The first sitting of the Constituent Assembly on December 9, 1946. All photos by @narendramodi|twitter
New Delhi: Today, 75 years ago the Constituent Assembly had met for the first time. Distinguished people from different parts of India, different backgrounds and even differing ideologies came together with one aim- to give the people of India a worthy Constitution.
The first sitting of the Constituent Assembly was Presided over by Dr. Sachchidananda Sinha, who was the eldest member of the Assembly. He was introduced and conducted to the Chair by Acharya Kripalani. Its mandate was to draft a Constitution for India.
In the first meeting on December 9, 1946, the Muslim League members had boycotted the sitting, demanding partition of India.
“Today, as we mark 75 years of the historic sitting of our Constituent Assembly, I would urge my young friends to know more about this august gathering’s proceedings and about the eminent stalwarts who were a part of it. Doing so would be an intellectually enriching experience,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted, while paying tributes to eminent stalwarts of Constituent Assembly to mark 75 years of its historic first sitting.
– global bihari bureau
