Eastern Bengal and Assam Legislative Council

Eastern Bengal and Assam Legislative Council

পূর্ববঙ্গ ও আসাম আইন পরিষদ
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Type
Type
History
Founded18 December 1906 (1906-12-18)
Disbanded18 March 1912 (1912-03-19)
Preceded byBengal Legislative Council
Succeeded byAssam Legislative Council
Bengal Legislative Council
Seats41
Meeting place
Government House in Dacca, Eastern Bengal and Assam (now known as Old High Court Building, Dhaka)

The Eastern Bengal and Assam Legislative Council[1] (Bengali: পূর্ববঙ্গ ও আসাম আইন পরিষদ) was the legislative council of Eastern Bengal and Assam, a province of the British India covering Bangladesh and Northeast India. It would meet in the Government House of Dacca, the provincial capital. Its ex-officio head was the Lieutenant Governor of Eastern Bengal and Assam.[2]

  1. ^ Hamlet Bareh (2001). Encyclopaedia of North-East India: Assam. Mittal Publications. p. 271. ISBN 978-81-7099-789-4.
  2. ^ "The Parliament of Assam, India". Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021.