This chapter presents a letter dated 17 may 1949 by n. He then went to wadham college, oxford, and obtained a bachelor of arts honours degree in modern history, in 1934. Government has constituted empowered expert committee eec to select 20 institutions of eminence from among 104 institutions public or private that have applied for the status. First of all, there is list of prominent memeber of constitutional committee. The constituent assembly reluctantly agreed on article 370 as the logic was given by n gopalaswami ayyangar that the time was not ripe for full integration due to internal and external situations. Name of ace director shyam benegal is associated with many good works. Jawaharlal nehru also referred to as pandit nehru november 14 1889 may 27 1964 was the leader prime minister of india for 17 years immediately after 1947, when india became independent. Postpartition indias most remarkable railway project. Setalvad, members of the indian delegation to the united nations security council, returning to new delhi. N gopalaswami ayyangar right with sheikh abdullah, after hearing the. Gopalaswamy is a gold medallist postgraduate in chemistry from delhi university and is a diploma holder in urban development planning from university of london. It was founded on 6th dec 1946, worked for about 3 years and eventually dissolved on 24 jan 1950.
It became an official demand of the indian national congress in 1935, c. The constitution of india came into force ending the british sovereignty over india as a dominion status. The document lays down the framework demarcating fundamental political code, structure, procedures, powers, and duties of government institutions and sets out fundamental rights, directive principles, and the duties of citizens. Nimitz, plebiscite administrator for jammu and kashmir. He died of a heart attack in new delhi nehru was the first post british independence prime minister. Through this provision, ayyangar had proposed that kashmir state would have special powers to be excluded from the purview of the laws that the parliament of india would make and. Sources of vijayanagar history and edited of the history. Sources of vijayanagar history and edited of the history classic reprint ayyangar, s. Practicing these general knowledge questions and answers in online helps you to improve your ability to. Menon writes in his seminal book integration of the indian states that. Diwan bahadur sir narasimha ayyangar gopalaswami ayyangar, csi, cie 31 march 1882 10 february 1953, member of the drafting committee of the.
On february 20, 2014 the rajya sabha organized a formal farewell for its retiring members. Parthasarathy was the youngest of four children, and the only son of komalam and gopalaswami ayyangar. Its been said already, but nehru didnt write anything about his discoveries. An idea for a constituent assembly was proposed in 1934 by m. Gopalaswami ayyangar was part of the 7member drafting committee of. The first meetings were held during may 1516, 1949 at sardar vallabhbhai patels residence with pm jawaharlal nehru present. Making an example of kashmir the economic times indiatimes.
Under the draft constitution, article 370 of the constitution was draft article 306a, which was introduced in the constituent assembly on 17. Syama prasad mukherjee 6 july 1901 23 june 1953 was an indian politician, barrister and academician, who served as the minister for industry and supply in prime minister jawaharlal nehrus cabinet. Jawaharlal nehru simple english wikipedia, the free. Bjp can revoke article 35a but ambedkar wouldve asked if. This current book is the original translation of c r s ayyangar. Gopalaswamy ayyangar had been prime minister of kashmir for six years with maharaja hari singh. Gopalaswami ayyangar, the man trusted by nehru to draft article. Gopalaswami ayyangar, the man trusted by nehru to draft. The committee will be headed by former chief election commissioner cec n gopalaswami. N gopalaswami committee to select top 20 educational institutes of eminence february 21, 2018 1 comment government has constituted empowered expert committee eec to select 20 institutions of eminence from among 104 institutions public or private that have applied for the status. Gopalaswami ayyangar told the council on february 3 that year that kashmir was free to withdraw from its accession to india and either accede to pakistan or remain independent. Jawaharlal nehru was sworn in as prime minister of india on 15 august 1947.
Be it television or cinema, he have given some masterpieces which made him almost immortal. History has recorded that while sardar patel sorted out hyderabadjunagadh. Another hilarious thing is on november 9, 1947, n gopalaswami ayyangar, minister without portfolio demanded immediate changes in the states constitutional and administrative set up and sent a draft proclamation approved by abdullah, for hari singh to issue. P erhaps, i should also quote from n gopalaswami ayyangars railway budget speech on february 21, 1950. Questions asked in various competitive exams are included here. Gopalaswami ayyangar, the man trusted by nehru to draft article 370. Sir narasimha ayyangar gopalaswami ayyangar was a leader of the rajya sabha and a cabinet minister in the government of india, first as a minister without portfolio but.
Facts about constituent assembly of india, members list. Amit shah has accomplished sardar patels unfinished task. The negotiations were carried out over several months between n gopalaswami ayyangar cabinet minister without portfolio and former dewan of kashmir and sheikh abdullah and others. Early career edit gopalaswami joined the indian administrative service in 1966 and worked in various capacities in gujarat. After first indian general election, nehru became the first democratically elected prime minister of the country and his second term started on 15 april 1952. Ambedkar was the architect of the constitution, little is known about the man who penned the constitution in his own impeccable calligraphy. The original constitution of india was handwritten by prem behari narain raizada. Since the rajya sabha had budgeted for the entire cost of the serial and there is no profit motive in this regard, it may be serving a larger purpose, if after initial telecast on the rajya sabha tv, this is widely shown in all other mediums including the doordarshan. To buttress my point of view in the said seminar i had quoted from indian cabinet minister n. Gopalaswami ayyangar to vallabhbhai patel enclosing jawaharlal nehru s draft letter to sheikh abdullah for his approval.
