The Preamble tote bag

Rajendra Prasad

  1. Mr. President :ANNOUNCEMENTS BY THE PRESIDENTWe shall work it out in a day or two and we shall announce it in the Press.
  2. Mr. President :ANNOUNCEMENTS BY THE PRESIDENTAs we have been holding our session in this Hall, I think we must have, this function also in this Hall (Hear, Hear).
  3. Mr. President :ANNOUNCEMENTS BY THE PRESIDENTWe shall utilise every little bit of space. There was one thing more which I desired to tell you. We have announced the next session on the night of the…

  1. Mr. President :SINGING OF VANDE MATARAMThe first item on the Agenda is the singing of the first verse of VANDE MATARAM. We will listen to it all standing.
  2. Mr. President:PRESIDENT’S ADDRESSIn this solemn hour, of our history when after many years of struggle we are taking over the governance of this country, let us offer humble thanks to…
  3. Mr. President :PRESIDENT’S ADDRESSAfter this I propose that we all stand in silence to honour the memory of those who have died in the struggle for freedom in India and elsewhere.
  4. Mr. President :MOTION RE. PLEDGE BY MEMBERSPandit Jawaharlal Nehru will now move the motion which stands in his name.
  5. Mr. President :MOTION RE. PLEDGE BY MEMBERSI will now put the Resolution to the vote. I shall read it first: “Resolved that— (1) After the last stroke of midnight, all members of the Constituent…
  6. Mr. President :MOTION RE. PLEDGE BY MEMBERSThank you. I will put the Resolution to vote. Members will please express their assent by saying ‘Aye’.
  7. Mr. President :MOTION RE. PLEDGE BY MEMBERSWe have just resolved that as the clock strikes 12, we shall take, the pledge. In taking the pledge, I shall read it out sentence by sentence in our own…
  8. MOTION RE. PLEDGE BY MEMBERS“At this solemn moment when the people of India, through suffering and sacrifice, have secured freedom, I.......... a member of the Constituent Assembly…
  9. Mr. President :INTIMATION TO THE VICEROY ABOUT THE ASSUMPTION OF POWER BY THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY AND THE ASSEMBLY’S ENDORSEMENT OF LORD MOUNTBATTEN’S APPOINTMENT AS GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIAI propose that it should be intimated to the Viceroy that— (1) the Constituent Assembly of India has assumed power for the governance of India, and (2)…
  10. Mr. President :PRESENTATION OF THE NATIONAL FLAGShrimati Hansa Mehta will now present the National Flag on behalf of the women of India. (Cheers.)
  11. Mr. President :PRESENTATION OF THE NATIONAL FLAGI have, in anticipation of the consent of the House accepted with thanks a poem composed by His Excellency Dr. Chia Luen Lo, the Chinese Ambassador in…
  12. Mr. President :SINGING OF NATIONAL SONGSThe next item is the singing of the first few lines of Sare Jahan se Achcha Hindustan Hamara and the first verse of Janaganamana Adhinayaka Jaya He .
  13. Mr. President :SINGING OF NATIONAL SONGSThe House will now adjourn for a few hours, till Ten of the Clock.

  1. Mr. President :MESSAGESI shall read out certain messages which have been received. 1. Message from the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. My colleagues in the United Kingdom…
  2. Mr. President :ADDRESS OF H.E. THE GOVERNOR-GENERALMay I invite your Excellency To address the House?
  3. Mr. President :ADDRESS OF H.E. THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL[Your Excellency and members of the Assembly. I request you to communicate to His Majesty the gratitude of this Assembly for the message he has very…
  4. Mr. President :ADDITIONAL MESSAGESI have to announce that a message of greetings and goodwill has also been received from the French Minister of Foreign Affairs. M. Giraud on behalf of…