3. Objective Resolution & Assembly Committees

Objective Resolution

Moved by Jawaharlal Nehru on 13 December 1946 in the Constituent Assembly, laid the fundamental principles and philosophy for the Indian Constitution & was adopted on 22 Jan 1947.

Committees of the Constituent Assembly count

The Constituent Assembly of India formed 8 Major and 13 Minor committees.

Major Committees (J. L. Nehru)

Union Powers Committee - Union Constitution Committee - States Committee.

Major Committees (Sardar Patel)

Provincial Constitution Committee - Advisory Committee on Fundamental Rights, Minorities, and Tribal and Excluded Areas.

Major Committees (Advisory Sub-committees)

Fundamental Rights sub-committee (J.B. Kripalani) - Minorities sub-committee (H.C. Mukherjee) - Tribal and excluded areas sub-committee (A.V. Thakkar).

Major Committees (Ambedkar & Prasad)

Drafting Committee (Dr. B. R. Ambedkar) - Rules of Procedure Committee (Dr. Rajendra Prasad) - Steering Committee (Dr. Rajendra Prasad).

Minor Committees (Dr. Rajendra Prasad)

Finance and Staff Committee - Ad-hoc Committee on the National Flag.

Minor Committees (B. Pattabhi Sitaramayya)

House Committee - Committee on Chief Commissioners Provinces.

Minor Committees (S. Varadachariar)

Ad-hoc Committee on the Supreme Court - Ad-hoc Committee on Citizenship.

Minor Committees (Others)

Credentials Committee (Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar) - Order of Business Committee (Dr. K. M. Munshi) - Committee on the Functions of the Constituent Assembly (G. V. Mavalankar) - Special Committee to Examine the Draft Constitution (J. L. Nehru).

Starred Minor Committees (from handwritten notes)

Expert Committee on the Financial Provisions of the Union Constitution (Nalini Ranjan Sarkar) - Linguistic Provinces Commission (S. K. Dhar) - Press Gallery Committee (Usha Nath Sen).