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PACT: Mini Models
This negotiation contains a selection of mini-models designed to provide an insight into the ongoing work of PACT and to demonstrate Quill's approach to visualising the archive material and tracking the process of negotiation. It differs from our usual approach in that we will be presenting only certain documents and moments in isolation, rather than including everything tabled during the course of a negotiation. This collection is still under construction, and we will be regularly adding small amounts of new material.
Monday, 09 December 1946
| Committee | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Negotiation of Article 19 in the Constituent Assembly | 11:00:00 | The members of the Constituent Assembly convened at Constitution Hall, New Delhi. |
| Negotiation of Article 39 in the Constituent Assembly | 11:00:00 | The members of the Constituent Assembly assembled for its first meeting. |
| Negotiation of Article 39 by the Constitutional Adviser | 11:00:00 | B.N. Rau was appointed as the Constitutional Adviser and reported for the first meeting of the Constituent Assembly. |
Monday, 20 January 1947
| Committee | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Negotiation of Article 19 in the Constituent Assembly | 11:00:00 | H.C. Mookherjee joined the Constituent Assembly. |
Monday, 27 January 1947
| Committee | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Negotiation of Article 39 in the Advisory Committee | 11:00:00 | The committee was appointed. |
Monday, 24 February 1947
| Committee | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Negotiation of Article 39 in the Advisory Subcommittee on Fundamental Rights | 10:00:00 | The subcommittee was appointed. |
Thursday, 27 February 1947
| Committee | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Negotiation of Article 39 in the Advisory Subcommittee on Minorities | 19:00:00 | The subcommittee was appointed. |
Monday, 24 March 1947
| Committee | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Negotiation of Article 39 in the Advisory Subcommittee on Fundamental Rights | 10:00:00 | K.M. Munshi and B.N. Rau each presented a set of draft articles on fundamental rights. The subcommittee severally considered Munshi's articles. |
| Negotiation of Article 19 in the Advisory Subcommittee on Fundamental Rights | 10:00:00 | K.M. Munshi presented a set of draft articles on fundamental rights, which the subcommittee considered severally. |
Tuesday, 25 March 1947
| Committee | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Negotiation of Article 19 in the Advisory Subcommittee on Fundamental Rights | 10:00:00 | The subcommittee considered clauses (a) to (f) of Article V. |
Wednesday, 26 March 1947
| Committee | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Negotiation of Article 19 in the Advisory Subcommittee on Fundamental Rights | 10:00:00 | The subcommittee considered Article V of Munshi's draft. |
Thursday, 27 March 1947
| Committee | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Negotiation of Article 19 in the Advisory Subcommittee on Fundamental Rights | 10:00:00 | B.N. Rau's revision to the article was adopted. |
Sunday, 30 March 1947
| Committee | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Negotiation of Article 39 in the Advisory Subcommittee on Fundamental Rights | 10:00:00 | The subcommittee considered the Directive Principles of Social Policy. |
Monday, 31 March 1947
| Committee | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Negotiation of Article 39 in the Advisory Subcommittee on Fundamental Rights | 10:00:00 | The subcommittee agreed on a Preamble to the section on Directive Principles of Social Policy and considered the clauses in Part A of B.N. Rau's Notes on Fundamental Rights. |
Thursday, 03 April 1947
| Committee | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Negotiation of Article 39 in the Advisory Subcommittee on Fundamental Rights | 10:00:00 | The Sub-Committee on Fundamental Rights circulated its report. The relevant clause number is Clause 37. |
Monday, 14 April 1947
| Committee | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Negotiation of Article 39 in the Advisory Subcommittee on Fundamental Rights | 10:00:00 | The subcommittee severally considered the clauses of the draft report. |
Tuesday, 15 April 1947
| Committee | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Negotiation of Article 39 in the Advisory Subcommittee on Fundamental Rights | 10:00:00 | The subcommittee finished its consideration of the report, including Clause 37, and referred the report to the Advisory Committee and the Advisory Subcommittee on Minorities. |
| Negotiation of Article 19 in the Advisory Subcommittee on Fundamental Rights | 10:00:00 | The Report on Fundamental Rights was referred to the Minorities Subcommittee and the Advisory Committee. |
Thursday, 17 April 1947
| Committee | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Negotiation of Article 39 in the Advisory Subcommittee on Minorities | 10:00:00 | The Minorities Subcommittee took up consideration of the Fundamental Rights Subcommittee Report. |
| Negotiation of Article 19 in the Advisory Subcommittee on Minorities | 19:00:00 | The subcommittee received the report from the Subcommittee on Fundamental Rights and informally discussed Article 10. |
Friday, 18 April 1947
| Committee | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Negotiation of Article 39 in the Advisory Subcommittee on Minorities | 10:00:00 | The subcommittee discussed Clause 35 but made no formal decisions. |
| Negotiation of Article 19 in the Advisory Subcommittee on Minorities | 10:00:00 | The subcommittee took up Clause 10. |
Saturday, 19 April 1947
| Committee | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Negotiation of Article 39 in the Advisory Subcommittee on Minorities | 10:00:00 | The subcommittee considered Clause 35 and referred its interim report to the Advisory Committee. |
