Constituent Assembly of India

proposed in 1934 by M. N. Roy.

Constituent Assembly met for the first time in New Delhi on 9 December, 1946
Total Members = 299. (before partition of Pakistan = 389)
2yrs 11mnths 17days to complete the constitution(eleven sessions)
The Constitution of India was adopted on 26 November, 1949

Name of the Committee Chairman

-------------------------------------------------------------
Committee on the Rules of Rajendra Prasad
Procedure

Steering Committee Rajendra Prasad

Finance and Staff Committee Rajendra Prasad

Credential Committee Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar

House Committee B. Pattabhi Sitaramayya

Order of Business Committee K.M. Munsi

Ad hoc Committee on the Rajendra Prasad

National Flag

Committee on the Functions of G.V. Mavalankar

the Constituent Assembly

States Committee Jawaharlal Nehru

Advisory Committee on Vallabhbhai Patel

Fundamental Rights, Minorities
and Tribal and Excluded Areas

Minorities Sub-Committee H.C. Mookherjee

Fundamental Rights J.B. Kripalani

Sub-Committee

North-East Frontier Tribal Areas Gopinath Bardoloi

and Assam Exluded & Partially
Excluded Areas Sub-Committee

Excluded and Partially Excluded A.V. Thakkar

Areas (Other than those in Assam)
Sub-Committee

Union Powers Committee Jawaharlal Nehru

Union Constitution Committee Jawaharlal Nehru

Article 74 = appointment of prime minister
Article 76 = appointment of Attorney general of india

Article 111 = Assent to Bills

Article 112 = Annual Financial Statement
Article 113 = Procedure in Parliament with respect to estimates
Article 114 = Appropriation Bill

24th Amendment (1971) = Parliament Power to amend any part including fundamental rights
52nd amendment (1985) = anti-defection law = added the Tenth Schedule
55th Amendment (1986) = establishment of Arunachal Pradesh
86th Amendment (2002) = Article 21-A right to education
69th Amendment(1991) = Delhi became known as National Capital Territory of Delhi

21st Amendment (1967) = Sindhi was included

71st Amendment (1992) = Konkani, Meitei and Nepali were included
92nd Amendment (2003) = Bodo, Dogri, Santhali and Maithili were included in the 8th Schedule

10th Amendment Act = added Dadra and Nagar Haveli in the list of Union Territories
78th Amendment Act (1995) = 27 Land Reforms Acts were included in the Ninth schedule
Lok Sabha

maximum strength = 552 (530 + 20 + 2)

91st amendment (2003) = cabinet should not exceed 15%
31st Amendment Act(1973) Lok Sabha Seats was increased from 525 to 545
UT's Representation in Lok Sabha from 25 to 20
16th loksabha election = may 2014
Reorganisation of States

NO STATE AMENDMENT YEAR

22 Sikkim 36 1975
23 mizoram 53 1986
24 Arunachal pradesh 55 1986
25 Goa 56 1987
26 chattisgarh
27 uttarkhand
28 Jharkhand 84 2000
Finance Commission Chairmans

1 K. C. Neogy

2 K. Santhanam

3 A. K. Chanda

4 Rajamannar

5 Mahaveer Tyagi

6 Brahmananda Reddy

7 J. M. Shelat

8 Y. B. Chavan

9 N. K. P. Salve

10 K. C. Pant

11 A. M. Khusro

12 C. Rangarajan

13 Dr. Vijay L. Kelkar

14 Dr. Y. V Reddy (2015-2020)

Article 31B justifies the importance of the Ninth Schedule

Article 149 -duties and powers of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India
Article 340 = Backward class commission
In 1991, the first country to introduce citizen charter was England
Article 323-A = Administrative Tribunal
Article 371
A = special provision to the state of Nagaland
B = special provision to the state of Assam
C = special provision to the state of Manipur
D = special provision to the state of Andhra Pradesh
E = Establishment of Central universities of Andhra Pradesh
F = special provision to the state of Sikkim
G = special provision to the state of Mizoram
H = special provision to the state of Arunachal Pradesh
I = special provision to the state of Goa
J = special provision to the state of Hyderabad

A member of Parliament can be absent from sitting of his house without permission for about 60 days.
Raj Sabhas Special power in national interest

Article 249 - empower parliament to make laws in the State list.

Article 312 - creation of one or more All India Services
Right To Information Act = 2005
preamble is the keynote to the constitution - Ernest Barker
ruler of the Princely State of Kashmir in 1947 Hari singh

high court year established

madras 1862
Karnataka 1884
Allahabad 1896
Delhi 1966

Lokpal bill first introduced in india in = 1968

Verma committee on fundamental duties = 1999

Article 89 The Vice President presides over the meetings of the council of states

Original States before its Biurfication

Haryana = punjab
Jarkhand = bihar
Uttarkhand = Uttarpradesh
Chattisgarh = Madhypradesh