Which of the following was the first person to put forward the idea of a Constituent Assembly for India in 1934?
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Correct answer: M.N. Roy
M.N. Roy, a pioneer of the communist movement in India, was the first to propose the idea of a Constituent Assembly in 1934. This idea was later adopted by the Indian National Congress as an official demand in 1935.
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