| Negotiation of Article 19 in the Advisory Subcommittee on Minorities | 10:00:00 | The Draft of the Subcommittee on Fundamental Rights as amended by the Minorities Subcommittee was referred to the Advisory Committee. |
Monday, 21 April 1947
| Committee | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Negotiation of Article 39 in the Advisory Committee | 10:00:00 | The Committee took up the Report of the Subcommittee on Fundamental Rights. |
| Negotiation of Article 19 in the Advisory Committee | 10:00:00 | The Committee took up the Report of the Subcommittee on Fundamental Rights. |
| Negotiation of Article 19 in the Advisory Committee | 16:00:00 | The committee adopted Clause 10 as amended. |
Tuesday, 22 April 1947
| Committee | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Negotiation of Article 39 in the Advisory Committee | 15:00:00 | The committee postponed consideration of Part II of the report. |
Wednesday, 23 April 1947
| Committee | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Negotiation of Article 19 in the Advisory Committee | 19:00:00 | The committee referred its interim report on justiciable rights to the Constituent Assembly. |
Monday, 28 April 1947
| Committee | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Negotiation of Article 19 in the Constituent Assembly | 11:00:00 | K.T. Shah and Mahavir Tyagi joined the Constituent Assembly. |
| Negotiation of Article 39 in the Constituent Assembly | 11:00:00 | More members joined the Assembly. |
Tuesday, 29 April 1947
| Committee | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Negotiation of Article 19 in the Constituent Assembly | 08:30:00 | The Assembly received the Advisory Committee's interim report on justiciable rights. The relevant clause is now Clause 8. |
Wednesday, 30 April 1947
| Committee | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Negotiation of Article 19 in the Constituent Assembly | 09:00:00 | The Assembly considered Clause 8 of the Advisory Committee's interim report on fundamental rights. |
Monday, 14 July 1947
| Committee | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Negotiation of Article 19 in the Constituent Assembly | 10:00:00 | New members joined the Constituent Assembly following Partition. |
| Negotiation of Article 39 in the Constituent Assembly | 10:00:00 | More members joined the Assembly. |
Tuesday, 15 July 1947
| Committee | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Negotiation of Article 19 in the Constituent Assembly | 15:00:00 | Hasrat Mohani and Thakur Das Bhargava joined the Constituent Assembly. |
| Negotiation of Article 39 in the Constituent Assembly | 15:00:00 | More members joined the Assembly. |
Wednesday, 16 July 1947
| Committee | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Negotiation of Article 39 in the Constituent Assembly | 15:00:00 | More members joined the Assembly. |
Thursday, 24 July 1947
| Committee | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Negotiation of Article 39 in the Advisory Committee | 10:00:00 | More members were appointed to the committee. |
Friday, 25 July 1947
| Committee | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Negotiation of Article 19 in the Constituent Assembly | 10:00:00 | Mihir Lal Chattopadhyaya joined the Constituent Assembly. |
Monday, 28 July 1947
| Committee | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Negotiation of Article 39 in the Advisory Committee | 10:00:00 | More members were appointed to the committee. |
Monday, 25 August 1947
| Committee | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Negotiation of Article 19 in the Constituent Assembly | 10:00:00 | Syed Abdur Rouf joined the Constituent Assembly. |
| Negotiation of Article 39 in the Advisory Committee | 10:00:00 | The committee drafted a supplementary report on fundamental rights, based on Part II of the Subcommittee on Fundamental Rights' draft report. |
| Negotiation of Article 39 in the Constituent Assembly | 10:00:00 | More members joined the Assembly. |
Friday, 29 August 1947
| Committee | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Negotiation of Article 39 in the Drafting Committee | 10:00:00 | The committee was appointed. |
Saturday, 30 August 1947
| Committee | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Negotiation of Article 19 in the Constituent Assembly | 10:00:00 | The Advisory Committee's interim report on justiciable rights as amended by the Constituent Assembly was was referred to the Constitutional Adviser. |
| Negotiation of Article 39 in the Constituent Assembly | 10:00:00 | The Constituent Assembly received the Advisory Committee's Supplementary Report on Fundamental Rights and referred it to the Constitutional Adviser. |
Tuesday, 07 October 1947
| Committee | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Negotiation of Article 39 by the Constitutional Adviser | 10:00:00 | The dates on which B.N. Rau prepared the Draft Constitution are unclear. This session date corresponds with the date on Rau's notes to the draft. The relevant article is now Article 32(ii). |
| Negotiation of Article 19 by the Constitutional Adviser | 10:00:00 | B.N. Rau prepared a draft constitution. |
Monday, 27 October 1947
| Committee | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Negotiation of Article 39 in the Drafting Committee | 10:00:00 | The committee took up B.N. Rau's Draft Constitution. |
| Negotiation of Article 19 in the Drafting Committee | 10:00:00 | The Drafting Committee received B.N. Rau's draft constitution. |
Friday, 31 October 1947
| Committee | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Negotiation of Article 19 in the Drafting Committee | 10:30:00 | The committee took up Article 15. |
Saturday, 01 November 1947
| Committee | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Negotiation of Article 39 in the Drafting Committee | 10:30:00 | The committee took up Clause 32. |
