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The Making of Independent India’s Constitution — Revision Notes
Telangana Board · Class 10 · Social Studies
The Making of Independent India’s Constitution revision notes for Telangana Board Class 10 Social Studies: 4 topics in quick points.
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1. Background to Constitution Making
- The Constitution was made in the final years of British rule, when new political ideas and national goals were emerging.
- Electoral politics began in 1936-37 and continued up to the 1946 elections, when members of the Constituent Assembly were elected.
- The Congress became the dominant political force and described itself as the mirror of the nation.
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2. Formation of the Constituent Assembly
- The Constituent Assembly was constituted in July 1946 with 296 members from all provinces.
- The Cabinet Mission of 1946 allotted 292 seats to British India provinces and 93 to Princely States.
- Congress won 208 of the 296 provincial seats and held 69% of all seats in the Assembly.
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3. Role of Major Leaders and Experts
- Jawaharlal Nehru moved the Objectives Resolution in the Constituent Assembly and set the social justice agenda.
- He said the future of India comprised all the four hundred million people of India.
- He also described the Assembly as the nation on a move throwing away the shell of its past political and possibly social structure and fashioning for itself a new garment in its own making.
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4. Objectives Resolution and Social Justice
- The Constituent Assembly agreed on two objectives: attaining independence or freedom, and social revolution, meaning freedom from all oppressions.
- S. Radhakrishnan proposed a third objective: socio-economic revolution.
- This third objective meant a transition from primitive rural economy to scientific and planned agriculture and industry.
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