Ahmed Ebrahim Haroon Jaffer
Ahmed Ebrahim Haroon Jaffer was a Pakistani industrialist and politician. He served as a member of the Central Legislative Assembly. Early life and education Jaffar was born on 9 August 1909 in Poona. His father Sir Ebrahim Haroon Jaffer was a businessman. He studied at Anglo Urdu Boys' High School and Deccan College. Career Jaffar was elected to the Central Legislative Assembly in 1934. At 25, he was the youngest. In 1945, he was elected to the Central Legislative Assembly of India from Bombay. He was one of two representatives of the Muslim community from the Bombay Presidency The Bombay Presidency or Bombay Province, also called Bombay and Sind (1843–1936), was an administrative subdivision (province) of British India, with its capital in the city that came up over the seven islands of Bombay. The first mainl .... He served as the deputy whip of the All-India Muslim League, All India Muslim League in the Central Legislative Assembly.After the Partition of I ...
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Central Legislative Assembly
The Central Legislative Assembly was the lower house of the Imperial Legislative Council, the legislature of British India. It was created by the Government of India Act 1919, implementing the Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms. It was also sometimes called the Indian Legislative Assembly and the Imperial Legislative Assembly. The Council of State was the upper house of the legislature for India. As a result of Indian independence, the Legislative Assembly was dissolved on 14 August 1947 and its place taken by the Constituent Assembly of India and the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan. Composition The new Assembly was the lower house of a bicameral parliament, with a new Council of State as the upper house, reviewing legislation passed by the Assembly. However, both its powers and its electorate were limited. The Assembly had 145 members who were either nominated or indirectly elected from the provinces. The Legislative Assembly had no members from the princely states, as they we ...
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