everywhere throughout the world. They have a
strategic perform. Furthermore, I am happy to state that the papers in India have played out
that crucial open assistance respectably and we have motivation to feel glad for it," he
contended in the Constituent Assembly. Gupta proceeded to allude to the US Supreme Court
judgment in the celebrated Louisiana case wherein a 2 percent permitting charge was
collected on the papers of the state. He even read the judgment to come to his meaningful
conclusion, "The papers, magazines and different diaries of the nation, it is protected to state,
have shed and keep on shedding, all the more light on the general population and business
undertakings of the country than some other instrumentality of exposure." Collecting a duty
on papers would be culpable the key right of free discourse, he accepted.

He likewise contended for Delhi increasing more portrayal in the Parliament: "As respects
Delhi, its populace has significantly swollen by the deluge of outcasts more than in some
other town. As indicated by the last enumeration (1941), Delhi's populace was around 9
lakhs, yet at present it is assessed to be around 19 lakhs. Consequently it would be out of line
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3. "Constituent Assembly Debates On 1 September, 1949 Part I". Indiankanoon.org.
4. CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY OF INDIA – VOLUME IX – Friday, the 9th September 1949".
/parliamentofindia.nic.in
for the Delhi region should the quantity of agents be fixed by the last registration." Gupta
contended energetically for the get together status of Delhi despite the fact that it was a Union
Territory, which was contradicted by Dr B.R. Ambedkar. At last, Delhi got a gathering. It is,
at that point, nothing unexpected that Gupta appreciates the sort of worship he does in the
national capital. On 14th July 1947, two months since it last met, the Constituent Assembly
of India sat down for business. This sitting marked the beginning a new phase of constitution-
making as members now carried out their discussions knowing that partition would soon
become a reality. In May 1947, the British government had made it clear: partition would
happen Predictably, deliberations of the Assembly on 14th July saw of members referring to
political developments in their speeches and what it meant for the Indian constitution-making
project. there were three significant strands to these discussion:

First, some members representing the Muslim League and the Princely States, who until now
boycotted the Assembly, finally started to trickle into the Assembly. The very first item on
the Assembly’s agenda was the signing of the register by new members. After the President
called out the name of the first new member who happened to be from Muslim League,
Deshbandhu Gupta, intervened with a point of order: he wanted the new member to first
clarify if he ‘still subscribes to the two-nation theory’? Gupta suggested that in light of
India’s partition, only those members who subscribed to the Objectives Resolution should be
allowed to sign the register and formally join the Assembly. The President of the Assembly
disagreed. As long as a member was duly elected to the Assembly, the President reasoned,
the member had every right to join the proceedings. There were members however who
welcomed members of the Muslim League with open arms into Assembly.

 The Journalist :

Other than being a political dissident and lawmaker, Gupta likewise wore the cap of a
writer.He began the Rozana Tej paper with Swami Shraddhanand, an Arya Samaj evangelist.
Gupta later turned into the sole proprietor of the paper, and before long moved toward
veteran columnist Ramnath Goenka. Together, they purchased the Indian News Chronicle in
Chennai. Deshbandhu Gupta was a journalist, in addition to being remembered as a freedom
fighter and socialist politician. He chaired or was otherwise a part of several press editorial
boards and committees, including the All India Newspaper Editors' Conference, which he
also served as chief in 1950.With Swami Shraddhanand, he started the Daily Tej newspaper,
published in Urdu (as the Rozana Tej). Upon Shraddhanand's demise on 23 December 1926,
Deshbandhu assumed full control of the newspaper. He also co-chaired the Indian News
Chronicle along with Ram Nath Goenka, who had bought stakes to the company. After
Deshbandhu's death, Goenka renamed the paper into The Indian Express. The Indian Express
and Goenka took the British Raj head on. In 1948, the Hindi daily.Daily Tej approached
Goenka. In collaboration, they brought out the English newspaper,

The Indian News Chronicle in Chennai. When Lala Deshbandhu Gupta passed away,Goenka
renamed the newspaper The Indian Express. After Independence, Goenka was appointed
member of the Constituent Assembly of India. He was a fearless journalist who is
remembered for his fierce opposition to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, during the days
of the Emergency. His bitter fight with friend-turned-foe DhirubhaiAmbani is legend. He
passed away on October 5, 1991, having battled a prolongedillness.

