DRAFT CONSTITUTION 1061
[Amendments of Dr. Ambedkar mentioned above were adopted Articles
99 and 184, as amended were added to the Constitution.]
A RTICLE 1
*Mr. President: There is one more article, article 1.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Sir, I propose to move amendment No. 130 and incorporate in it my amendment No. 197 which makes a little verbal change in sub-clause (2).
Sir, I move:
“That for clauses (1) and (2) of article 1, the following clauses be substituted :—
“( 1 ) India, that is, Bharat shall be a Union of States.
(2) The States and the territories thereof shall be the States and their territories for the time being specified in Parts I, II and III of the First Schedule.’ ”
†Mr. President: If I adjourn at all, it will be for the next session. It will be best to adjourn till the next session.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Sir, this can be finished in a short time.
Mr. President: What can we do ? It is open to any Member to obstruct. Eighty six Members are present and under our rules one-third of the total number of Members should constitute the quorum, and that is about 97. So now, there is no quorum. I have to adjourn the House, there is no help.
An Honourable Member : Let this article go to the next session.
Another Honourable Member : We can meet tomorrow.
Another Honourable Member: There is no guarantee of quorum even tomorrow.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : We can bring some Members who may be outside. The bell may be rung.
‡Shri H. V. Kamath : ...Some ascribe it (name of Bharat) to the son of Dushyant and Shakuntala who was also known as “Sarvadamana” or all conqueror and who established his suzerainty and kingdom in this ancient land. After him this land came to be known as Bharat. Another school of research scholars hold that Bharat dates back to Vedic...
*CAD, Vol. IX, 17th September 1949, p. 1669. .
† Ibid., p. 1670.
‡ Ibid., 18th September 1949, p. 1674