Put the following events related to the story of India's Democracy in correct sequence:
A. Demand for Constituent Assembly conceded by imperial Britain
B. Constitutional Status to Panchayati Raj Institutions
C. Karachi Session of Indian National Congress
D. Motilal Nehru and other congress leaders drafted a Constitution for India
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → D, C, A, B
D. Motilal Nehru and other congress leaders drafted a Constitution for India — in 1928, Motilal Nehru and eight other Congress leaders drafted a constitution for India.
C. Karachi Session of Indian National Congress — in 1931, the resolution at the Karachi session dwelt on how independent India’s constitution should look.
A. Demand for Constituent Assembly conceded by imperial Britain — the popular demand of 1939 for a Constituent Assembly was conceded by Imperialist Britain in 1945.
B. Constitutional Status to Panchayati Raj Institutions — the 73rd Amendment in 1992 made the Directive Principle on Village Panchayats a constitutional imperative.
Note: The chapter ‘The Story of Indian Democracy’ of the pre-rationalised NCERT, which NTA followed in 2023, has been renamed ‘The Constitution and Social Change’ in the NCERT book (2025-26). Its account of how the Constitution came to be made, the 1928 draft constitution, the Karachi Resolution of 1931 and the history of the Constituent Assembly, has been deleted from it; the 73rd Amendment of 1992 is still there.
NCERT (2025-26): “…For instance, the Directive Principle on Village Panchayats was moved as an amendment in the Constituent Assembly by K. Santhanam. After forty odd years, it became a Constitutional imperative after the 73rd Amendment in 1992.…” NCERT (Pre-rationalised): “Many of these issues were thought of much before India became free. Even as India fought for its independence from British colonialism a vision of what Indian democracy ought to look like emerged. As far back as in 1928, Motilal Nehru and eight other Congress leaders drafted a constitution for India. In 1931, the resolution at the Karachi session of the Indian National Congress dwelt on how independent India’s constitution should look like.…” “Constituent Assembly Debates: A History In 1939, Gandhiji wrote an article in the ‘Harijan’ called ‘The Only Way’ in which he said ‘… the Constituent Assembly alone can produce a constitution indigenous to the country and truly and fully representing the will of the people’ one based on ‘unadulterated adult franchise for both men and women’. The popular demand in 1939 for a Constituent Assembly was, after several ups and downs conceded by Imperialist Britain in 1945.…” |