• Thumbnail for 1926 Madras Presidency Legislative Council election
    The third legislative council election to Madras Presidency after the establishment of dyarchical system of government by the Government of India Act...
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    The first legislative council election to Madras Presidency after the establishment of dyarchical system of government by the Government of India Act...
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    The first legislative assembly election for the Madras Presidency was held in February 1937, as part of the nationwide provincial elections in British...
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  • The second legislative council election for the Madras Presidency after the establishment of a bicameral legislature by the Government of India Act of...
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  • The first legislative council election for the Madras Presidency after the establishment of a bicameral legislature by the Government of India Act of 1935...
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  • Thumbnail for 1930 Madras Presidency Legislative Council election
    The fourth legislative council election to Madras Presidency after the establishment of dyarchical system of government by the Government of India Act...
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    In the fifth legislative council election to Madras Presidency after the establishment of dyarchical system of government by the Government of India Act...
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    The second legislative council election to Madras Presidency after the establishment of diarchical system of government by the Government of India Act...
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    The second legislative assembly election for the Madras Presidency after the establishment of a bicameral legislature by the Government of India Act of...
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    erstwhile Madras Presidency and was formerly known as Madras State. The first legislature of any sort for the Presidency was the Madras Legislative Council, which...
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    Council and the Provincial Legislative Councils. The Swaraj Party were victorious in Provincial Council elections in Bengal and Madras, and also made gains...
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    The Madras Presidency or Madras Province, officially called the Presidency of Fort St. George until 1937, was an administrative subdivision (province)...
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    overseen by a chief secretary by 1920. The Indian Councils Act 1861 set up the Madras Legislative Council as an advisory body, without powers, through which...
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  • Thumbnail for 1952 Madras State Legislative Assembly election
    first legislative assembly Election to the Madras state based on universal adult suffrage was held in 27 March 1952. This was the first election held in...
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    Nadu. It began its existence as Madras Legislative Council, the first provincial legislature for Madras Presidency. It was initially created as an advisory...
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    The fourth legislative assembly election of Madras State (later renamed as Tamil Nadu) was held in February 1967. The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)...
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    Sir Logie Pirie Watson (European) 1920 Madras Presidency legislative council election "New Indian Councils: Failure Of Boycott Movement", The Times...
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  • Diarchy was established in Madras Presidency based on the recommendations of the Montague-Chelmsford report. Five elections were held during the period...
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  • Thumbnail for List of speakers of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
    in the Madras Presidency. The legislature consisted of the governor and two legislative bodies – a legislative assembly and a legislative council. The presiding...
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  • Justice Party (India) (category Political history of the Madras Presidency)
    groups in 1912 in Madras Presidency. The dominance of Brahmins was also evident in the membership of the Madras Legislative Council. During 1910–20, eight...
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    drama to counter Justice Party in the upcoming elections 1926 Madras Presidency Legislative Council election. The Tamil Nadu Harijan Sevak Sangh wrote a...
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  • African legislative election 1926 Hong Kong sanitary board election 1926 Madras Presidency legislative council election 1926 Persian legislative election 1926...
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    P. Subbarayan (category Madras Presidency)
    nominated to the Madras Legislative Council. He served as the First Minister of Madras Presidency from 4 December 1926 to 27 October 1930. In 1933, Subbarayan...
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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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  • General elections were held in British India in November 1923 for both the Central Legislative Assembly and Provincial Assemblies. The Central Legislative Assembly...
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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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  • Basheer Ahmed Sayeed (category Members of the Madras Legislative Council)
    the Madras Legislative Council in 1926 as a candidate of the Muslim League and served till 1936. In the 1937 elections, he was elected to the Madras Legislative...
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    Hall Madras Presidency. The Justice Party, whose objectives included social equality and justice, came to power in the first general elections to the...
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    Panaganti Ramarayaningar (category Members of the Imperial Legislative Council of India)
    First Minister in 1926 when the Justice Party failed to obtain a majority in the 1926 elections to the Madras Legislative Council. He, however, continued...
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    hinterland. Bombay Presidency was one of the three Presidencies of British India; the other two being Madras Presidency, and Bengal Presidency. It was in the...
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