Legislative Councils of British India

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:legislative_body
gptkbp:abolished	1947
gptkbp:appointedBy	gptkb:British_Crown limited electorate
gptkbp:composedOf	gptkb:Governor-General's_Council gptkb:Provincial_Legislative_Councils
gptkbp:country	gptkb:British_India
gptkbp:established	1861
gptkbp:establishedBy	gptkb:Indian_Councils_Act_1861
gptkbp:function	question government pass budgets advise executive debate laws
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Legislative Councils of British India
gptkbp:influencedBy	British colony British legal system
gptkbp:languageOfName	English vernacular languages
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Bihar_and_Orissa gptkb:Bombay gptkb:Calcutta gptkb:Madras gptkb:United_Provinces gptkb:Central_Provinces gptkb:Bengal gptkb:Assam gptkb:Punjab Burma
gptkbp:notableMember	gptkb:Surendranath_Banerjee gptkb:Gopal_Krishna_Gokhale gptkb:Motilal_Nehru gptkb:Satyendra_Prasanna_Sinha gptkb:Dadabhai_Naoroji
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Governor-General's_Council_(pre-1861)
gptkbp:presidedBy	gptkb:British_peer gptkb:Provincial_Governors
gptkbp:purpose	advisory and legislative functions
gptkbp:reformed	gptkb:Government_of_India_Act_1935 gptkb:Indian_Councils_Act_1909 gptkb:Indian_Councils_Act_1892 gptkb:Government_of_India_Act_1919
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:British_Parliament gptkb:Indian_National_Congress gptkb:Indian_independence_movement
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Legislatures_of_independent_India
gptkbp:type	unicameral bicameral (after 1919 in some provinces)
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Indian_Liberal_Party
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7