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Who chaired the Drafting Committee of the Constituent Assembly?
Answer: B
Correct answer: Dr B. R. Ambedkar
Dr B. R. Ambedkar chaired the Drafting Committee, appointed on 29 August 1947 with seven members, which prepared the draft Constitution for the Assembly’s consideration. The distinction the question turns on is between chairing the Drafting Committee and presiding over the Assembly itself. Dr Rajendra Prasad was President of the Constituent Assembly; Ambedkar chaired the committee that wrote the text and defended it clause by clause in debate. The other committees were chaired by different figures: Nehru led the Union Powers and Union Constitution Committees and moved the Objectives Resolution, and Patel chaired the Advisory Committee on Fundamental Rights and Minorities as well as the Provincial Constitution Committee. Sir B. N. Rau, as Constitutional Adviser, prepared the initial draft on which the committee worked - a contribution often overlooked. Ambedkar is nevertheless the chief architect, and it is his defence of the document in the Assembly that gives the phrase its force.
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