Constituent Assembly of India

Dr. Sachchidananda Sinha was the first president(temporary Chairman of the Assembly )of the Constituent Assembly when it met on December 9, 1946. Dr. Rajendra Prasad then became the President of the Constituent Assembly, and would later became the first President of India. The Vice President of the Constituent Assembly was Professor Harendra Coomar Mookerjee, former Vice-Chancellor of Calcutta University and a prominent Christian from Bengal who also served as the Chairman of the Minorities Committee of the Constituent Assembly. He was appointed Governor of West Bengal after India became a republic.


Committees under the Constituent Assembly


Committee on the Rules of procedure - Rajendra Prasad

Steering Committee Rajendra Prasad

Finance and Staff Committee Anugrah Narayan Sinha

Credential Committee Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer

House Committee B. Pattabhi Sitaramayya

Order of Business Committee K.M. Munshi

Ad hoc Committee on the National Flag Rajendra Prasad

Committee on the Functions of the Constituent Assembly G.V. Mavalankar

States Committee Jawaharlal Nehru

Advisory Committee on Fundamental Rights, Minorities

Tribal and Excluded Areas Vallabhbhai Patel

Minorities Sub-Committee H.C. Mookherjee

Fundamental Rights Sub-Committee J.B. Kripalani

North-East Frontier Tribal Areas and Assam. Excluded & Partially Excluded Areas Sub-Committee Gopinath Bardoloi

Excluded and Partially Excluded Areas (Other than those in Assam) Sub-Committee A.V. Thakkar

Union Powers Committee Jawaharlal Nehru

Union Constitution Committee Jawaharlal Nehru

Drafting Committee B.R. Ambedkar

[edit] Members of the Indian Constituent Assembly

[edit] Indian National Congress

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, 1st Prime Minister

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel,Deputy Prime Minister cum Home Minister

Maulana Azad, Minister for Education,

Dr. Rajendra Prasad, Chairman of the Assembly

C. Rajagopalachari, Governor General

Sarat Chandra Bose

Sri Krishna Sinha, Chief Minister,Bihar

Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra

Anugrah Narayan Sinha,Deputy Chief Minister cum Finance Minister,Bihar

Rafi Ahmed Kidwai

Asaf Ali

Syama Prasad Mookerjee, President, Hindu Mahasabha

Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, Minister for Health

Hansa Mehta, President, All India Women's Conference