Mukut Bihari Lal Bhargava :

Mukat Behari Lal Bhargava (30 June 1903 – 18 December 1980 in Jaipur) was an Indian
politician, a member of the Indian National Congress political party and a member of the Lok
Sabha from 1951 to 1967.In 1928, Bhargava joined the Indian National Congress and the All
India States Peoples Conference. He fought for the Indian independence and was jailed in
quit India movement. He lost his eyesight when in jail. He was a member of Constituent
Assembly of India in 1949. He was elected to the 1st Lok Sabha in 1951 from Ajmer South
constituency in Ajmer state. He was elected to the 2nd and 3rd Lok Sabha from Ajmer
constituency in Rajasthan state in 1957 and 1962 respectively. He was a well known lawyer
of his times. After Independence , he spoke to the Ajmer voting public in the Lok Sabha in
three decisions. He was additionally taking a stab at the foundation of agent rule in the royal
conditions of Rajasthan before freedom. Bhargavji, a backer of antiquated Indian human
advancement and culture, was known as a powerful speaker in the Lok Sabha.

 MEMBER OF CONSTITUENTY ASSEMBLY :

As indicated by Satyakishor Saxena, Ajmer 's popular legal counselor who rehearsed and
politicized with Mukut Bihari Lal Bhargava, "When the conversation was continuing for the
constitution of the nation, Bhargava was likewise dynamic. Around then there were various
boards were shaped. Since Dr. Ambedkar youthful and great English should learn, so the
leader of the established draft advisory group has made them. around then Bhargava c Nti
was in the torch youthful legal counselors. However, while tragically the nation's opportunity
of Bhargava His eyes went to light. In the autonomy development, the British government
secured Bhargava in the Central Jail. At that point a smallpox-like plague spread in the prison
and because of absence of legitimate treatment, the light of Bhargava was lost. Yet,
considerably in the wake of seeing Bhargava's capacity and memory, he was made an
individual from the Constituent Assembly . The visually impaired visually impaired
Bhargava likewise determined what ought to be done in the constitution of the nation.
"Promoter Satyakishor Saxena additionally says that Bhargava's memory was huge. Bhargava
used to get notification from his lesser legal counselors under the steady gaze of going to
court and afterward setting off to the court officer. Used to determine what is composed on
which page of the document and in which book of the Constitution, on what page is it
recorded.

The Constituent Assembly of India was chosen to compose the Constitution of India.
Following India's freedom from British Government in 1947, its individuals filled in as the
country's first Parliament. A thought for a Constituent Assembly was proposed in 1934 by M.
N. Roy, a pioneer of the Communist development in India and a promoter of radical majority
rules system. It turned into an official interest of the Indian National Congress in 1935, C.
Rajagopalachari voiced the interest for a Constituent Assembly on 15 November 1939
dependent on grown-up establishment, and was acknowledged by the British in August 1940.

On 8 August 1940, an announcement was made by Viceroy Lord Linlithgow about the
extension of the Governor-General's Executive Council and the foundation of a War
Advisory Council. This offer, known as the August Offer, included offering full weight to
minority thoughts and permitting Indians to draft their own constitution. Under the Cabinet
Mission Plan of 1946, races were held just because for the Constituent Assembly. The
Constitution of India was drafted by the Constituent Assembly, and it was executed under the
Cabinet Mission Plan on 16 May 1946. The individuals from the Constituent Assembly were
chosen by the commonplace gatherings by a solitary, transferable-vote arrangement of
relative portrayal. The absolute participation of the Constituent Assembly was 389 of which
292 were agents of the states, 93 spoke to the august states and four were from the main chief
regions of Delhi, Ajmer-Merwara, Coorg and British Baluchistan. Coorg was then a different
state. It was assimilated into the recent Mysore state, presently renamed as Karnataka state
after the revamping of phonetic states in India. The past Coorg state frames the Kodagu
region in Karnataka and has its home office in Madikeri. The decisions for the 296 seats
doled out to the British Indian areas were finished by August 1946. Congress won 208 seats,
and the Muslim League 73.
After this political decision, the Muslim League would not help out the Congress,[citation
needed] and the political circumstance crumbled. Hindu-Muslim mobs started, and the
Muslim League requested a different constituent get together for Muslims in India. On 3 June
1947 Lord Mountbatten, the last British Governor-General of India, reported his aim to scrap
the Cabinet Mission Plan; this finished in the Indian Independence Act 1947 and the different
countries of India and Pakistan. The Indian Independence Act was passed on 18 July 1947
and, despite the fact that it was before proclaimed that India would get autonomous in June
1948, this occasion prompted autonomy on 15 August 1947.

