Among all the committees of the Constituent Assembly, the most important committee was the Drafting Committee set up on August 29, 1947. It consisted of seven members. They were:
(i) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar (Chairman)
(ii) N. Gopalaswamy Ayyangar
(iii) Alladi Krishnaswamy Ayyar
(iv) Dr. K.M. Munshi
(v) Syed Mohammad Saadullah
(vi) N. Madhava Rau (He replaced B.L. Mitter who resigned due to ill-health)
(vii) T.T. Krishnamachari (He replaced D.P. Khaitan who died in 1948)
The Drafting Committee, after taking into consideration the proposals of the various committees, prepared the first draft of the Constitution of India, which was published in February, 1948.
The Drafting Committee took less than six months to prepare its draft. In all it sat only for 141 days.
