On which date did the Constituent Assembly hold its first session?

→ The Constituent Assembly of India met for the first time on December 9, 1946, in the Constitution Hall (now the Central Hall of Parliament House).
→ The session was attended by 211 members, as the Muslim League boycotted the meeting demanding a separate state of Pakistan.
→ Following the French practice, the oldest member, Dr. Sachchidananda Sinha, was elected as the temporary President of the Assembly.
→ This date marks the official beginning of the process to draft the Constitution of independent India.
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→ The Assembly was formed based on the recommendations of the Cabinet Mission Plan of 1946.
→ Dr. Rajendra Prasad was elected as the permanent President just two days later, on December 11, 1946.
→ H.C. Mukherjee and V.T. Krishnamachari were elected as Vice-Presidents.
→ Sir B.N. Rau was appointed as the Constitutional Advisor to the Assembly.
→ Jawaharlal Nehru moved the historic 'Objectives Resolution' on December 13, 1946.
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