Tuesday, 27 January 1948
| Committee | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Negotiation of Article 19 in the Constituent Assembly | 11:00:00 | K. Hanumanthia and Krishna Chandra Sharma joined the Constituent Assembly. |
Saturday, 21 February 1948
| Committee | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Negotiation of Article 39 in the Drafting Committee | 10:00:00 | The Drafting Committee's draft constitution was referred to the Constituent Assembly. |
| Negotiation of Article 19 in the Drafting Committee | 10:30:00 | The Drafting Committee's draft constitution was referred to the Constituent Assembly. |
Thursday, 04 November 1948
| Committee | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Negotiation of Article 19 in the Constituent Assembly | 11:00:00 | Dr. B.R. Ambedkar introduced the Draft Constitution, as prepared by the Drafting Committee. |
| Negotiation of Article 39 in the Constituent Assembly | 11:00:00 | The Draft Constitution was introduced. |
Friday, 05 November 1948
| Committee | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Negotiation of Article 19 in the Constituent Assembly | 10:00:00 | Mohamed Ismail joined the Constituent Assembly. |
Saturday, 06 November 1948
| Committee | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Negotiation of Article 39 in the Constituent Assembly | 10:00:00 | More delegates joined the Assembly. |
Monday, 08 November 1948
| Committee | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Negotiation of Article 19 in the Constituent Assembly | 10:00:00 | The Assembly adopted Ambedkar's motion to take up the Draft Constitution. |
Monday, 15 November 1948
| Committee | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Negotiation of Article 19 in the Constituent Assembly | 10:00:00 | The Assembly began its consideration of the Drafting Committee's Draft Constitution. |
| Negotiation of Article 39 in the Constituent Assembly | 10:00:00 | The Assembly began its article by article consideration of the draft constitution. |
Wednesday, 17 November 1948
| Committee | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Negotiation of Article 19 in the Constituent Assembly | 10:00:00 | The Assembly considered Articles 2 and 3. |
Thursday, 18 November 1948
| Committee | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Negotiation of Article 19 in the Constituent Assembly | 10:00:00 | The Assembly adopted Article 3. |
Monday, 22 November 1948
| Committee | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Negotiation of Article 39 in the Constituent Assembly | 10:10:00 | The Assembly considered Article 31. |
Tuesday, 23 November 1948
| Committee | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Negotiation of Article 19 in the Constituent Assembly | 10:00:00 | Bhopinder Singh and Nand Lal joined the Constituent Assembly. |
Wednesday, 01 December 1948
| Committee | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Negotiation of Article 19 in the Constituent Assembly | 09:30:00 | The Assembly moved and debated its amendments to Clause 13. |
Thursday, 02 December 1948
| Committee | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Negotiation of Article 19 in the Constituent Assembly | 09:30:00 | The Assembly continued its discussion on Article 13 and adopted the article as amended. |
Wednesday, 15 June 1949
| Committee | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Negotiation of Article 39 in the Constituent Assembly | 10:00:00 | Shibban Lal Saksena spoke about the article during the consideration of Article 271-A. |
Thursday, 01 September 1949
| Committee | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Negotiation of Article 39 in the Constituent Assembly | 10:00:00 | P.S. Deshmukh, H.V. Kamath, and Ambedkar spoke about the article during the discussion on List I. |
Saturday, 03 September 1949
| Committee | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Negotiation of Article 39 in the Constituent Assembly | 10:00:00 | P.S. Deshmukh and G. Durgabai spoke about the article during the discussion on Entry 6 to the Concurrent List. |
Monday, 17 October 1949
| Committee | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Negotiation of Article 19 in the Constituent Assembly | 09:00:00 | The Assembly considered further amendments to Article 13. |
| Negotiation of Article 39 in the Constituent Assembly | 09:00:00 | The Assembly adjourned the session and referred the draft to the Drafting Committee for revision. |
Thursday, 03 November 1949
| Committee | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Negotiation of Article 39 in the Drafting Committee | 09:00:00 | The Drafting Committee revised the Draft Constitution. |
| Negotiation of Article 19 in the Drafting Committee | 09:00:00 | The Drafting Committee revised the draft constitution. |
Monday, 14 November 1949
| Committee | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Negotiation of Article 39 in the Constituent Assembly | 11:00:00 | The Assembly took up the Drafting Committee's revised constitution. |
Monday, 21 November 1949
| Committee | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Negotiation of Article 39 in the Constituent Assembly | 10:00:00 | Jaspat Roy Kapoor spoke about Article 39 during a discussion on the revised constitution. |
Thursday, 24 November 1949
| Committee | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Negotiation of Article 39 in the Constituent Assembly | 10:00:00 | Purnima Banerji spoke about Clause 39 during a discussion on the Drafting Committee's revised constitution. |
Tuesday, 24 January 1950
| Committee | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Negotiation of Article 39 in the Constituent Assembly | 11:00:00 | The Assembly adopted the Constitution on this day. However, the editors have used this meeting to represent a revision in Article 39(f) that occurred post-ratification. |