Essay On Constituent Assembly

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The idea of Constituent Assembly was proposed in 1934 by M.N. Roy, who was the pioneer of the communist movement in India. It became the official demand of the Indian National Congress in 1935, and was accepted by the British in August 1940. The Constituent Assembly, which consisted of indirectly elected representatives, was mainly established to draft a constitution for India (including the now-separate countries of Pakistan and Bangladesh). The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly was held on December 9, 1946 in Delhi and the last on January 24, 1950. This assembly which was also the then Parliament of the Indian Subcontinent held 11 meetings, working for 165 days in a period of 3 years. Among the topics debated by the Assembly were …show more content…

An official language is a language that is given a special legal status in a particular country, state, or other jurisdiction. Typically a country 's official language refers to the language used within government (e.g., courts, parliament, administration). Since "the means of expression of a people cannot be changed by any law", the term "official language" does not typically refer to the language used by a people or country, but by its government. To choose an official language or languages (or to choose not to have any official language) is often a controversial issue. 178 countries in the world have at least one official language, and many have more than one language. A national language is a language which has a connection with the people. A national language may represent the national identity of a country or a nation. National language may also be a title given to one or more languages spoken as first languages in the country. C.M.B. Brann suggests that there are "four quite distinctive meanings" for national language in a

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