UNION OF INDIA CONSTITUTION
PROPOSALS BEFORE ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT, CABINET, AND LEGISLATURE (Rec. 7 p.m.) NEW DELHI, July 21. The Union of India will have a Federal Constitution with an elected President, according to the Indian Union Constitution Committee’s report, which Pandit Nehru has introduced in the Constituent Assembly. The President will be known as "Rashtrapati” (Head of the Nation). He will hold office for five years and be eligible for re-election only once. The Federal Legislature will consist of two Houses—a Council of State of about 200 members, and a “House of the People” of between 300 and 400 members. There will be a Council of Ministers with a Prime Minister at its head to advise the President.
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Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25243, 23 July 1947, Page 7
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