Framing of the Constitution Test - 3

Dr. Rajendra Prasad was the president of the Constituent Assembly. He participated in the Indian independence movement and emerged as a leader from Bihar.

Parliamentary Privileges was the Indian Constitution borrowed constitutional provision from the British Constitution.

Jawaharlal Nehru speaking in the Constituent Assembly at midnight on14 August 1947 It was on this day that Nehru gave his famous speech that began with the following lines: “Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially. At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom.”

child marriage was the social evil largely opposed during free India.

The first Law and Justice Minister of independent India was B. R. Ambedkar, who served in the first Nehru ministry during 1947–52.

B.R. Ambedkar served as Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Constitution. Serving with him were two other lawyers, K.M. Munshi from Gujarat and Alladi Krishnaswamy Aiyar from Madras, both of whom gave crucial inputs in the drafting of the Constitution.

On 26 July 1945 Labour Government comes into power in Britain.

Article 356 gave the Centre the powers to take over a state administration on the recommendation of the Governor.

The rights of the states were most eloquently defended by K. Santhanam from Madras. A reallocation of powers was necessary, he felt, to strengthen not only the states but also the Centre.  “There is almost an obsession that by adding all kinds of powers to the Centre we can make it strong.” This was a misconception, said Santhanam.

Direct Action Day was the day the All-India Muslim League decided to take "direct action" for a separate Muslim homeland after the British exit from India. Also known as the 1946 Calcutta Killings, it was a day of nationwide communal riots.