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The Constituent Assembly of India: Recollecting Contributions of Sir Benegal Narsing Rau, the Constitutional Adviser

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 November 2016

Uma Narayan
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Before recollecting the contributions of Sir B.N. Rau in articulating of the Constitution of India, it is necessary to know about the evolution of concept of Constituent Assembly, formation of Indian Constituent Assembly and initiatives taken by its members to include the best features of some Constitutions of the World for the benefit of Indian people.

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International Journal of Legal Information , Volume 44 , Issue 3 , November 2016 , pp. 225 - 234
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2 Ibid. p. 2.

3 Munshi, K.M: Indian Constitutional Documents-Munishi Papers, Volume II, 1967.

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6 Karnik, V.B, M.N. Roy's Political Biography, 1978.

7 The Only Way, Harijan, pp. 352–353 dated 25 November 1939.

8 Khanna, H.R. : Making of India's Constitution.

9 Rau, Benegal : India's Constitution in Making, 1963.

10 Ibid.

11 Ibid.

12 http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/debates/facts.htm

13 Rau, Benegal : India's Constitution in making, 1963.

14 Rau, Benegal : India's Constitution in making, 1963.

15 Ibid.

16 Rau, Benegal : India's Constitution in making, 1963.

17 Ibid.

18 Rau, Benegal : India's Constitution in making, 1963.

19 Ibid.

20 Ibid.

21 Rau, B.N: Constitutional Precedents.

22 Rao, Shiva B.:The Framing of India's Constitution: Select Documents Volume 1, p. 383.

23 Rau, Benegal : India's Constitution in making, 1963 p.lxx.

24 Rau, Benegal : India's Constitution in making, 1963.

25 Rau, Benegal: India's Constitution in Making, 1963.

26 Ibid.

27 Ibid.

28 Ibid.

29 Constituent Assembly Debates Volume XI dated November 26, 1949.

30 Constituent Assembly Debates Volume XI dated November 25, 1949.

31 Rau, Benegal: India's Constitution in Making, 1963, Allied Publishers, Bombay.

32 Austin, Granville: The Indian Constitution: Cornerstone of a Nation p. 20.

33 Sharma, Brij Kishore: Introduction to the Constitution of India, 2011, p. 173.

34 H. P. Deb., Part II, dated November 30, 1953, Cols 1029-30. from web page http://www.parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/decision/decp47.htm