Democratic Politics


Chapter : 3. Constitution Design

Framing the Constitution

The Constituent Assembly started its work of framing the Constitution of India on December 4, 1946 much before the political turmoil and then the problem of the partition of the country, it seriously began its work after the independence of the country. It worked under the Presidentship of Dr. Rajedra Prasad.
On 29th August, 1947, the Constituent Assembly appointed a Drafting Committee under the chairmanship of Dr. Ambedkar, one of the prominent intellectuals of the country. After a period of about six months, this Committee prepared a Draft Constitution of India by February, 1948. The Indian people were provided enough time to study and express their views on the Draft Constitution. Next, the Constituent Assembly met in November 1948 to consider the provisions of the Drafting Committee clause by clause. This work of second reading of the different clauses was completed by 17 October, 1949. Then began the third reading to give a final shape to the Constitution which was adopted on November 26, 1949. It then received the signatures of the President and was declared as passed. Thus it took about 2 years, 11 months and 18 days to prepare the Constitution of Free India but actually the Constituent Assembly only met for 166 days.
But the Constitution came into force on January 26, 1950, because it was on this day of 26th January 1930, about twenty years ago, when Complete Independence was declared as the ultimate goal of the national movement in the Lahore Session of the Indian National Congress.

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