Bengal Legislative Council

This article is about the Legislative Council of Bengal. For the Eastern Bengal and Assam Council, see Eastern Bengal and Assam Legislative Council. For the lower chamber of the Bengal's legislature, see Bengal Legislative Assembly.
Bengal Legislative Council

বঙ্গীয় আইন পরিষদ
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Unicameral (1861-1937)
Upper chamber (1937-1947)
History
Founded1861 (1861)
Disbanded1947 (1947)
Succeeded byEast Bengal Legislative Assembly
West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Meeting place
Calcutta Town Hall (1919 to 1931), Calcutta, Bengal Presidency

The Bengal Legislative Council (Bengali: বঙ্গীয় আইন পরিষদ) was the legislative council of Bengal Presidency (now Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal).[1] It was the legislature of the Bengal Presidency during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. After reforms were adopted in 1937, it served as the upper house of the Bengali legislature until the partition of India.

  1. ^ The Bengal Legislative Council Manual, 1921. Calcutta: Bengal Secretariat Book Depot. 1921. Retrieved 2017-07-16.