Bombay Legislative Assembly

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legislative assembly lower house state legislature

The Bombay Legislative Assembly was the lower house of the legislature of the former Bombay State in India, responsible for making laws and representing the state's electorate before the reorganization of states.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Bombay Provincial Legislature	1
Bombay State Legislature	1

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legislative assembly ⓘ lower house ⓘ state legislature ⓘ
chamberOf	Bombay Legislative Assembly self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bombay State Legislature
coexistsWith	Bombay Legislative Council ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
dissolvedAsConsequenceOf	States Reorganisation Act, 1956 ⓘ formation of Gujarat State ⓘ formation of Maharashtra State ⓘ
electorate	citizens of Bombay State ⓘ
establishedUnder	Government of India Act 1935 ⓘ
followedBy	Gujarat Legislative Assembly ⓘ Maharashtra Legislative Assembly ⓘ
function	approve state budget ⓘ debate public policy ⓘ enact state laws ⓘ represent electorate of Bombay State ⓘ
governmentBranch	legislative branch ⓘ
hasJurisdiction	Bombay State ⓘ
historicalRole	precursor of Gujarat Legislative Assembly ⓘ precursor of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly ⓘ
houseType	lower house ⓘ
languageOfProceedings	English ⓘ Gujarati ⓘ Marathi ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor	Bombay State ⓘ
legislativeSystem	bicameral legislature ⓘ
locatedIn	Mumbai ⓘ surface form: Bombay Bombay State ⓘ India ⓘ
meetsIn	Mumbai ⓘ surface form: Bombay
partOf	Bombay State ⓘ
precededBy	Bombay Legislative Council ⓘ surface form: Legislative Council of Bombay Presidency
reconstitutedUnder	Constitution of India ⓘ
regionRepresented	Western India ⓘ surface form: western India
role	lawmaking body ⓘ representative body ⓘ
status	defunct ⓘ
subordinateTo	Constitution of India ⓘ
timePeriod	pre-states reorganisation era ⓘ
votingSystem	first-past-the-post ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Bombay Legislative Assembly → chamberOf → Bombay Legislative Assembly self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bombay State Legislature

Bombay Legislative Council → followedBy → Bombay Legislative Assembly ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bombay Provincial Legislature