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TopicConstituent Assembly

Topic: Constituent Assembly

Algu Rai Shastri: The socialist who vociferously denounced English as a foreign language

Aastha Singh -
Algu Rai Shastri, a member of the Constituent Assembly, was against forced religious conversions and known for denouncing views of religious minorities.

Durgabai Deshmukh: The brave woman from Andhra who ended her own child marriage

Simrin Sirur -
Durgabai Deshmukh, one of 15 women in the 299-member Constituent Assembly, was a feisty individual who studied law to help the wrongfully convicted.

Sardar Hukam Singh, a minority rights champion in Constituent Assembly

Fatima Khan -
Sardar Hukam Singh, who served in first three Lok Sabhas, refused to sign draft of the constitution as he felt it failed to secure...

The Kerala governor who openly pushed Indira’s case for PM

Aastha Singh -
Ajith Prasad Jain also served in a Nehru Cabinet and backed the abolition of the zamindari system.

Gokulbhai Bhatt, the Constituent Assembly member who called the Constitution ‘un-Indian’

Achyut Mishra -
Gokulbhai Bhatt, who quit college to join the non-cooperation movement, was a staunch proponent of the Gandhian Panchayati Raj.

Muhammad Ismail, Indian Muslim League pioneer who wanted Hindustani as official language

Rupanwita Bhattacharjee -
During Constituent Assembly debates, Ismail pushed for Hindustani because it was the most spoken and understood language in India.

Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar: The man Ambedkar said was ‘better’ than him

Simrin Sirur -
Ayyar, a member of Constituent Assembly, had an unparalleled knowledge of the world’s constitutions, said Ambedkar himself.

Can you be a true democracy & let go of caste, Ambedkar asked Indians. We are yet to reply

Vineeth Krishna -
Ambedkar was optimistic about constitutional democracy working in India. However, by 1953, he had lost hope.
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