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Answer» India’s Constitution was also drawn up under very difficult circumstances.
It adopted many institutional details and procedures from colonial LAWS like the Government of India Act, 1935.
An assembly of ELECTED representatives called the Constituent Assembly drafted the constitution
Elections to the Constituent Assembly were held in JULY 1946 and its first meeting held in DECEMBER 1946.
After the country was divided into India and Pakistan, the Constituent Assembly was also divided into the Constituent Assembly of India and Pakistan
The Constituent Assembly that wrote the Indian constitution had 299 members
The Assembly adopted the Constitution on 26 November 1949 but it came into effect on 26 January 1950.
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