Legislative Assembly

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colonial legislative body lower house of legislature

The Legislative Assembly was the popularly elected lower house of the central legislature in British India, established under colonial constitutional reforms to provide limited representative governance.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Legislative Assembly (British India)	1
Central Legislative Assembly	2

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial legislative body ⓘ lower house of legislature ⓘ
category	Defunct lower houses of national legislatures ⓘ
composition	elected members ⓘ nominated members ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Government of India Act 1919 ⓘ surface form: Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms
country	British India ⓘ
dissolvedOn	August 1947 ⓘ
electorateCharacteristic	restricted franchise based on property and education ⓘ
endTime	1947 ⓘ
establishedBy	Government of India Act 1919 ⓘ
executiveOversight	Council of the Governor-General ⓘ surface form: Governor-General in Council
hasQuorumRequirement	yes ⓘ
hasRole	lower house ⓘ popularly elected chamber ⓘ
hasUpperHouse	Council of State (British India) ⓘ
historicalPeriod	late British Raj ⓘ
influencedBy	Westminster system ⓘ surface form: Westminster parliamentary model
jurisdiction	all provinces and centrally administered areas of British India ⓘ
languageUsed	English ⓘ Hindi ⓘ surface form: Hindustani
legislativeFunction	debate of budget and financial matters ⓘ enactment of laws for British India ⓘ questioning of the executive ⓘ
location	Delhi ⓘ New Delhi, India ⓘ surface form: New Delhi
meetsIn	Sansad Bhavan (Parliament House) ⓘ surface form: Council House, New Delhi
numberOfMembers	145 ⓘ approximately 145 members ⓘ
partOf	Imperial Legislative Council of India ⓘ surface form: Central Legislature of British India Imperial Legislative Council of India ⓘ surface form: Indian Legislature
powerLimitation	limited control over finance ⓘ no control over defence ⓘ no control over foreign affairs ⓘ
precededBy	Imperial Legislative Council of India ⓘ surface form: Imperial Legislative Council
purpose	limited representative governance under British rule ⓘ
relatedTo	Government of India Act 1935 ⓘ
replacedBy	Constituent Assembly of India ⓘ Constituent Assembly of India ⓘ surface form: Provisional Parliament of India
significantEvent	boycotts by Indian National Congress at various times ⓘ debates on constitutional reforms ⓘ first meeting in 1921 ⓘ
startTime	1921 ⓘ
successor	Lok Sabha ⓘ surface form: Lok Sabha (as independent India’s lower house, indirectly)
supervisingAuthority	Viceroy of India ⓘ
votingSystem	communal and special interest constituencies ⓘ indirect elections with limited franchise ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Montford Reforms → created → Legislative Assembly ⓘ

Government of India Act 1919 → createdChamber → Legislative Assembly ⓘ

Council of State → hasLegislativeChamber → Legislative Assembly ⓘ

subject surface form: Council of State (British India)

this entity surface form: Legislative Assembly (British India)

Central Legislative Assembly bombing → location → Legislative Assembly ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Legislative Assembly

Dominion of India → lowerHouse → Legislative Assembly ⓘ

Imperial Legislative Council of India → replacedBy → Legislative Assembly ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Legislative Assembly