HistoryModern India: Framing the Constitution

Which of the following pairs of a member of the Constituent Assembly…

Which of the following pairs of a member of the Constituent Assembly and the region the member came from is correctly matched?

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 1

The correct answer is Option (1) → K.J. Khanderkar - Central Provinces

K.J. Khanderkar came from the Central Provinces. J. Nagappa and Dakshayani Velayudhan came from Madras, and Hansa Mehta from Bombay.

NCERT (2026-27): “3.3 “We were suppressed for thousands of years” …
Nagappa pointed out that numerically the Depressed Castes were not a minority: they formed between 20 and 25 per cent of the total population. Their suffering was due to their systematic marginalisation, not their numerical insignificance. They had no access to education, no share in the administration. Addressing the assembly, K.J. Khanderkar of the Central Provinces said:”

“We were suppressed for thousands of years. ... suppressed... to such an extent that neither our minds nor our bodies and now even our hearts work, nor are we able to march forward. This is the position.”