Making of the Constitution 2.

IMPORTANT FACTS Table 2.I Allocation of seats in the Constituent Assembly

of Indio (1946)
1. Elephant was adopted as he symbol
(seal) of the Constituent Assembl. SL.NO.Areas Seats
) Sir B.N. Rau was appointed as the consti British Indian Provinces (11) 292
tutional advisor (Legal advisor) to the 2 Princely States (Indian States) 93
Constituent AssCmbly. 3. Ghief Gonnissioners 4
3. H.V.R. Iyengar was the Secretary (o the Provinces (4)
Constituent Assembly. Totai 389
4. S.N. Mukerjee was the chiet draftsman
of the constitution in the
Assembly.
Consitucnt
Prem Behari Narain Raizada was the cal Table 2.2 Results of the Elections to the Constituent
ligrapher of the Indian Constitution. Assembly (July-August 1946)
The original constitution was handwrit SL.NO. Name of the Party Seats won
ten by him in a flowing italic sty le. 1 Congress 208
6. The original version was beautified and
2. Muslim League 73
decorated by artists from Shantiniketan
including Nand Lal Bose and Beohar 3 Unionist Party
Rammanohar Sinha. 4 Unionist Muslims 1

Beohar Rammanohar Sinha illuminated, 5. Unionist Scheduled Castes 1

beautified and ornamented the original 6 Krishak - Praja Party
Preamble calligraphed by Prem Behari 7. Scheduled Castes Federation 1
Narain Raizada.
8. The calligraphy of the Hindi version of the 8 Sikhs (Non-Congress) 1

original constitution was done by Vasant 9. Communist Party

Krishan Vaidya and elegantly decorated 10. Independents
and illuminated by Nand Lal Bose. Total 296

HINDI TEXT OF THE

CONSTITUTION Table 2.3 Community-wise Representation in the
Constituent Assembly (1946)
Originally, the Constitution of India did SI.No. Community
not make any provision with respect to an
Strength
1. Hindus 163
authoritative text of the Constitution in the
Hindi language. Later, a provision in this 2. Muslims 80
regard was made by the 58" Constitutional 3. Scheduled Castes 31
Amendment Act of 1987, This amendment 4 Indian Christians
inserted a new Article 394-A in the last part 5. Backward Tribes 6
of the Constitution i.e., Part XXI, This
6 Sikhs
article contains the following provisions:
1. The President shallcause to be published 7 Anglo-Indians
under his authority: 8. Parsees
(i) The translation of the Constitution Total 296
in Hindi language. The modifica
tions which are necessary to bring