•   Indian constitution was formulated by the Constituent Assembly, which was elected by elected members of the provincial assemblies.

•   The Constituent Assembly of India came into existence as per the provisions of Cabinet Mission Plan of May 1946.

•   The drafting committee of the constitution had seven members:

1.  Dr B R Ambedkar (Chairman)

2.  N Gopalaswamy Ayyangar

3.  Alladi Krishnaswamy Ayyar

4.  Dr K M Munshi

5.  Syed Mohammad Saadullah

6.  N Madhava Rau (He replaced B L Mitter who resigned due to ill-health)

7.  T T Krishnamachari (He replaced D P Khaitan who died in 1948)

•   It took 2 years, 11 months and 18 days for the constitution to form.

•   The chronological events are as following:

o  6 December 1946: Formation of the Constitution Assembly

o  9 December 1946: The first meeting was held in the constitution hall (now the Central Hall of Parliament House), and the 1st person to address was J. B. Kripalani. Sachchidananda Sinha became temporary president.

o  11 December 1946: The Assembly appointed Rajendra Prasad as its president, H. C. Mukherjee as its vice-chairman and B. N. Rau as constitutional legal adviser.

o  13 December 1946: An ‘Objective Resolution’ was presented by Jawaharlal Nehru, laying down the underlying principles of the constitution.

o  22 July 1947: National flag adopted.

o  26 November 1949: The Constitution of India was passed and adopted by the assembly.

o  24 January 1950: Last meeting of Constituent Assembly

o  26 January 1950: The Constitution came into force.