Other available views:
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.
Readers' View
View the committees of the convention
To see the full record of a committee, click on the corresponding committee on the map below.
Committees
Created on: 1946-12-09 00:00:00
Dissolved on: None
Description: This mini-model has been created to trace the history and evolution of the language that eventually became the Article 19 of the Constitution of India. We hope that visualizing the development of that language will help us understand its context and significance.
Created on: 1947-03-24 00:00:00
Dissolved on: None
Description: The text of what would ultimately become Article 39 of the Constitution began in the Advisory Subcommittee on Fundamental Rights, when B.N. Rau presented a set of draft articles to the subcommittee. The editors have not found this document, but based on the content of discussions, it is clear that this document contained the text of Clause 45(2.2) of the Irish Constitution. The discussion on Directive Principles originated in the subcommittee, and B.N. Rau used this discussion as the basis for a set of clauses, one of which is the text of what would become Article 39.
Created on: 1947-02-27 00:00:00
Dissolved on: None
Description: Once the Advisory Subcommittee on Fundamental Rights agreed a draft report on fundamental rights, that report was referred to the Advisory Subcommittee on Minorities, where it was considered and amended by that subcommittee. The relevant article number at this stage is 35.
Created on: 1947-01-24 00:00:00
Dissolved on: None
Description: The reports of the Subcommittee on Fundamental Rights and the Subcommittee on Minorities were referred to the Advisory committee alongside the draft clauses as amended in both subcommittees. The Advisory Committee took up the Fundamental Rights Subcommittee's draft as the basis of its clause-by-clause discussion, referring to the Minorities Subcommittee's draft where it differed from the former.
Created on: 1946-12-09 00:00:00
Dissolved on: None
Description: The Advisory Committee referred its Supplementary Report on Fundamental Rights to the Constituent Assembly for consideration. At this point, the relevant clause is now Clause 3. This report was referred to the Constitutional Adviser for incorporation into the draft Constitution before it was considered by the Assembly. The Drafting Committee's draft Constitution came up for consideration in the Assembly in November 1948. At this point, the relevant article is Article 31.
Created on: 1946-12-09 00:00:00
Dissolved on: None
Description: After the 30 August 1947 adjournment of the Constitution Assembly session, B.N. Rau compiled the reports of the various committees into a draft constitution. This draft was then referred to the Drafting Committee.
Created on: 1947-08-29 00:00:00
Dissolved on: None
Description: B.N. Rau's Draft Constitution was taken up by the Drafting Committee in October 1947. The committee severally considered the articles and referred their Draft Constitution to the Constituent Assembly. The relevant article is now Article 31.
Created on: 1947-02-24 00:00:00
Dissolved on: None
Description: The text of what would ultimately become Article 19 of the Constitution began in the Advisory Subcommittee on Fundamental Rights, when K.M. Munshi presented a set of draft articles to the subcommittee. These articles formed the basis of the subcommittee's discussion and subsequent report on fundamental rights.
Created on: 1947-02-27 00:00:00
Dissolved on: None
Description: Once the Advisory Subcommittee on Fundamental Rights agreed a draft report on fundamental rights, that report was referred to the Advisory Subcommittee on Minorities, where it was considered and amended by that subcommittee. The relevant article number at this stage is 10.
Created on: 1947-01-22 00:00:00
Dissolved on: None
Description: The reports of the Subcommittee on Fundamental Rights and the Subcommittee on Minorities were referred to the Advisory committee alongside the draft clauses as amended in both subcommittees. The Advisory Committee took up the Fundamental Rights Subcommittee's draft as the basis of its clause-by-clause discussion, referring to the Minorities Subcommittee's draft where it differed from the former.
Created on: 1946-12-09 00:00:00
Dissolved on: None
Description: After the 30 August 1947 adjournment of the Constitution Assembly session, B.N. Rau compiled the reports of the various committees into a draft constitution. This draft was then referred to the Drafting Committee.
Created on: 1947-08-29 00:00:00
Dissolved on: None
Description: B.N. Rau's Draft Constitution was taken up by the Drafting Committee in October 1947. The committee severally considered the articles and referred their Draft Constitution to the Constituent Assembly. The relevant article is now Article 15.