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Who was the Chairman of the House Committee of the Constituent Assembly, which looked after the accommodation and other facilities of the members?

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Answer: Option D — B. Pattabhi Sitaramayya

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Pattabhi Sitaramayya. Dr. Bhogaraju Pattabhi Sitaramayya was the Chairman of the House Committee of the Constituent Assembly.

About the House Committee:

  • It was one of the minor committees of the Constituent Assembly.
  • It looked after the accommodation, food, travel and other facilities of the members of the Assembly during its sessions in Delhi.

Committees of the Constituent Assembly:

  • The Constituent Assembly set up a number of committees to deal with different tasks of constitution-making.
  • The major committees dealt with subjects such as the powers of the Union, the Union and provincial constitutions, the rights of citizens and minorities, the princely states, and the drafting of the Constitution.
  • The minor committees dealt with procedural and administrative matters.
  • The reports of the committees formed the basis of the Draft Constitution.

About Pattabhi Sitaramayya:

  • He was born on 24 November 1880 at Gundugolanu, in the West Godavari district of present-day Andhra Pradesh.
  • He was a doctor by profession, and practised medicine at Machilipatnam.
  • He founded the Andhra Bank at Machilipatnam in 1923, and also started the Andhra Insurance Company.
  • He was a close follower of Gandhi, and took part in the Non-Cooperation, Salt and Quit India movements.
  • He was imprisoned in Ahmednagar Fort with other Congress leaders during the Quit India Movement.
  • He wrote "The History of the Indian National Congress" (1935), at the request of the Congress; it was the first official history of the Congress.
  • In the Congress presidential election of 1939, he was Gandhi's candidate, but was defeated by Subhas Chandra Bose.
  • He became the President of the Congress in 1948 (Jaipur session).
  • He was the Governor of Madhya Pradesh (1952-1957).
  • He died on 17 December 1959.

Why not the other options?

Gopalaswami Ayyangar, T. T. Krishnamachari and Frank Anthony were other members of the Assembly, but they did not head the House Committee.

Quick tip

Remember: House Committee of the Constituent Assembly = B. Pattabhi Sitaramayya ("History of the Indian National Congress"; Andhra Bank; Congress President, Jaipur 1948).

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