Council of State

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colonial institution legislative body upper legislative chamber

The Council of State was the upper legislative chamber of British India's central legislature, composed mainly of appointed and indirectly elected members and functioning as part of the colonial governance structure until independence.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Council of State (British India)	0
Council of State (India)	1
Council of State at the centre	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial institution ⓘ legislative body ⓘ upper legislative chamber ⓘ
composedOf	appointed members ⓘ indirectly elected members ⓘ
couldConsider	legislation on all-India subjects ⓘ
country	British India ⓘ
createdBy	British Parliament ⓘ
createdUnder	Government of India Act 1919 ⓘ surface form: Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms
dissolvedOn	15 August 1947 ⓘ
electorateCharacteristics	limited, property-based franchise ⓘ
endTime	1947 ⓘ
governanceRole	advised the Viceroy of India on legislation ⓘ shared legislative powers with the Legislative Assembly ⓘ
hadFranchiseRestrictions	yes ⓘ
hasLegislativeChamber	Legislative Assembly ⓘ surface form: Legislative Assembly (British India)
historicalPeriod	British colonial rule in India ⓘ
languageUsed	English ⓘ
legalBasis	Government of India Act 1919 ⓘ
legislativeFunction	upper house of the central legislature ⓘ
legislativePower	power to debate budgetary matters with limitations ⓘ power to pass bills subject to Viceroy’s assent ⓘ
location	New Delhi, India ⓘ surface form: New Delhi
membershipIncluded	European representatives ⓘ non-official Indian members ⓘ official members representing the executive ⓘ
metIn	Sansad Bhavan (Parliament House) ⓘ surface form: Council House, New Delhi
numberOfMembers	60 ⓘ
oversight	subject to veto by the Viceroy ⓘ
partOf	Imperial Legislative Council of India ⓘ surface form: Central Legislature of British India Imperial Legislative Council of India ⓘ
politicalContext	dyarchy and limited self-government reforms ⓘ
presidingOfficer	Viceroy of India ⓘ surface form: Viceroy of India (ex officio, initially)
presidingOfficerTitle	President of the Council of State ⓘ
reasonForAbolition	Indian independence in 1947 ⓘ
relatedLegalInstrument	Government of India Act 1935 ⓘ
replaced	Imperial Legislative Council of India ⓘ surface form: Imperial Legislative Council (as a unicameral body)
startTime	1921 ⓘ
status	defunct ⓘ
subordinateTo	UK government ⓘ surface form: British Government in London Viceroy of India ⓘ
succeededBy	Rajya Sabha ⓘ surface form: Council of States (Rajya Sabha)
termLength	5 years ⓘ
typeOfRepresentation	communal and functional constituencies ⓘ
votingSystem	indirect election ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Montford Reforms → created → Council of State ⓘ

Government of India Act 1919 → createdChamber → Council of State ⓘ

Government of India Act 1935 → providedFor → Council of State ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of State at the centre

Imperial Legislative Council of India → replacedBy → Council of State ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of State (India)