Jan-Mar (2024)

Role of Indian Constituent Assembly in National Integration

Mubashar Bashir Khan

Ph.D. Research Scholar, Department of History, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar, 608002

Pooja Kumari

Ph.D. Research Scholar, Department of History, University of Delhi, New Delhi.

A Constituent Assembly is a body or assembly generally elected representatives amassed to draft or adopt a constitution or similar document. The origin and growth of the idea of a Constituent Assembly to frame a constitution for free India are intimately interwoven in the fabrics of the Indian national movement. A nation is a group of people composed of one or more nationalities and possessing a more or less distinct territory and government. National Integration is the acquaintance of common integrity among citizens of a country it means that despite we belong to dissimilar regions, castes, religions, and linguists, we identify the fact that we all are one. This article highlights how the demand for the Constituent Assembly of India starts along with the freedom struggle in India. After facing many rejections from the British for making Constituent Assembly, the National leaders did not give up but continued their demand for making Constituent Assembly. This paper is an effort to trace the role of the constituent assembly in the national integration of India. The paper throws light on the origin and development of the constituent assembly of India. This paper tries to investigate the reasons for which the Indian National Congress demanded the Constitution, which would help in the national integration of India.

Keywords: Constitution, Constituent, Assembly, India, Democracy, Congress, British, Nation
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Published: 23 MAR 2024

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