“India is merely a geographical expression,” Winston Churchill once said in exasperation. “It is no more a single country than the Equator.” The founder of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, also once echoed that sentiment, arguing that “India is not a real country. Instead it is thirty-two separate nations that happen to be arrayed along the…
Category: Constituent Assembly Debates
The Election of the Chairman- Day Three of the Constituent Assembly (December 11th, 1946)
Dr. Rajendra Prasad was unanimously elected as the Chairman of the Constituent Assembly. Four nominations were received, all in favour of Prasad, although two of them were found to be invalid because of the absence of seconder’s name. The two valid nominations were from – Acharya Kriplani (proposer) and Vallabh Bhai Patel (seconder), and Harekrushna…
भाषाई फुलझड़ी : धुलेलकर की हिंदुस्तानी के नाम पर संविधान सभा में धमाचौकड़ी
संबिधान सभा की दूसरी बैठक, तिथि 10 दिसंबर, 1946 सेक्षंस एवं कमेटी के मसले पर सदन में गरमागरम बहस चल रही थी । एक तरफ थे कृपलानी तथा जयकर, दूसरी तरफ लामबंद थे सुरेश चन्द्र बनर्जी , श्यामप्रसाद मुखर्जी, टंडन, केएम मुंशी और हरनाम सिंह । पंडित नेहरू कृपलानी को संघर्ष विराम का इशारा करके…
The Second Day of the Constituent Assembly (December 10th, 1946) – Hullabaloo begins!
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was called upon by the temporary Chairman to move his resolutions. The first one pertained to adoption of the Central Legislative Assembly rules, till the proposed Procedural Committee drafted the Constituent Assembly’s own regulations. The second one was regarding the organization of the Office of the CA, pending the final decision. The…
The First DAY of the Constituent Assembly (December 9, 1946) – A Brief Account
On December 9th , 1946 at 11 AM, in the Constitution Hall was held the first meeting of the Constituent Assembly. Acharya Kriplani requested Dr. Sachchidanand Sinha to take the chair of the temporary Chairman, welcomed him and talked about his illustrious career – the oldest among all present, the oldest parliamentarian in India having…
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