Committees of Constituent Assembly

The Constituent Assembly appointed a total of 22 committees to deal with the various tasks of constitution-making. Of these, eight were major committees and the other were small committees.

1. Drafting Committee - BR Ambedkar

2. Union power committee - Jawaharlal Nehru

3. Central Constitution Committee - Jawaharlal Nehru

4. Provincial Constitution Committee - Vallabhbhai Patel

5. Advisory Committee on Fundamental Rights, Minorities and Tribal and Excluded Areas - Vallabhbhai Patel. This committee had the following subcommittees:

   • Fundamental Rights Sub-Committee - JB Kripalani
   • Minorities Sub-Committee - Harendra Komar Mookerjee,
   • North East Frontier Tribal Areas and Assam Excluded and Partially Excluded Areas - Gopinath Bordoloi
   • Excluded and Partially Excluded Areas (Others in Assam) Sub-Committee - AV Thakkar

6. Rules of Rakriya Committee - Rajendra Prasad

7. States Committee (Committee for Interaction with States) - Jawaharlal Nehru

8. Steering Committee - Rajendra Prasad

9. National Flag and HOC Committee - Rajendra Prasad

10. Committee for the work of the Constituent Assembly - GV Mavalankar

11. House Committee - B. Pattabhi Sitaramaiya

12. Language Committee - Moturi Satyanarayana

13. Order of the Trade Committee - KM Munshi