Previous Year Question
Arrange the following events in a chronological order and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
I. Maharaja Hari Singh signed the Instrument of Accession.
II. Constitution of India was enforced.
III. Accession to India ratified by the Sovereign Constituent Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir.
IV. New Constitution of the State of Jammu and Kashmir came into force.
Codes:
I, III, IV, II
III, IV, I, II
I, II, III, IV
IV, III, II, I
Correct Answer: C
Detailed Solution
I. Instrument of Accession — October 1947: Maharaja Hari Singh signed the Instrument of Accession on 26 October 1947, deciding on accession to India. Historical material of the Government of India also records the accession of the State to the Indian Union on 26 October 1947.
II. Constitution of India — 26 January 1950: Under Article 394 of the Constitution of India, most provisions of the Constitution came into force on 26 January 1950. This event therefore occurred after the accession of 1947 and before the action of the Jammu and Kashmir Constituent Assembly in 1954.
III. Ratification by the Constituent Assembly — February 1954: The Jammu and Kashmir Constituent Assembly confirmed the State's accession to India in February 1954. A contemporary record available in the Nehru Archive states that on 6 February 1954, the Constituent Assembly ratified the accession and adopted the recommendations of the Basic Principles Committee.
IV. New Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir — 26 January 1957: The Jammu and Kashmir Constituent Assembly adopted the State Constitution on 17 November 1956, and its principal provisions came into force on 26 January 1957. It is therefore the last of the four events.