In late November 1938, M.K. Gandhi, along with Apasaheb Pant, the son of Raja Bhavan Rao Pant and Maurice Frydman, a Polish-Jewish engineer drafted the Aundh State Constitution when the Raja announced his intention to grant full self-government to his people—a revolutionary decision for a princely ruler.
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04 Nov 1948 - 08 Jan 1949
This volume contains 36 sittings held from November 1948 to January 1949. The first sitting, which took place on November 4, 1948, was a pivotal moment in the Constituent Assembly’s work. B.R. Ambedkar presented the Draft Constitution of India to the Constituent Assembly and delivered a landmark speech.
Political Demands of Scheduled Castes 1944 (SCF)
B.R Ambedkar, the founder of the All India Scheduled Castes Federation (SCF), appended this document to his 1945 book 'What the Congress and Gandhi have done to the Untouchables'. The document comprises a series of resolutions passed by the SCF's Working Committee that demanded constitutional protections for Schedules Caste community.
Report of the Sub-Committee on Fundamental Rights
This Report was the first version of what would become our Constitution's Fundamental Rights chapter. It contained 45 Articles including rights to equality, freedom, religion and constitutional remedies.
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