But the drafting history of article 370 demonstrates that patel was only a bitpart player. It was then that nehru asked n gopalaswami ayyangar to draft what was then article 306a in the draft constitution. The second is a sophomoric view of sorts because it mixes advanced knowledge about the history of constitutiondrafting in india with prejudice against dr ambedkar. The british gave their formal acceptance for the forming the constituent assembly of india on 8 aug 1940. During his time in britain, nehru was also known as joe nehru. Sources of vijayanagar history and edited of the history classic reprint. Gopalaswami ayyangar, the minister of transport, who. Rajagopalachari voiced the demand for a constituent assembly on 15 november 1939 based on adult franchise, and was accepted by the british in august 1940. The remaining documents include ayyangars detailed exposition of article. Jawaharlal nehru 14 november 1889 27 may 1964 was a major political leader of the indian national congress, a pivotal figure in the indian independence movement and the first and longestserving prime minister of independent india 15 august 1947 until his death, an office which was later held by his daughter and grandson in the following decades. What are the essential discoveries of nehru that are. At the time the book came about a large portion of the idea of india, its history, culture, philosophy etc.
On 17 october 1949, at the tail end of the indian constitutionmaking project, n. When the emergency administration was replaced by a popular interim government, in accordance with the procla mation of the maharaja of the state, on march 5, 1948 ayyangar was appointed by the. Article 370, which became history yesterday, has a notorious history. Sardar vallabhbhai patel, first deputy prime minister and home minister 3. This page was last edited on 28 january 2019, at 19. Latest general knowledge questions and answers current affairs,psc question bank,upsc,ssc solved. Constituent assembly of india was formed based on recommendations of cabinet mission to draft the constitution of india. It is the longest written constitution of any country on earth. It has been settled policy of government of india, which on many occasions has been stated both by sardar patel and me, that the constitution of jammu and kashmir is. Gopalaswami ayyangar reminded the constituent assembly of the circumstances of.
Gopalaswami ayyangar, the man trusted by nehru to draft article 370 after ambedkars refusal article 370, a temporary provision, allowed jammu and kashmir its own constitution, a separate flag and independence over all issues apart from defence, foreign affairs and communications. Roy, a pioneer of the communist movement in india and an advocate of radical democracy. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Gopalaswami ayyangar in picture, who introduced it, was reported in the hindu to have said that this bill was not intended to be applied for refugees. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. B r ambedkar is the father of the constitution of india and who gave the country the best constitution in the world thus laying the foundation for the words biggest and vibrant democracy. This general knowledge section consists of questions based on personalities. Unfortunately sreenivas ayyangar currently available version from lifco publisherin 2 volumes has striped all his notes and does not seem to be fully faithful to his original intended intention of the author. N gopalaswami committee to select top 20 educational. Jawaharlal nehru academic dictionaries and encyclopedias. Career edit in 1905, ayyangar joined the madras civil service. In england, he attended the independent boys school, harrow and trinity college, cambridge. The draft article gave kashmir a special status in indias federal setup.
South india has a few vital links to kashmirs modern history, and by extension. The complex history of article 370, sardar vallabhbhai. We have talked and will continue talking about the fantastic tv serial he directed bharat ek khoj which is based on the well known book named discovery of india by pt. It was introduced into the draft constitution on by n gopalaswami ayyangar as article 306a. Gopalaswami ayyangar to vallabhbhai patel enclosing jawaharlal nehrus draft letter to sheikh abdullah for his approval. It is a history which is easier to absorb from the screen than from the books.
Gopalaswami ayyangar, member of the drafting committee of the indian constitution as well as the. The constitution of india drafting and composition syskool. When sardar patel expressed his misgivings, this is what. Subsequently, nehru decided to give n gopalaswami ayyangar, a member of his cabinet, the responsibility of drafting article 370. In his ministry upon reelection, the ministers were as follows.
Besides the usual formalities, the farewell had a key highlight, the screening of extracts of a serial. Do you know about the tamil nadu man who drafted article 370. The present constitution was framed by the constituent assembly of india setup under cabinet mission plan of may 16, 1946. The constituent assembly consisted of 385 members, of which 292 were elected by the elected members of the provincial legislative assemblies while 93 members were nominated by the princely states. Gopalaswami ayyangar speech in the constituent assembly of 17 october 1949, at the time of introducing article 370 with subheading temporary provision with respect of jammu and kashmir implying the constitutional relationship between kashmir and. N gopalaswami committee to select top 20 educational institutes of eminence.