In which city did the Constituent Assembly of India hold its first sitting in December 1946?
Question and options
In which city did the Constituent Assembly of India hold its first sitting in December 1946?
Bombay
Calcutta
Shimla
New Delhi
Answer and explanation
The Constituent Assembly first met on 9 December 1946 in the Constitution Hall, New Delhi, with Sachchidananda Sinha as temporary chairman. Shimla, the summer capital, had hosted the 1945 conference on constitutional proposals but never sittings of the Assembly.
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