Founding Mothers of the Indian Constitution Postcards

The Constitution of India was crafted by an elected Constituent Assembly which comprised of 389 members. The Constitution was adopted on 26 November 1949 and came into effect on 26 January 1950. While Dr. BR Ambedkar is dully regarded as the 'Father of the Constitution', the invaluable contribution of the women member of the Constituent Assembly who shaped our Constitution deserves celebration.

Seventeen women were elected to the Constituent Assembly, which deliberated from 9 December 1946 to 25 January 1950 to shape our Constitution. When the constitution was signed by the members of the constitution assembly only eleven of the women members officially signed on the historical document. Malati Chaudhary & Leela Roy had resigned. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit had resigned to become India's Ambassador to Soviet Russia. Sarojini Naidu had passed away. Two others had resigned & left India after partition.

Ammu Swaminathan, Dakshayani Velayudhan, Begum Aizaz Rasul, Durgabai Deshmukh, Hansa Mehta, Kamla Chaudhary, Leela Roy, Malati Choudhury, Purnima Banerjee, Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, Renuka Ray, Sarojini Naidu, Sucheta Kripalani, Vijaylakshmi Pandit and Annie Mascarene are widely regarded as the fifteen 'Founding Mothers of the Indian Constitution'.