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Q10 (IAS/1996) History & Culture › National Movement (1857–1947) › Indian National Congress Answer Verified

Consider the following statements about Jawaharlal Nehru : I. He was the President of the Congress Party in 1947. II. He presided over the Constituent Assembly. III. He formed the first Congress Ministry in United Province before India’s independence. Of these statements

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All three statements are incorrect. Nehru led the interim central government and moved the Objectives Resolution in the Constituent Assembly, but he was not the Assembly’s presiding officer; his role was to head the interim government and participate actively in debates, including moving the Objectives Resolution [2]. He chaired an Experts Committee to prepare material for the Assembly rather than presiding over the Assembly itself [2]. Nehru formed and led the interim (central) ministry in 1946–47, not a provincial Congress ministry in the United Provinces; the evidence points to his central role in the interim government rather than formation of a UP Congress ministry before independence [5]. While Nehru had been Congress President at earlier sessions (e.g. Lahore 1929), there is no support here for him being Congress President in 1947 [4].

Sources

  1. [1] Rajiv Ahir. A Brief History of Modern India (2019 ed.). SPECTRUM. > Chapter 35: Making of the Constitution for India > Constituent Assembly > p. 614
  2. [2] Indian Polity, M. Laxmikanth(7th ed.) > Chapter 2: Making of the Constitution > EXPERTS COMMITTEE OF THE CONGRESS > p. 16
  3. [3] https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/the-cabinet-system-in-india
  4. [5] Laxmikanth, M. Indian Polity. 7th ed., McGraw Hill. > Chapter 1: Historical Background > The features of this Act were as follows: > p. 9
  5. [4] https://www.pmindia.gov.in/en/former_pm/shri-jawaharlal-nehru/
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