Union Powers Committee - Jawaharlal Nehru Union Constitution Committee -Jawaharlal Nehru Provincial Constitution Committee -Sardar Patel Drafting Committee - Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Rules of Procedure Committee - Dr. Rajendra Prasad States Committee (Committee for Negotiating with States) - Jawaharlal Nehru Steering Committee - Dr. Rajendra Prasad Advisory Committee on Fundamental Rights, Minorities and Tribal and Excluded Areas - Sardar Patel This committee had the following five sub- committees :- Fundamental Rights Sub-Committee - J.B. Kripalani Minorities Sub-Committee - H.C. Mukherjee North-East Frontier Tribal Areas and Assam Excluded & Partially Excluded Areas Sub-Committee - Gopinath Bardoloi Excluded and Partially Excluded Areas (other than those in Assam) Sub-Committee - A.V. Thakkar North-West Frontier Tribal Areas Sub-Committee - Gopinath Bardoloi Finance and Staff Committee - Dr. Rajendra Prasad Credentials Committee - Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar House Committee - B. Pattabhi Sitaramayya Order of Business Committee - Dr. K.M. Munshi Ad-hoc Committee on the National Flag - Dr. Rajendra Prasad Committee on the Functions of the Constituent Assembly - G.V. Mavalankar Ad-hoc Committee on the Supreme Court - S. Varadachari Committee on Chief Commissioners’ Provinces - B. Pattabhi Sitaramayya Expert Committee on the Financial Provisions of the Union Constitution -Nalini Ranjan Sarkar Linguistic Provinces Commission - S.K. Dar Special Committee to Examine the Draft Constitution - Jawaharlal Nehru Press Gallery Committee - Usha Nath Sen Ad-hoc Committee on Citizenship - S. VaradachariAmong all the committees of the Constituent Assembly, the most important committee was the Drafting Committee set up on 29 August 1947 This consisted of seven members They were -- Dr. B.R. Ambedkar (Chairman) N. Gopalaswamy Ayyangar Alladi Krishnaswamy Ayyar Dr. K.M. Munshi Syed Mohammad Saadullah N. Madhava Rau (He replaced B.L. Mitter who resigned due to ill-health) T.T. Krishnamachari (He replaced D.P. Khaitan who died in 1948)
Jawaharlal Nehru - Vice-President of the Council; External Affairs & Commonwealth Relations Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel - Home, Information & Broadcasting Dr. Rajendra Prasad - Food & Agriculture Dr. John Mathai - Industries & Supplies Jagjivan Ram - Labour Sardar Baldev Singh - Defence C.H. Bhabha - Works, Mines & Power Liaquat Ali Khan - Finance Abdur Rab Nishtar - Posts & Air Asaf Ali - Railways & Transport C. Rajagopalachari - Education & Arts I.I. Chundrigar - Commerce Ghaznafar Ali Khan - Health Joginder Nath Mandal - Law
Jawaharlal Nehru - Prime Minister; External Affairs & Commonwealth Relations; Scientific Research Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel - Home, Information & Broadcasting; States Dr. Rajendra Prasad - Food & Agriculture Maulana Abul Kalam Azad - Education Dr. John Mathai - Railways & Transport R.K. Shanmugham Chetty - Finance Dr. B.R. Ambedkar - Law Jagjivan Ram - Labour Sardar Baldev Singh - Defence Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur - Health C.H. Bhabha - Commerce Rafi Ahmed Kidwai - Communication Dr. Shayama Prasad Mukherji - Industries & Supplies V.N. Gadgil - Works, Mines & Power
RAMSAR SITES IN INDIA 1. Asan Conservation Reserve- Uttarakhand 2. Asthamudi Wetland - Kerala 3. Beas Conservation Reserve - Punjab 4. Bhitarkanika Mangroves - Orissa 5. Bhoj Wetlands - Madhya Pradesh 6. Chandertal Wetland - Himachal Pradesh 7. Chilka Lake - Orissa 8. Deepor Beel - Assam 9. East Kolkata Wetlands - West Bengal 10. Harike Lake - Punjab 11. Hokera Wetland - Jammu and Kashmir 12. Kabartal Wetland - Bihar 13. Kanjli Lake - Punjab 14. Keoladeo Ghana NP - Rajasthan 15. Keshopur-Miani Community Reserve - Punjab 16. Kolleru Lake - Andhra Pradesh 17. Loktak Lake - Manipur 18. Lonar Lake - Maharashtra 