On 27th December 1948 at the Constituent Assembly Dr. B. R. Ambedkar was speaking on the official residence of the President and during which the following exchange took place; Dr. B. R. Ambedkar: Then with regard to the question raised by Professor Kamath about residential —- Shri HV Kamath: Sir, I am not Professor Kamath. […]
On 12th September 1949 at the Constituent Assembly Shri Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer [Madras General] spoke as follows; “It is an accepted principle of Constitutional Law that when a Legislature, be it Parliament at the Centre or a Provincial Legislature, he is invested with a power to pass in regard to a particular matter under the[…..]
On 10th September 1949 at the Constituent Assembly Shri Jaspat Roy Kapoor [United Provinces General] spoke as follows; “The word equitable is a very flexible one. What is equitable may not be equitable tomorrow. Equitable as I understand is something which is equitable in accordance with the existing political theories, existing accepted economical principles for[…..]
On 9th November 1948 at the Constituent Assembly Shri Raj Bahadur [United States of Matsya] spoke as follows; “Sir, some of the members of this House referred to the provision of proportionate representation and separate electorate. I mean to say, Sir, if we want to protect our freedom we shall have to provide in our[…..]
On 6th November 1948 at the Constituent Assembly Shri Uyudhisthir Mishra [Orissa State] spoke as follows; “Sir, I have been called upon to speak at this fag end of the morning session and I shall try to finish it as soon as possible. I want to submit a few points for the consideration of this[…..]
On 15th November 1948 at the Constituent Assembly Mr. Nazeeruddin Ahmed [Bengal Muslim] spoke as follows; “Sir, I beg to move:” “That in [2] of Article 1, the word “the” occurring at the beginning be deleted” “Sir, this part really tries to define the words “the state.” I submit that the word “the” is a[…..]
On 15th September 1949, H.V. Kamath [CP Berar: General] spoke at the Constituent Assembly as follows; “It is a well-known fact that the Police or other Authorities or Person arresting or detaining people are not always actuated by the justest and the fairest of motives. As one who has spent a few years in the[…..]
On 12th September 1949, Mr. Nazeeruddin Ahmed [Bengal Muslim] spoke at the Constituent Assembly as follows; “I am extremely thankful to the Honourable Member, Mr. Gupta, for anticipating me. If you have to adopt any Language, why should you not have the World’s Greatest Language? It is today, the matter of great secret, that we[…..]
On 3rd August 1949, Mr. Nazeeruddin Ahmed [Bengal Muslim] spoke at the Constituent Assembly as follows; “Mr. President, Sir, I think the Amendment moved by Dr. Ambedkar constitute startling and revolutionary changes in the Constitution. I submit the radical departure has been made from our own decision. We took important decisions in this House as[…..]
On 29th April 1949 Mr. Nazeeruddin Ahmed [Bengal Muslim] spoke at the Constituent Assembly as follows; “That in Amendment No. 1 of List I, in the proposed Entry 2 of List I, for the word “investigation” the words “Central Bureau of Investigation be substituted” The original entry was Central Intelligence Bureau. To redraft simply is[…..]