1937 Bengal Legislative Assembly Election
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1937 Bengal Legislative Assembly Election
Legislative assembly elections for the Bengal Legislative Assembly were held in January 1937 as part of the 1937 Indian provincial elections. Seats The allocation of 250 seats in the assembly was based on the communal award. It is illustrated in the following. * General elected seats- 78 * Muslim electorate seats- 117 ** Urban seats- 6 ** Rural seats- 111 * Anglo-Indian electorate seats- 3 * European electorate seats- 11 * Indian Christian electorate seats- 2 * Zamindar seats- 5 * Labour representatives- 8 * Education seats- 2 ** University of Calcutta- 1 ** University of Dacca- 1 * Women seats- 5 ** General electorate- 2 ** Muslim electorate- 2 ** Anglo-Indian electorate- 1 * Commerce, Industries and Planting seats- 19 ** Port of Calcutta ** Port of Chittagong ** Bengal Chamber of Commerce ** Jute Jute ( ) is a long, rough, shiny bast fibre that can be Spinning (textiles), spun into coarse, strong threads. It is produced from flowering plants in the genus ''Corchorus'', ...
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1946 Bengal Legislative Assembly Election
Legislative assembly elections for the Bengal Legislative Assembly were held in January 1946 as part of the 1946 Indian provincial elections. Seats The allocation of 250 seats in the assembly was based on the communal award. It is illustrated in the following. * General elected seats- 78 * Muslim electorate seats- 117 ** Urban seats- 6 ** Rural seats- 111 * Anglo-Indian electorate seats- 3 * European electorate seats- 11 * Indian Christian electorate seats- 2 * Commerce, Industries and Planting seats- 19 ** Port of Calcutta ** Port of Chittagong ** Bengal Chamber of Commerce ** Jute Interest ** Tea Interest ** Railways ** Traders Associations ** Others * Zamindar seats- 5 * Labour representatives- 8 * Education seats- 2 ** University of Calcutta- 1 ** University of Dacca The University of Dhaka (), also known as Dhaka University (DU), is a public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Established in 1921, it is the oldest active university in the country. The ...
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Port Of Calcutta
The Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port (SPMP or SMP, Kolkata), formerly the Kolkata Port, is the only riverine major port in India, in the city of Kolkata, West Bengal, around from the sea. It is the oldest operating port in India and was constructed by the British East India Company. Kolkata is a freshwater port with no variation in salinity. The port has two distinct dock systems – Kolkata Dock System and Haldia Dock Complex. In the 19th century, the Kolkata Port was the premier port in British India. From 1838 to 1917, the British used this port to ship off over half a million Indians from all over India – mostly from the Bhojpur and Awadh — and take them to places across the world, such as Latin America and Africa as indentured labourers. After independence, the port's importance decreased because of factors including the Partition of Bengal (1947), reduction in the size of the port hinterland, and economic stagnation in eastern India. It has a vast hinterland comprisin ...
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Communist Party Of India
The Communist Party of India (CPI) is a political party in India. The CPI considers the Foundation of the Communist Party of India, December 26, 1925 Cawnpore (Kanpur) conference as its foundation date. Between 1946 and 1951, the CPI led militant struggles such as the Telangana Rebellion, peasant revolt in Telangana, organising guerrilla warfare against feudal lords. The CPI was the main opposition party in India during the 1950s to 1960s. In 1964, 1964 split in the Communist Party of India, a split in the CPI led to the formation of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), which eventually emerged as the larger of the two parties. CPI supported the rule of Indira Gandhi, but later changed course and embraced left unity. CPI was part of the ruling United Front (India, 1996), United Front government from 1996 to 1998 and had two ministers under Deve Gowda ministry, Devegowda and Gujral ministry, Gujral Ministry. Currently, the CPI has two members in Lok Sabha and two members ...
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Hindu Mahasabha
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha (), simply known as Hindu Mahasabha, is a Hindu nationalism, Hindu nationalist political party in India. Founded in 1915 by Madan Mohan Malviya, the Mahasabha functioned mainly as a pressure group advocating the interests of Sanātanī, Orthodox Hindus before the British Raj from within the Indian National Congress. In the 1930s, it emerged as a distinct party under the leadership of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, who developed the concept of Hindutva () and became a fierce opponent of the secular nationalism espoused by the Congress. During the World War II, the Mahasabha supported the British war effort and briefly entered coalitions with the All-India Muslim League, Muslim League in provincial and central legislative councils. They opposed the integration of the princely states into India. After the Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, assassination of Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi by a Hindu Mahasabha activist Nathuram Godse, the Mahasabha's fortunes ...
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Congress Nationalist Party
The Congress Nationalist Party was a political party in British India. It was founded by Madan Mohan Malaviya and Madhav Shrihari Aney in 1934. The Communal Award was announced in 1932 to grant separate electorates to minority communities in Indian legislatures. In protest against the Communal Award, Malaviya and Aney split away from the Indian National Congress and started the Congress Nationalist Party. The party contested the 1934 elections to the central legislature and won 12 seats. The Congress and the Nationalists together formed the majority in the Central Legislative Assembly The Central Legislative Assembly was the lower house of the Indian Legislature, the legislature of British India. It was created by the Government of India Act 1919, implementing the Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms. It was also sometimes calle .... By 1941, it was the main opposition party in the assembly. References {{reflist Defunct political parties in India Political parties establ ...
