The correct answer is 15. Explanation & Key Takeaways: • The Constituent Assembly of India was chosen to draft the Indian Constitution. • The 'Provincial Assembly' selected it. Its members served as the nation's first Parliament after India gained independence from the British government in 1947. The Indian Constituent Assembly had 389 members, 15 of them were women. • The 15 women were: Ammu Swaminathan, Annie Mascarene, Dakshayani Velayudhan, Begum Aizaz Rasul, Durgabai Deshmukh, Hansa Jivraj Mehta, Kamla Chaudhry, Leela Roy, Malati Choudhury, Purnima Banerjee, Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, Renuka Ray, Sarojini Naidu, Sucheta Kriplani and Vijayalakshmi Pandit. Important Notes: • Following India's independence from the British government in 1947, its members formed the 'Provisional Parliament of India,' the country's first parliament. • M. N. Roy, a pioneer of the Indian Communist movement and a proponent of radical democracy, suggested the notion of a Constituent Assembly in 1934. • In 1935, the Indian National Congress made it a formal demand. Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru presided over the Indian National Congress session at Lucknow in April 1936. Related Concepts: • The official demand for a Constituent Assembly was made, and the Government of India Act, of 1935 was rejected since it imposed the Constitution against Indians' choice. C. Rajagopalachari demanded a Constituent Assembly based on the adult franchise on November 15, 1939, and the British agreed in August 1940. • 299 representatives from all castes, regions, religions, and genders crafted the constitution. • These delegates met for 114 days over the course of three years (2 years 11 months and 17 days to be exact) to discuss what should be included in the constitution and what legislation should be included. B. R. Ambedkar was the chairman of the Constitutional Drafting Committee.