- Idea: The Idea of the Constituent was put forward by M. N. Roy in 1934.
- INC Stand: In 1938, Jawaharlal Nehru declared that ‘the Constitution of free India must be framed, without outside interference, by a Constituent Assembly elected based on adult franchise’.
- August Offer (1940): The demand was finally accepted in principle by the British Government in the ‘August Offer’.