The Constituent Assembly met just because on 9 December 1946, reassembling on 14 August
1947 as a sovereign body and successor to the British parliament's clout in India. Because of
the segment, under the Mountbatten plan, a different Constituent Assembly of Pakistan was
set up on 3 June 1947. The delegates of the zones fused into Pakistan stopped to be
individuals from the Constituent Assembly of India. New decisions were held for the West
Punjab and East Bengal (which turned out to be a piece of Pakistan, albeit East Bengal later
withdrew to become Bangladesh); the enrollment of the Constituent Assembly was 299 after
the redesign, and it met on 31 December 1947. The constitution was drafted by 299
representatives from various standing ,locale religion ,sexual orientation and so on. These
representatives sat more than 114 days spread more than 3 years (2 years 11 months and
17days to be exact) and talked about what the constitution ought to contain and what laws
ought to be incorporated. The constitution get together was led by Dr,B.R Ambedkar. The
constitution of India is the greatest constitution in the whole world as its constitution involves
laws from different nations constitution too.

 Lokh Sabha MP

The Lok Sabha elections were held in 1952 for the first time in the country. Mukut Bihari Lal
Bhargava became the MP in this election. After this, Bhargava was elected MP in 1959 and
1962 also. Bhargava ji's nephew Vishveshwar Nath Bhargava became MP from Ajmer in the
elections of 1967 and 1971 . Since Mukut Bihari Lal Bhargava had no children of his own,
his sister's son Surendra Nath Bhargava was adopted. Later he also became the Chief Justice
of Bhargava High Court. He was elected to the 2nd and 3rd Lok Sabha from Ajmer
constituency in Rajasthan state in 1957 and 1962 respectively. He was a well known lawyer
of his times. In 1928, Bhargava joined the Indian National Congress and the All India States
Peoples Conference. He fought for the Indian independence and was jailed in quit India
movement. He lost his eyesight when in jail. He was a member of Constituent Assembly of
India in 1949. He was elected to the 1st Lok Sabha in 1951 from Ajmer South constituency in
Ajmer state. He is the ministry of law of law and justice.

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Mukut Bihari Lal Bhargava of Ajmer was also a member of the Constituent Assembly (Hindi) ajmernama.com.
Retrieved 23 July 2017.
 C.M.POONCHA

Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha normally alluded to as C. M. Poonacha was Chief Minister of

Coorg, Minister in Mysore State, Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha),
Union Railway Minister of India and Governor of Madhya Pradesh and Governor of
Orissa .After his retirement from active politics, he served two terms as governor, once as
Governor of Madhya Pradesh (Governors of Madhya Pradesh) taking charge on 17 August
1978 and later as Governor of Orissa on 30 April 1980 (Governors of Odisha).He
discontinued his studies to join the freedom movement and was sentenced to imprisonment
twice during salt Satyagraha.

 FREEDOM MOVEMENT:

In 1930, Gandhiji roused understudies to turn out in enormous numbers to show

their solidarity with the political dissidents. Youthful Poonacha unexpectedly
joined a gathering of understudies and participated in a road exhibit. The Principal
of the foundation was a lot of upset. Word spread that genuine activity was being
thought about on the individuals who hurt the notoriety of the school. Youthful
Poonacha precipitously joined a gathering of understudies and participated in a
road show. The Principal of the establishment was a lot of upset. Word spread that
genuine activity was being thought about on the individuals who hurt the notoriety
of the college.That night Poonacha took an extreme choice. It was to be an
extraordinary choice for him. The craving to free the nation of frontier rule
supplanted his desire to be a specialist. He chose to surrender his examinations and
set out to join the battle in liberating the country from the remote burden. dynamic
in the opportunity development in Coorg.
He excitedly joined Ajjikuttira Chinnappa, Mallengada Chengappa, Chekkera
Monnaiah, Kakamada Nanaiah et al and began participating in different exercises. One of the
senior individuals from the Congress Party, Kollimada Carumbaiah, saw the youth's
eagerness and begun giving him errands particularly in spreading mindfulness among the
Harijans with respect to the hurtful impacts of liquor. Poonacha was before long given full
charge of a Harijan keri in Kaikeri which was near his home.Subsequent to the Salt
Satyagraha, the opportunity development increased further force everywhere throughout the
nation. In 1931 C.M. Poonacha took a gathering of Harijans to Madikeri and drove them in a
dissent walk infringing upon government orders. He was captured and was brought under the
steady gaze of the sub-judge Palecanda Medappa at Madikeri. Equity Medappa was a nearby
connection. Poonacha's stressed dad Chepudira Muthanna was brought by Justice Medappa to
his chambers. The Hon'ble judge permitted Poonacha to be discharged on bail, yet trained his
dad to encourage Poonacha to quit any pretense of partaking in unlawful exercises. A harsh
Justice Medappa taught Poonacha to show up before him ten days after the fact, and concede'.
He guaranteed that the youthful radical would then be let off with a warning.At Kannur jail,
the adolescents from Kodagu had the chance to meet Kamalanath Tiwari, one of the partners
of Bhagat Singh. Tiwari talked for a long time about the abominations of the British against
Indians. Poonacha and his companions were profoundly influenced, and their purpose to keep
battling for opportunity was additionally merged.

