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Question
The Constituent Assembly of India comprised of:
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292 members from British provinces, 4 from Chief Commissionaires and 93 from Princely States
294 members from ·British provinces, 4 from Chief Commissionaires and 91 from princely States
291 members from British provinces, 3 from Chief Commissionaires and 95 from princely States
292 members from British provinces, 5 from Chief Commissionaires and 92 from princely States
Solution
292 members from British provinces, 4 from Chief Commissionaires and 93 from Princely States.
Explanation:
The Constituent Assembly spent nearly three years (two years, eleven months, and seventeen days) drafting the constitution for Independent India. During this time, it held eleven sessions totalling 165 days. 114 of these days were spent deliberating on the Draft Constitution. Members were chosen by indirect election by members of the Provincial Legislative Assemblies, in accordance with the Scheme recommended by the Cabinet Mission. The arrangement was as follows:
(i) The Provincial Legislative Assemblies elected 292 members.
(ii) The Indian princely states were represented by 93 members; and
(iii) Four members represented the provinces' chief commissioners.
The Assembly's total membership would thus be 389. However, as a result of the Mountbatten Plan partition on June 3, 1947, a separate Constituent Assembly was established for Pakistan, and representatives from some provinces ceased to be members of the Assembly. As a result, the Assembly's membership was reduced to 299.
