Bombay Legislative Council

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colonial legislative council legislative body

The Bombay Legislative Council was the colonial-era legislative body that governed the Bombay Presidency under British rule in India.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Bombay Legislative Council (for Sindh areas)	1
Legislative Council of Bombay Presidency	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial legislative council ⓘ legislative body ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Bombay Presidency ⓘ present-day Gujarat (part) ⓘ present-day Karnataka (part) ⓘ present-day Maharashtra (part) ⓘ present-day Sindh (historical) ⓘ
country	British India ⓘ
dissolvedOrAbolished	replaced in mid-20th century by post-independence institutions ⓘ
fieldOfWork	colonial governance ⓘ legislation ⓘ public administration ⓘ
followed	Governor’s Council of Bombay Presidency ⓘ
followedBy	Bombay Legislative Assembly ⓘ Bombay Legislative Assembly ⓘ surface form: Bombay Provincial Legislature
hasAuthorityOver	provincial budget of Bombay Presidency ⓘ provincial legislation in Bombay Presidency ⓘ regulation of local self-government bodies in Bombay Presidency ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	dominated by British officials ⓘ limited Indian representation ⓘ powers expanded gradually by constitutional reforms ⓘ subject to veto by Governor ⓘ
hasPart	elected non-official members ⓘ nominated non-official members ⓘ nominated official members ⓘ
hasRole	advisory body ⓘ budget-approving body ⓘ lawmaking body ⓘ
historicalPeriod	British India ⓘ surface form: British Raj early 20th century ⓘ late 19th century ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ Gujarati ⓘ Marathi ⓘ
legalForm	colonial legislature ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor	Bombay Presidency ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Mumbai ⓘ surface form: Bombay (city) Bombay Presidency ⓘ
partOf	Indian Civil Service ⓘ surface form: British colonial administration in India Bombay Presidency ⓘ surface form: Government of Bombay Presidency provincial legislative system of British India ⓘ
replacedBy	provincial legislature of Bombay State after Indian independence ⓘ
subjectOf	constitutional reforms in British India ⓘ
subordinateTo	Governor of Bombay ⓘ Secretary of State for India ⓘ Viceroy of India ⓘ
usedFor	approving taxation proposals in Bombay Presidency ⓘ debating public policy in Bombay Presidency ⓘ enacting laws for Bombay Presidency ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bombay Legislative Assembly → coexistsWith → Bombay Legislative Council ⓘ

Dahyabhai Patel → legislativeBody → Bombay Legislative Council ⓘ

Bombay Presidency → legislature → Bombay Legislative Council ⓘ

Bombay Legislative Assembly → precededBy → Bombay Legislative Council ⓘ

this entity surface form: Legislative Council of Bombay Presidency

Provincial Assembly of Sindh → precededBy → Bombay Legislative Council ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bombay Legislative Council (for Sindh areas)