Chapter 4 : Making of the
Constitution (Part1)
Part 1: History
1)
1922 :-
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Demand of Purna Swarajya (Total Independence)
was made for the first time.
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Young India a weekly newspaper was published by
Mahatma Gandhi in English.
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The Constitution of India will be according to
the need of Indians- was said by Mahatma Gandhi
2)
1924 :-
- A demand was made by Motilal Nehru to the British government that an assembly sholud be formed for the Making of Constitution.
3) 1934 :-
- Idea of the Constituent Assembly was first proposed by M N Roy
4) 1935 :-
- The formation of Constituent Assembly became an official demand of Indian National Congress(I.N.C.).
5) 1940 :-
- August Offer by the British - Lord Linlithgrow
- It said - "Most of the members in the Constituent Assembly will be Indian" rather than "All the members in the Constituent Assembly will be Indian."
- Therefore , this offer was declined by the INC.
6) 1942 :-
- Cripps Mission by - Sir Stafford Cripps
- It provided Dominion status to India
- The mission failed as none of its demand were accepted by the INC.
- The Constituent Assembly was not formed.
7) 1946 :-
- Cabinet Mission by - Sir Stafford Cripps, Pethick Lawrence [Chairman], A V Alexamder
- The Constituent Assembly was finally formed.
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