2020-08-29 Sat

On 29th August 1947, the Constituent Assembly set up a Drafting Committee under the Chairmanship of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar to prepare a Draft Constitution for India. The Drafting Committee had seven members: Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar, N. Gopalaswami; B.R. Ambedkar, K.M Munshi, Mohammad Saadulla, B.L. Mitter and D.P. Khaitan. At its first meeting on 30th August 1947, the Drafting Committee elected B.R Ambedkar as its Chairman. The Constituent Assembly took almost three years (two years, eleven months and seventeen days to be precise) to complete its historic task of drafting the Constitution for Independent India. On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Formation of Indian Republic, India Post issued a se-tenant pair of stamps with 10 Rs. each. The left stamp depicts the first page of the Constitution of India and the right stamp depicts the Drafting Committee of the constitution. Visit philamart to view and purchase variety of stamps from all over the world.

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