What was the basis for constituting the Constituent Assembly of India? (1) The Resolution of the Indian National Congress (2) The Cabinet Mission Plan, 1946 (3) The Indian Independence Act, 1947 (4) The resolutions of the Provincial/State Legislatures of the Dominion of India

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(2) The Cabinet Mission Plan, 1946 Explanation: The Constituent Assembly of India was elected to write the Constitution of India. The Constituent Assembly was set up while India was still under British rule, following negotiations between Indian leaders and members of the 1946 Cabinet Mission to India from the United Kingdom. The Assembly members were elected to it indirectly by the members of the individual provincial legislative assemblies, and initially included representatives for those provinces which came to form part of Pakistan, some of which are now within Bangladesh.

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