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The first session of the Constituent Assembly of India was held on
Answer: B
Correct answer: 9 December 1946
The Constituent Assembly first met on 9 December 1946, in the Constitution Hall in New Delhi, with 207 members present. Dr Sachchidananda Sinha, the oldest member, was chosen as temporary chairman, and Dr Rajendra Prasad was elected permanent President two days later. The Muslim League boycotted the session, pressing its demand for a separate state, and members from the areas that became Pakistan withdrew after partition, which reduced the Assembly’s membership considerably. It was constituted under the Cabinet Mission Plan of 1946, with members elected indirectly by the provincial assemblies. It took two years, eleven months and eighteen days to complete its work, adopting the Constitution on 26 November 1949 and bringing it into force on 26 January 1950. It went on to serve as the provisional Parliament of India until the first general election in 1951–52.
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