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SESSIONS OF THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY WORLD’S LONGEST
CONSTITUTION
After
FIRST SESSION: SEVENTH SESSION: Indian Constitution Independence
December 9-23, 1946 November 4,1948 - is the longest for any when crores of
SECOND SESSION: January 8, 1949 people dreamed
January 20-25, 1947 EIGHTH SESSION: sovereign country in the
THIRD SESSION: May 16 - June 16, 1949 world. In its current form of moving ahead
April 28-May 2, 1947 NINTH SESSION: with new hopes
FOURTH SESSION: July 30- September 18, it has a Preamble, 22 and their spirit
July 14-31, 1947 1949 parts with 395 Articles, was high despite
FIFTH SESSION: TENTH SESSION: 12 Schedules, four adverse conditions
August 14-30, 1947 October 6-17, 1949 prevailing at that
SIXTH SESSION: ELEVENTH SESSION: Appendices and 104 time it was not an
January 27, 1948 November 14-26, 1949 Amendments easy task to give
a Constitution
WOMEN IN THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY acceptable to all
Indian Constitution was formed when women in many parts of the
world were denied basic rights. A total of 15 women were part of the The Prime
Constituent Assembly, including Sarojini Naidu, Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, Minister said on
Hansaben Jivraj Mehta, Sucheta Kripalani and G. Durgabai. November 26,
2017

to be members of the Assembly. India. During this period, it held eleven sessions
As a result, the membership of the Assembly covering a total of 165 days. On December 13,
was reduced to 299. The Constitution of India 1946, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru moved the Ob-
came into force on January 26, 1950. On that jectives Resolution which was unanimously ad-
day, the Assembly ceased to exist, transforming opted by the Constituent Assembly on January
itself into the Provisional Parliament of India un- 22, 1947. Late in the evening of August 14, 1947
til a new Parliament was constituted in 1952. the Assembly met in the Constitution Hall and at
MAKING OF WORLD’S LONGEST the stroke of midnight, took over as the Legisla-
CONSTITUTION tive Assembly of an Independent India.
The Constituent Assembly met for the first On August 29, 1947, the Constituent Assem-
time in New Delhi on December 9, 1946, in what bly set up a Drafting Committee under the Chair-
is now called the Central Hall of Parliament manship of Dr B.R. Ambedkar to prepare a Draft
House. Constitution for India. On January 4, 1948, the
The Constituent Assembly took almost three first draft was ready. While deliberating upon
years -- two years, eleven months and seventeen the Draft Constitution, the Assembly moved,
days to be precise -- to complete its historic task discussed and disposed of as many as 2,473
of drafting the Constitution for an Independent amendments out of a total of 7,635 tabled.

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