After about a month in Kannur jail, Poonacha challenged the low quality food being served in
the prison. Seen as a troublemaker, he was instantly moved to Vellore prison. At Vellore jail
Poonacha ended up in the organization of a few stalwarts of the opportunity development.
Among the notables were C. Rajagopalachari, Kamaraj Nadar, E.M.S. Namboodripad,
Prakasam, Satyamurthy, L.S. Prabhu et al. Tuning in to these academic characters came as a
shelter to a few youthful political dissidents like Poonacha. This was an uncommon chance to
gain from the intelligent people and patriots of the time.At Vellore jail Poonacha wound up in
the organization of a few stalwarts of the opportunity development. Among the notables were
C. Rajagopalachari, Kamaraj Nadar, E.M.S. Namboodripad, Prakasam, Satyamurthy, L.S.
Prabhu et al. Tuning in to these academic characters came as a help to a few youthful political
dissidents like Poonacha. This was an uncommon chance to gain from the savvy people and
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patriots of the time. On the day Poonacha was to be liberated in the wake of having finished
his jail term, L.S. Prabhu needed Poonacha to carry out an itemized report that he had
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arranged about the manner in which political dissidents were treated in the cells, the shocking
conditions, and the falling apart strength of a portion of the more established detainees.
Prabhu nailed the report to Poonacha's shawl and conveyed it on his own shoulders as he
came to see him off. After a thorough check Poonacha was about to step out of the prison
gate. Just then, Prabhu shouted: “Poonacha, you have forgotten your shawl.” He then threw
the shawl towards Poonacha. The guards did not suspect anything. Few days later, one of the
national newspapers carried the full report, much to the chagrin of the jailers!

 Politics:

In 1947 Coorg was a separate state in South India until 1956. The other states of South India
at that time were Bombay Presidency, Madras Presidency, Mysore kingdom, Travancore
kingdom, Cochin kingdom and Hyderabad kingdom. The Coorg State Assembly had a
strength of 24 members and the Cabinet consisted of just two members. Most of the leaders
of Congress including Pandiyanda Belliappa were arrested in Coorg. The police were
searching for Poonacha, but he was still away in Bombay. As a relatively unknown member
of the Congress, the police in Bombay did not arrest him. Some of the senior leaders of the
party from Karnataka wanted to send sensitive documents to Dharwad. As they were sure to
be arrested by the following morning, they identified Poonacha as the ideal person to carry
these documents to Karnataka Congress Head Quarters in Dharwad. Poonacha readily agreed.

He boarded the train to Dharwad, and for the next two days travelled in third class under most
uncomfortable conditions. He had to avoid attracting the attention of the police. By the time
the train pulled into Dharwad station, it was two O’ clock in the morning. He carried his
precious cargo and walked towards Congress Head Quarters. As he approached the office, he
was dismayed to find the building brightly lit, and the place swarming with police. They were
pulling out documents from cupboards and checking the premises.He then thought of
Srinivasrao Koujalige, an ardent Gandhian, who was in charge of the Khadi Bhandar. It was
about three in the morning by the time he reached the house of Koujalige. He tentatively
knocked the door. Koujalige family was sure it was the police. They were relieved to see
Poonacha and welcomed him to their home. By then Poonacha was tired to the bone, sleep
deprived and very hungry. Under the affectionate care of the elderly Koujalige couple, it took
three days for Poonacha to recover from the fatigue of the arduous task.

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Having accomplished the responsibility given to him, he set out homewards. Just then, he
received news from his friend Ramamurthy lawyer that his first-born child did not
survive.Back home, his wife and parents were worried. Ever since his trip to Bombay, there
was no news of Poonacha. Coorg police were waiting to arrest ‘Sarpastra Poonacha’. To
avoid arrest, Ramamurthy arranged a car to pick-up Poonacha at the check-post near
Anechowkur. They drove straight to Palangala wh ere his wife was staying with her parents.
By then the police got wind of Poonacha heading to his in-laws place. They were there to
‘greet’ him! Police sub-Inspector A.S. Kalappa was ready to arrest Poonacha. By then
familiar with the law-enforcers, Poonacha requested Inspector Kalappa to give him time until
the following day when he would on his own surrender at the police station. Inspector
Kalappa was kind and understanding of the situation, and agreed. The following day
Poonacha was arrested under the Defence of India Act. He was first taken to Kannur jail and
from there to the jail at Vellore. He was sentenced to 20 months detention.

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