19. Nalsarovar Bird Sanctuary- Gujarat 20. Nandur Madhameshwar - Maharashtra 21. Nangal Wildlife Sanctuary - Punjab 22. Nawabganj Bird Sanctuary - Uttar Pradesh 23. Parvati Agra Bird Sanctuary - Uttar Pradesh 24. Point Calimere Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary - Tamil Nadu 25. Pong Dam Lake - Himachal Pradesh 26. Renuka Wetland - Himachal Pradesh 27. Ropar Lake - Punjab 28. Rudrasagar Lake - Tripura 29. Saman Bird Sanctuary - Uttar Pradesh 30. Samaspur Bird Sanctuary - Uttar Pradesh 31. Sambhar Lake - Rajasthan 32. Sandi Bird Sanctuary - Uttar Pradesh 33. Sarsai Nawar Jheel - Uttar Pradesh 34. Sasthamkotta Lake - Kerala 35. Sunderbans Wetland - West Bengal 36. Surinsar-Mansar Lakes - Jammu and Kashmir 37. Sur Sarovar - Uttar Pradesh 38. Tso Kar Wetland Complex - Ladakh 39. Tsomoriri Lake - Jammu and Kashmir 40. Upper Ganga River (Brijghat to Narora Stretch) - Uttar Pradesh 41. Vembanad Kol Wetland - Kerala 42. Wular Lake - Jammu & Kashmir
First in India : Male Personalities 1.The First President Of Indian Republic - Dr. Rajendra Prasad 2.The First Prime Minister Of Free India - Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru 3.The First Indian To Win Nobel Price - Rabindranath Tagore 4.The First President Of Indian National Congress - W. C. Banerjee 5.The First Muslim President Of Indian National Congress - Badruddin Tayyabji 6.The First Muslim President Of India - Dr. Zakir Hussain 7.The First British Governer General Of India - Lord William Bentinck 8.The First British Viceroy Of India - Lord Canning 9.The First Governor General Of Free India - Lord Mountbatten 10.The First And The Last Indian To Be Governor General Of Free India - C. Rajagopalachari 11.The First Man Who Introduced Printing Press In Free India - James Hicky 12.The First Indian To Join I.C.S. - Satyengra Nath Tagore 13.India's First Man In Space - Rakesh Sharma 14.The First Prime Minister In India Who Resigned Without Completing The Full Term - Morarji Desai 15.The First Indian Commander-in-Chief Of India - General Cariappa 16.The First Chief Of The Army Staff - Gen. Maharaj Rajendra Singh Ji 17.The First Indian Member Of The Viceroy's Executive Council - S. P. Sinha 18.The First President Of India Who Died While In Office - Dr. Zakir Hussain 19.The First Prime Minister Of India Who Did Not Face The Parliament - Charan Singh 20.The First Field Marshal Of India - S. H. F. Manekshaw 21.The First Indian To Get Nobel Price In Physics - C. V. Raman 22.The First Indian To Recieve Bharat Ratna Award - Dr. Radhakrishnan 23.The First Indian To Cross English Channel - Mihir Sen 24.The First Indian To Receive Jnanpith Award - Sri Shankar Kurup 25.The First Speaker Of The Lok Sabha - Ganesh Vasudeva Mavalankar 26.The first Vice-President of India - Dr. Radhakrishnan 27.The first Education Minister - Abul Kalam Azad 28.The first Home Minister of India - Sardar Vailabh Bhai Patel 29.The first Indian Air Chief Marshal - S. Mukherjee 30.The first Indian Naval Chief - Vice Admiral R. D. Katari 31.The first judge of International Court of Justice - Dr. Nagendra Singh 32.The first person to receive Paramveer Chakra - Major Somnath Sharma 33.The first person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen - Sherpa Phu Dorjee 34.The first Chief Election Commissioner - Sukumar Sen 35.The first person to receive Magsaysay Award - Acharya Vinoba Bhave 36.The first person of Indian origin to receive Nobel Prize in Medicine - Hargovind Khurana 37.The first Chinese traveler to visit India - Fahein 38.The first person to receive Stalin Prize - Saifuddin Kitchlu 39.The first person to resign from the central cabinet - Shyama Prasad Mukherjee 40.The first foreigner to receive Bharat Ratna - Khan Abdul Ghaftar Khan 41.The first person to receive Nobel Prize in Economics - Amartya Sen 42.The first Chief Justice of Supreme CourtJustice - Hiralal J. Kania