Disambiguation evidence for Legislative Assembly via surface form

"Legislative Assembly (British India)"


As subject (47)

Triples where this entity appears as subject under the label "Legislative Assembly (British India)".

Predicate Object
category Defunct lower houses of national legislatures
composition elected members
composition 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
hasRole popularly elected chamber
hasUpperHouse Council of State (British India)
historicalPeriod late British Raj
influencedBy Westminster system
surface form: Westminster parliamentary model
instanceOf colonial legislative body
instanceOf lower house of legislature
jurisdiction all provinces and centrally administered areas of British India
languageUsed English
languageUsed Hindi
surface form: Hindustani
legislativeFunction debate of budget and financial matters
legislativeFunction enactment of laws for British India
legislativeFunction questioning of the executive
location Delhi
location New Delhi, India
surface form: New Delhi
meetsIn Sansad Bhavan (Parliament House)
surface form: Council House, New Delhi
numberOfMembers 145
numberOfMembers approximately 145 members
partOf Imperial Legislative Council of India
surface form: Central Legislature of British India
partOf Imperial Legislative Council of India
surface form: Indian Legislature
powerLimitation limited control over finance
powerLimitation no control over defence
powerLimitation 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
replacedBy Constituent Assembly of India
surface form: Provisional Parliament of India
significantEvent boycotts by Indian National Congress at various times
significantEvent debates on constitutional reforms
significantEvent 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
votingSystem indirect elections with limited franchise

As object (1)

Triples where some other subject referred to this entity as "Legislative Assembly (British India)".

Council of State hasLegislativeChamber
"Legislative Assembly (British India)"
↳ resolves to Legislative Assembly
surface form: Council of State (British India)