Q76
Indian National MovementQuit India, INA & Towards Independence
Which of the following first mooted the idea of a Constituent Assembly to frame a Constitution for India?
- a.Swaraj Party
- b.Congress Party in 1936
- c.Muslim League in 1942
- d.All Parties Conference in 1946
Answer: (A) Swaraj Party
The idea of a Constituent Assembly was first put forward by M. N. Roy in 1934, and in May of the same year the revived Swaraj Party became the first political body to adopt it as a demand; the Congress made it an official demand in 1935. The British accepted it in principle in the August Offer (1940), the Cripps Mission (1942) gave a concrete proposal, and the Assembly was finally set up under the Cabinet Mission Plan (1946). The other options are later dates or bodies that never mooted it first.