The Constitution of India was adopted by the elected Constituent Assembly on 26 November 1949 and
came into effect on 26 January 1950. The total membership of the Constituent Assembly was 389. While we all remember Dr. B R Ambedkar as the Father of the Constitution and other pioneering male members who helped draft the Indian Constitution, the contribution of the fifteen female members of the Constituent Assembly is easily forgotten.let’s take a look at the powerful women who helped draft our Constitution.
1. Ammu Swaminathan
2. Begum Aizaz Rasul
3. Durgabai Deshmukh
4. Hansa Jivraj Mehta
5. Leela Roy
6. Malati Choudhury
7. Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
8. Renuka Ray
9. Sarojini Naidu
10. Sucheta Kriplani
11. Vijalakshami Pandit
12. Annie Mascarene
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