It is a body for the purpose of drafting of adopting Constitution. It palyed an important role =in making the Constitution.
1. It was formed by the elected members of the provincial assemblies of India which was presided over by Dr.Sachchidanand Sinha, who was the provisional chairman of the Assembly.
2. Both the members of congress and Mmuslim league was included in the Constituent Assembly.
3. The Constituent Assembly that wrote the Indian constitution had 299 members.

The drafting of the Constitution was done by the members of the Constitution assembly.

One big advantage for the makers of the Indian Constitution as compare to South Africa was that Indian have consensus about the nature and type of democratic India should be.

The landmark years in the making of the Indian Constitution are:
As far back as in 1928, Motilal Nehru and eight other Congress leaders drafted a constitution for India.
(i) The experience of freedom struggle had given the freedom fighters enough wisdom to frame a constitution. Almost everyone accepted some basic ideas regarding the future of the nation and the constitution.
(ii) As far back as in 1928, Motilal Nehru and eight other Congress leaders drafted a Constitution for India.
(iii) In 1931, the resolution at the Karachi session of the Indian National Congress dwelt on how independent India's Constitution should look like.
(iv) Both these documents were committed to the inclusion of universal adult franchise, right to freedom and equality and to protecting the rights of minorities in the constitution of independent India.
(v) The familiarity with political institutions of the colonial rule also helped develop an agreement over the institutional design.
(vi) Elections for Provincial Legislatures and Ministries in 1937 helped Indians to gain experiences in the working of the legislative institutions proved very useful for the country in setting up its own institutions and working in them.
(vii) Many of our leaders were inspired by the ideals of the French Revolution, the practice of parliamentary democracy in Britain and the Bill of Rights in the US, the Russia revolution, and other democratic practices.

South Africa became Democratic country and declared itself as a republic.

On the midnight of 26 April 1994, the new national flag of the republic of south africa was hosited for the first time.

Year 1964

White Minority people from European nation especially from Britain

The pledge of dedication to the service of India and her people and to the still larger cause of humanity.

Since the pledge to free India was being taken for the last so many years, there was no need to repeat that again he used the word very substantially to put emphasis on that pledge.