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    The Imperial Legislative Council (ILC) was the legislature of British India from 1861 to 1947. It was established under the Government of India Act 1853...
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    The Central Legislative Assembly was the lower house of the Imperial Legislative Council, the legislature of British India. It was created by the Government...
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  • A legislative council is the legislature, or one of the legislative chambers, of a nation, colony, or subnational division such as a province or state...
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    British India included legislative bodies in the presidencies and provinces of British India, the Imperial Legislative Council, the Chamber of Princes...
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    2020 Legislative Assembly election. The building was originally built in 1912, designed by E. Montague Thomas to hold the Imperial Legislative Council and...
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    Imperial Legislative Council and the Provincial Councils. They were the first elections in the country's modern history. The new Central Legislative Assembly...
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    the Samvidhan Sadan (Constitution House), was the seat of the Imperial Legislative Council of India between 18 January 1927 and 15 August 1947, the Constituent...
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    members of the Imperial Legislative Council and the Provincial Legislative Councils. The Swaraj Party were victorious in Provincial Council elections in...
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  • were that: 1. The Imperial Legislative Council was now to consist of two houses: the Central Legislative Assembly and the Council of State. 2. The provinces...
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    The Indian Christian Marriage Act, 1872 Imperial Legislative Council Long title The Indian Christian Marriage Act of 1872 is an act of the Parliament of...
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  • Central Legislative Assembly Viceroy's Executive Council Council of State (India) Imperial Legislative Council Interim Government of India "India - Government...
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  • Age of Consent Act, 1891 (category Acts of the Imperial Legislative Council)
    the abstract of the debate, see: Imperial Legislative Council, India (1892). Abstract of the proceedings of the Council of the Governor-General of India...
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    Child Marriage Restraint Act (category Acts of the Imperial Legislative Council)
    Marriage Restraint Act, 1929, passed on 28 September 1929, in the Imperial Legislative Council of India, fixed the minimum age of marriage for girls at 14 years...
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    The Council of State was the upper house of the legislature for British India (the Imperial Legislative Council) created by the Government of India Act...
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    The Indian Partnership Act, 1932 (category Acts of the Imperial Legislative Council)
    1932 Imperial Legislative Council Long title An Act to define and amend the law relating to partnership. Citation z No. 9 of 1932 Enacted by Imperial Legislative...
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    Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 is the legislative act under which the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) was formed. This act along with the Companies Act,...
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    which introduced a greatly expanded Imperial Legislative Council. It comprised a lower house, the Central Legislative Assembly of 145 members (of which...
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    The Ilbert Bill was a bill introduced to the Imperial Legislative Council (ILC) of British India on 9 February 1883 which stipulated that non-white judges...
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    Muhammad Ali Jinnah (category Members of the Imperial Legislative Council of India)
    the Imperial Legislative Council. He was a compromise candidate when two older, better-known Muslims who were seeking the post deadlocked. The council, which...
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    Abdul Bari (professor) (category Members of the Imperial Legislative Council of India)
    Abdul Bari (1892–1947) was a descendant of Syed Ibrahim Malik Baya, an Indian academic and social reformer. He sought to bring about social reform in Indian...
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    Government of India Act 1919 (category Imperial Legislative Council of India)
    The Imperial Legislative Council was enlarged and reformed. It became a bicameral legislature for all India. The lower house was the Legislative Assembly...
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    advisory capacity. All laws enacted by Legislative Councils in India, whether by the Imperial Legislative Council in Calcutta or by the provincial ones...
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    Sachchidananda Sinha (category Members of the Imperial Legislative Council of India)
    wife, Radhika. He was a member of the Imperial Legislative Council from 1910 to 1920 and the Indian Legislative Assembly. He became the first Deputy President...
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    S. Rm. M. Annamalai Chettiar (category Members of the Council of State (India))
    of the Imperial Bank of India. He also served a term as a member of the Council of State, the upper house of the Imperial Legislative Council of India...
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  • National Congress in the elections to the Imperial Legislative Council as well as the Madras Legislative Council. Free Press of India Indian Nationalism...
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    Muslims to the provincial councils and requiring the election of a sufficient number of Muslims to the Imperial Legislative Council to avoid reducing Muslims...
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    "Viceroy's Executive Council - HC Deb 10 November 1942 vol 383 cc2293-4W". Central Legislative Assembly Council of State (India) Imperial Legislative Council...
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  • Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata (category Members of the Imperial Legislative Council of India)
    petition on behalf of the opium traders to complain about a Hong Kong Legislative Council bill that threatened to affect their trade. Tata Steel was conceived...
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    Rowlatt Act (category Imperial Legislative Council of India)
    during the British India period. It was a legislative council act passed by the Imperial Legislative Council in Delhi on 18 March 1919, indefinitely extending...
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    by the 3rd Indian Law Commission and introduced in December 1867 in the council and it was referred to a Select Committee. Objections were raised by the...
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