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The Constituent Assembly of India

The Constituent Assembly held the first meeting of the newly formed parliament on December 9,
1946, and Dr. Sachchidananda Sinha was appointed as the interim president of the Constituent
Assembly. Ultimately, Dr Rajendra Prasad was elected as the President of the constituent
assembly on December 11, 1946, and the Vice president was H C Mookerjee and V T
Krishnamachari.

What are the Committees of the Constituent Assembly?

Different Committees were set up by the constituent assembly to look towards the different
departments of Constitution-making, for now, an Independent India.

Of the total of 22 committees of the constituent assembly, only 8 were important committees,
while the remaining were the minor and supporting committees. 

Drafting Committee

The drafting committee was set up on 29th August 1947, by the constituent assembly. At the
first meeting of the Drafting Committee on 30th August 1947, Dr B.R Ambedkar was elected as
the chairman of the committee .

The drafting committee published the first draft of the would-be constitution on 21st February
1948. It was then scrutinised for about eight months. After hearing the feedback from the public,
the necessary amendments were made and the following draft of the constitution was published
in October 1948. 

Since its inception in 1947, the drafting committee took 2 years, 11 months and 17/18 days to
frame the full Constitution of India. 

The constituent Assembly had held a total of 11 sessions over the course of 165 days. Out of
these, 114 days were spent on the deliberations of the drafting committee and the draft(s)
Constitution. 

A total of seven members made up the prominent Drafting Committee. These members are:

 B.R. Ambedkar – Chairman 

 Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar
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 K.M Munshi
 B.L. Mitter (Due to bad health, he was replaced by N Madhav Rao as a member of the
Drafting Committee)
 D.P. Khaitan (After his death, TT Krishnamachari became a member of the drafting
committee)
 Mohammad Saadulla
 N. Gopalaswami

Major Committees of the Constituent Assembly are:

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Minor Committees of the Constituent Assembly

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