Assam Legislative Council

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Assam Legislative Council
Assam
Type
Type
Term limits
6 years
History
Established1935
Disbanded1947
Seats21 – 22
Elections
Proportional representation, First past the post and Nominations

The Assam Legislative Council was the unicameral legislature of Assam in India from 1913 to 1935 and then the upper house of the bicameral legislature from 1935 to 1947, when it was disbanded by the India (Provincial Legislatures) Order, 1947, and the Assam Legislative Assembly became unicameral.[1]

In July 2013 the Legislative Assembly passed a bill to recreate the Legislative Council.[2]

List of MLCs (1935–1947)

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List of Members of Assam Legislative Council
Portrait MLC Party Term
File:Kuladhar Chaliha 1988 stamp of India.jpg Kuladhar Chaliha
File:P.C. Barua in Devdas (hindi version) (1935).jpg Pramathesh Barua
File:Padmanath Gohain Baruah.jpg Padmanath Gohain Baruah
Choudhury seated from left corner Rohini Kumar Chaudhuri
File:Bhimbor Deori.jpg Bhimbor Deori
Kamala Prasad Agarwala Indian National Congress 1940-1947
Prabhat Chandra Barua
Moulvi Muhammad Amiruddin Indian National Congress

References

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