Members of the Drafting Committee of the Constitution

The Drafting Committee for framing the constitution was appointed on 29 August 1947, . The committee comprised of a chairman and six other members. In addition a constitutional advisor was also appointed.

The committee members were:


1) Dr B. R. Ambedkar - Chairman

2) K M Munshi (Ex- Home Minister, Bombay)

3) Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer (Ex- Advocate General, Madras State)

4) N Gopalaswami Ayengar (Ex-Prime Minister, J&K, member of Nehru Cabinet)

5) B L Mitter (Ex-Advocate General, India)

6) Md. Saadullah (Ex- Chief Minister of Assam, Muslim League member)

7) D P Khaitan (lawyer).



Sir Benegal Narsing Rau was appinted as the constitutional advisor.He later became First Indian Judge in International Court of Justice in 1950.



Other Committee members:

B L Mitter resigned from the committee. He was replaced by Madhav Rao (Legal Advisor of Maharaja of Vadodara).

D P Khaitan passed away and was replaced by T T Krishnamachari.