Background to the Constituent Assembly of India
Based on the following table, we can understand the background behind the formation of the constituent assembly in India:
| Constituent Assembly of India: Background |
| In 1934, MN Roy was the first person to propose the idea of a constituent assembly. |
| Congress Party in 1935 took it up as an official demand. |
| In 1940, the British accepted it as the “August Offer”. |
| Under the Cabinet Mission Plan of 1946, elections were held for the formation of the constituent assembly. |
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Members were elected indirectly,i.e by the members of the provincial assemblies by the method of what was known as a single transferable vote of proportional representation. |
| The Constituent Assembly was formulated to write a constitution for independent India. |
Constituent Assembly of India
The idea of a constituent assembly was proposed for the first time by M.N. Roy in 1934 but the actual assembly was formulated in 1946 based on what is known to be the cabinet mission plan. In Class 9, in the Civics section of Chapter 2, Constitutional Design, the section on the Constituent Assembly of India is very important.
Constituent Assembly of India