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Indian Polity UPPSC 2006 GS-I
Question

The First day session of Indian Constituent Assembly was chaired by

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Option D: Dr. Sachchidanand Sinha

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Dr. Sachchidanand Sinha”.
Sachchidananda Sinha, the oldest member was elected as the first Chairman (temporary) of the Assembly. Later, Dr Rajendra Prasad was elected the President and Harendra Coomar Mookerjee was elected the Vice President.

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