Imperial Legislative Council of India

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colonial institution legislative body

The Imperial Legislative Council of India was the central legislative body of British India, where limited Indian representation, including figures like Muhammad Ali Jinnah, participated in colonial lawmaking.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form Occurrences
Imperial Legislative Council 5
Central Legislature of British India 2
Central Legislative Assembly of India 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial institution ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction British India ⓘ
country British India ⓘ
hasCharacteristic colonial legislature ⓘ
dominated by British officials ⓘ
limited Indian representation ⓘ
partly elected body ⓘ
partly nominated body ⓘ
hasRole advisory council ⓘ
central legislative body ⓘ
legalBasis Government of India Act 1919 ⓘ
Indian Councils Act 1861 ⓘ
Indian Councils Act 1892 ⓘ
Indian Councils Act 1909 ⓘ
legislativeFunction budget discussion ⓘ
debate of public issues ⓘ
lawmaking ⓘ
locatedIn India ⓘ
meetingPlace Calcutta ⓘ
Delhi ⓘ
member Bengal representative members ⓘ
Dadabhai Naoroji ⓘ
Gopal Krishna Gokhale ⓘ
Madam Bhikaji Cama ⓘ
Madras representative members ⓘ
Motilal Nehru ⓘ
Muhammad Ali Jauhar ⓘ
Muhammad Ali Jinnah ⓘ
Punjab representative members ⓘ
Satyendra Prasanna Sinha ⓘ
Shapurji Saklatvala ⓘ
Surendranath Banerjee ⓘ
Tej Bahadur Sapru ⓘ
United Provinces representative members ⓘ
Vithalbhai Patel ⓘ
memberOf Government of India ⓘ
notableFor debates on constitutional reforms in British India ⓘ
early participation of Indian nationalists in colonial governance ⓘ
partOf British India ⓘ
surface form: British Raj
politicalContext British colonial rule in India ⓘ
Indian nationalism ⓘ
surface form: Indian nationalist movement
presidingOfficer Viceroy of India ⓘ
replacedBy Legislative Assembly ⓘ
surface form: Central Legislative Assembly

Council of State ⓘ
surface form: Council of State (India)
significantEvent Government of India Act 1919 ⓘ
surface form: Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms transition

Morley–Minto Reforms implementation ⓘ
introduction of separate electorates for Muslims ⓘ
subordinateTo Viceroy of India ⓘ
usedLanguage English ⓘ
Hindustani ⓘ
various Indian regional languages ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

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

Morley–Minto Reforms → appliesTo → Imperial Legislative Council of India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial Legislative Council
Act of the Imperial Legislative Council → enactedBy → Imperial Legislative Council of India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial Legislative Council
Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 → enactedBy → Imperial Legislative Council of India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial Legislative Council
Rowlatt Act → enactedBy → Imperial Legislative Council of India ⓘ
Burma (until 1937) → includedIn → Imperial Legislative Council of India ⓘ
Gopal Krishna Gokhale → memberOf → Imperial Legislative Council of India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial Legislative Council
Liaquat Ali Khan → memberOf → Imperial Legislative Council of India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Legislative Assembly of India
Muhammad Ali Jinnah → parliamentaryBody → Imperial Legislative Council of India ⓘ
Council of State → partOf → Imperial Legislative Council of India ⓘ
subject surface form: Council of State (British India)
Council of State → partOf → Imperial Legislative Council of India ⓘ
subject surface form: Council of State (British India)
this entity surface form: Central Legislature of British India
Legislative Assembly → partOf → Imperial Legislative Council of India ⓘ
subject surface form: Legislative Assembly (British India)
this entity surface form: Central Legislature of British India
Legislative Assembly → partOf → Imperial Legislative Council of India ⓘ
subject surface form: Legislative Assembly (British India)
this entity surface form: Indian Legislature
Legislative Assembly → precededBy → Imperial Legislative Council of India ⓘ
subject surface form: Legislative Assembly (British India)
this entity surface form: Imperial Legislative Council
Rajya Sabha → precededBy → Imperial Legislative Council of India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Council of State (British India)
Chamber of Princes → relatedTo → Imperial Legislative Council of India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Legislative Assembly (British India)
Council of State → replaced → Imperial Legislative Council of India ⓘ
subject surface form: Council of State (British India)
this entity surface form: Imperial Legislative Council (as a unicameral body)
Governor’s Council of Bombay Presidency → subordinateTo → Imperial Legislative Council of India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Governor-General’s Council in India