Constitution Drafting Committee

Drafting Committee of the Constitution (Click here to download)

·        The Drafting Committee for framing the constitution was appointed on 29 August 1947.

·        The committee comprised of a chairman and six other members.

·        A constitutional advisor was also appointed.

The committee members were:

·        Dr B. R. Ambedkar - Chairman

1.     K M Munshi

2.     Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer

3.     N Gopalaswami Ayengar

4.     B L Mitter

5.     Md. Saadullah

6.     D P Khaitan

Constitutional Advisor

·        Sir B N Rau was appointed as the constitutional advisor.

·        He later became First Indian Judge in International Court of Justice in 1950.

Other Committee members:

·        B L Mitter resigned from the committee. He was replaced by Madhav Rao

·        D P Khaitan passed away and was replaced by T T Krishnamachari.

Work:

Drafting committee was assigned the task for the formulation of the draft of the constitution. Provisions of the draft were debated in the constituent assembly.