When did the Constitution Assembly of India have first meeting?

Asked in APSC CCE Prelims Exam 2013 · Topic: Constituent Assembly and Making of the Constitution (Composition of the Constituent Assembly (election, representation, princely states))

1. December 10, 1946
2. July 18, 1947
3. August 14, 1947
4. August 15, 1947

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