Rev. JJM Nichols Roy remembered on 66th death anniversary

Shillong, Nov 1: The 66th death anniversary of Rev JJM Nichols Roy, known as the father of the Sixth Schedule, was observed at the monument located at the Lariti International Centre for Performing Arts and Culture.

The commemoration was organised by the JJM Nichols Roy Memorial Society, which held a prayer and tribute ceremony chaired by Chairman of the Memorial Ransom Sutnga.

JJM Nichols Roy was remembered as one of the most profound constitutional thinkers of India’s freedom and post-independence era. A member of the Constituent Assembly of India, he was the principal architect of the Sixth Schedule to the Indian Constitution—an innovative constitutional mechanism designed to safeguard the rights, identity, and self-governance of the indigenous tribal communities in the Northeast.

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