FridayJunk: indian polity book series 48

Indian Constitution - Additional Tables and Information

Various Commissions and Committees related to Indian Polity

Committee	Year	Purpose
Macaulay Committee	1854	Indian Civil Service
Drafting Committee	1947	To draft the Constitution
Thar Commission	1948	Formation of Linguistic States
JVP Committee	1948	Formation of Linguistic States
Ram Nandan Committee	1993	OBC Creamy Layer
Swaran Singh Committee	1976	Fundamental Duties
Verma Committee	1999	Fundamental Duties
Rajamannar Committee	1969	Center-State Relations
Sarkaria Commission	1983	Center-State Relations
Madan Mohan Punchhi Commission	2007	Center-State Relations
Balwantrai Mehta Committee	1957	Study of CDP, NES schemes, Panchayati Raj system
Ashok Mehta Committee	1977	Panchayati Raj system
G.V.K. Rao Committee	1985	Panchayati Raj system
L.M. Singhvi Committee	1986	Panchayati Raj system
Hanumantha Rao Committee	1982	Panchayati Raj system
Santhanam Committee	1962	Corruption
Tarkunde Committee	1974	Electoral Reforms
Dinesh Goswami Committee	1990	Electoral Reforms
N.N. Vohra Committee	1993	Political Corruption
Indrajit Gupta Committee	1998	Electoral Reforms
Constitutional Review Commission	2000	Appointed to review the Constitution. Its chairman was M.N. Venkatachaliah

Case	Year	Judgment
1. Shankari Prasad VS India	1951	Land reforms are not contrary to fundamental rights
2. Golaknath Vs Punjab	1967	Parliament does not have the power to amend fundamental rights
3. Kesavananda Bharati VS Kerala	1973	Parliament can amend fundamental rights but cannot change the basic structure of the Constitution
4. Minerva Mills Vs Union of India	1980	Judicial review is a fundamental element of the Constitution
5. Indira Sahni VS India	1992	Related to OBC reservations
6. Unnikrishnan Vs Andhra Pradesh	1993	The court recognized elementary education as a fundamental right

Constitutional Position	First Person
First President of India	Dr. Babu Rajendra Prasad
First Vice-President of India	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
First Prime Minister of India	Jawaharlal Nehru
First Deputy Prime Minister of India	Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
First Lok Sabha Speaker	G.V. Mavalankar
First Deputy Speaker	Ananthasayanam Ayyangar
First Muslim President	Zakir Husain
First Dalit President	K.R. Narayanan
First Chief Election Commissioner	Sukumar Sen
First CAG	Narahari Rao
First Attorney General	M.C. Setalvad
First Chief Justice of the Supreme Court	H.J. Kania
First President to die while in office	Zakir Husain
First Vice-President to die while in office	Krishnakant
First Prime Minister to be arrested	Indira Gandhi
First Prime Minister to be assassinated	Indira Gandhi
First Indian ICS Officer	Satyendranath Tagore
First UPSC Chairman	Sir Ross Barker
First Chairman of Finance Commission	K.C. Neogy

Emergency	Article
National Emergency	Article 352
Constitutional Emergency (President's Rule)	Article 356
Financial Emergency	Article 360
National Emergency	Imposed 3 times
State with the longest period of President's rule	Punjab (over 3000 days)
States where President's rule has not yet been imposed	Telangana, Chhattisgarh

Book	Author
1. Introduction to the Constitution of India	D.D. Basu
2. Working of a Democratic Constitution	Granville Austin
3. The Indian Constitution: Cornerstone of a Nation	Granville Austin
4. Our Parliament	Subhash Kashyap
5. Some Characteristics of Indian Constitution	Ivor Jennings

Writ	Meaning	Purpose
Habeas Corpus	To produce the body	Protecting personal liberty
Mandamus	Order	Getting public officials to work
Prohibition	Prohibition	Controlling the jurisdiction of lower courts (before judgment)
Certiorari	Superior	Controlling the jurisdiction of lower courts (after judgment)
Quo Warranto	What is your authority	Preventing misuse of public offices

Constituency	Details
Largest Lok Sabha constituency by area	Ladakh (J&K)
Smallest Lok Sabha constituency by area	Chandni Chowk (Delhi)
Largest Lok Sabha constituency by number of voters	Malkajgiri (Telangana)
Smallest Lok Sabha constituency by number of voters	Lakshadweep