Indias oldest Assembly
India s oldest Assembly
Many people do not know that the Assam Legislative Assembly is one of the oldest Legislative Assemblies of India, second only to the Uttar Pradesh Assembly.
| 28 Feb 2021 4:45 AM GMT
Many people do not know that the Assam Legislative Assembly is one of the oldest Legislative Assemblies of India, second only to the Uttar Pradesh Assembly. It is important to remember that the proposal for establishing Legislative Assemblies for the provinces of British India was first mooted in 1932. It was however only in 1935, when the Government of India Act was passed by the British Parliament, that decks were cleared for setting up a bicameral Legislature in Assam comprising a Legislative Council and a Legislative Assembly. A general election was held across the country in February 1937 under provisions of the Government of India Act of 1935, and Legislative Assemblies were thus constituted in the provinces – Assam, Bengal, Bihar, Bombay,