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Tippera Krishak Samiti
Tippera Krishak Samiti (ত্রিপুরা কৃষক সমিতি) is a specially organized peasant organization comprising Greater Comilla, Comilla, Chandpur, Lakshmipur, Noakhali and Brahmanbaria districts. It was founded by Maulvi Emdadul Haque, a member of the Bengal Legislative Council in 1919 . Structure Tippera Krishak Samiti was initially formed as an organization to strengthen rural co-operation and eventually became a radical reformist organization run by the local leftist politicians of the Provincial Congress of Bengal. The period of the Great Depression from 1929 to 1935 was a very distressing day for farmers. Then the organization was restructured under the leadership of Anti-British sentiment Member Mukhlesur Rahman, Kamini Kumar Dutta and Abdul Malek. Naming Kaminikumar Dutta a prominent member of Comilla's advocacy community and leader of the left-wing organization, was the chief organizer of the association and fundraiser. He gave wise advice ...
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Krishak Sramik Party
The Krishak Sramik Party (, ''Farmer Labourer Party'') was a major anti-feudal political party in the British Indian province of Bengal and later in the Dominion of Pakistan's East Bengal and East Pakistan provinces. It was founded in 1929 as the Nikhil Banga Praja Samiti to represent the interests of tenant farmers in Bengal's landed gentry estates. Sir Abdur Rahim was its first leader. Bengal Legislative Assembly. After the partition of British India, it was reorganized as the Krishak Sramik Party (Farmer-Labour Party) to contest the 1954 East Bengali legislative election, 1954 election, as part of the United Front (East Pakistan), United Front. The coalition won the election and formed the provincial government in the East Bengal Legislative Assembly. The party's politics played an important role in the growth of Bengali Muslim political consciousness; it also received support from large sections of the Bengali Hindu population who resented the influence of the landed gentry ...
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All-India Muslim League
The All-India Muslim League (AIML) was a political party founded in 1906 in Dhaka, British India with the goal of securing Muslims, Muslim interests in South Asia. Although initially espousing a united India with interfaith unity, the Muslim League later led the Pakistan Movement, calling for a Two-nation theory, separate Muslim homeland after the British exit from India. The party arose out of the need for the political representation of Muslims in British Raj, British India, especially during the Indian National Congress-sponsored Swadeshi movement, massive Hindu opposition to the 1905 partition of Bengal. During the 1906 annual meeting of the All India Muslim Education Conference held in Ahsan Manzil, Israt Manzil Palace, Dhaka, the Nawab of Dhaka, Khwaja Salimullah, forwarded a proposal to create a political party which would protect the interests of Muslims in British India. He suggested the political party be named the 'All-India Muslim League'. The motion was unanimously ...
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Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first modern Nationalism, nationalist movement to emerge in the British Empire in Asia and Africa. From the late 19th century, and especially after 1920, under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, the Congress became the principal leader of the Indian independence movement. The Congress led India to independence from the United Kingdom, and significantly influenced other Decolonization, anti-colonial nationalist movements in the British Empire. The INC is a "big tent" party that has been described as sitting on the Centrism, centre of the Indian politics, Indian political spectrum. The party held its first session in 1885 in Mumbai, Bombay where Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee, W.C. Bonnerjee presided over it. After Indian independence in 1947, Congress eme ...
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Jute
Jute ( ) is a long, rough, shiny bast fibre that can be Spinning (textiles), spun into coarse, strong threads. It is produced from flowering plants in the genus ''Corchorus'', of the mallow family Malvaceae. The primary source of the fiber is ''Corchorus olitorius'', but such fiber is considered inferior to that derived from ''Corchorus capsularis''. Jute fibers, composed primarily of cellulose and lignin, are collected from bast (the phloem of the plant, sometimes called the "skin"). The industrial term for jute fiber is ''raw jute''. The fibers are off-white to brown and range from long. In Bangladesh, jute is called the "golden fiber" for its color and monetary value. The bulk of the jute trade is centered in South Asia, with India and Bangladesh as the primary producers. The majority of jute is used for durable and sustainable packaging, such as Gunny sack, burlap sacks. Its production and usage declined as Disposable product, disposable plastic packaging became common, b ...
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Bengal Chamber Of Commerce
The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry is a non-governmental trade association and advocacy group based in West Bengal, India. It is the oldest chamber of commerce in India, and one of the oldest in Asia. Established in 1853, finding its origin in 1833–34, it is the only such institution in India.Welcome to the Bengal Chamber Web Site
at bengalchamber.com, accessed 5 January 2011
The organization has its headquarters at the former Royal Exchange in , , which was once the residence of

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Port Of Chittagong
A port is a maritime facility comprising one or more wharves or loading areas, where ships load and discharge cargo and passengers. Although usually situated on a sea coast or estuary, ports can also be found far inland, such as Hamburg, Manchester and Duluth; these access the sea via rivers or canals. Because of their roles as ports of entry for immigrants as well as soldiers in wartime, many port cities have experienced dramatic multi-ethnic and multicultural changes throughout their histories. Ports are extremely important to the global economy; 70% of global merchandise trade by value passes through a port. For this reason, ports are also often densely populated settlements that provide the labor for processing and handling goods and related services for the ports. Today by far the greatest growth in port development is in Asia, the continent with some of the world's largest and busiest ports, such as Singapore and the Chinese ports of Shanghai and Ningbo-Zhoushan. As of ...
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