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425:" (India). At a separate meeting of legislators from East Bengal, it was decided by 106 votes to 35 that the province should not be partitioned and 107 votes to 34 that East Bengal should join the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan in the event of partition. On 6 July 1947, the region of Sylhet in Assam voted in a
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became the first prime minister. Huq supported the League's Lahore
Resolution in 1940, which called on the imperial government to include the eastern zone of British India in a future sovereign homeland for Muslims. The text of the resolution initially seemed to support the notion of an independent
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The Hindu
Mahasabha's demand for partition ... Suhrawardy's only hope was ... asking for an united and independent Bengal. Paradoxically he had a greater chance of getting Jinnah's endorsement for this scheme than of getting it ratified by the Congress High Command ... Jinnah told Mountbatten ...
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by the
British colonial authority. Tagore had earlier requested the central home ministry of India to release Aronson but the request was turned down. Tagore then wrote a letter to Prime Minister Nazimuddin in Bengal. Prime Minister Nazimuddin intervened and secured the release of the lecturer.
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Agreement was reached between Sarat Bose, Kiran
Shankar Roy, Suhrawardy and a few other Leaguers ... although Mountbatten had persuaded London to make an exception for Bengal and allow it to become an independent Dominion, he quickly dropped his plan once Nehru had rejected the
365:. The next general election was delayed for two years. The Nazimuddin ministry became unpopular. Governor's rule was imposed between March 1945 and April 1946. Factional infighting within the Bengal Provincial Muslim League displaced the Nazimuddin faction; and the centre-left
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state in Bengal and Assam. The
Krishak Praja Party implemented measures to curtail the influence of the landed gentry. Prime Minister Huq used both legal and administrative measures to relieve the debts of peasants and farmers. According to the historian
302:'s defense council against the wishes of the League's president Jinnah. Jinnah felt the council's membership was detrimental to partitioning India; but Huq was joined on the council by the Prime Minister of the Punjab,
262:. The Government of India Act 1935 made the council the upper chamber, while the 250-seat legislative assembly was formed as the elected lower chamber. The act did not grant universal suffrage, instead in line with the
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On 20 June 1947, the Bengal
Legislative Assembly met to decide on the partition of Bengal. At the preliminary joint meeting, it was decided by 126 votes to 90 that the province, if it remained united, should join the
830:, who was the Finance Minister. It also included Khwaja Habibullah, Khan Bahadur Abdul Karim, Khan Bahadur Hashem Ali Khan, Shamsuddin Ahmed, Santosh Kumar Bose, Pramath Nath Banarji and
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On 1 December 1941 he resigned from the cabinet because of dissension between Huq and Jinnah. During the Shyama-Huq coalition (1942 to 1943) he acted as the Leader of the
Opposition.
421:" (Pakistan). At a separate meeting of legislators from West Bengal, it was decided by 58 votes to 21 that the province should be partitioned and that West Bengal should join the "
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The first ministry was formed by Prime
Minister A. K. Fazlul Huq lasted between 1 April 1937 and 1 December 1941. Huq himself held the portfolio of Education, Sir
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Many notable speeches were delivered by
Bengali statesmen in this assembly. The records of the assembly's proceedings are preserved in the libraries of the
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The second Huq ministry lasted between 12 December 1941 and 29 March 1943. It was known as the Shyama-Huq coalition, named due to the inclusion of the
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was won by the Bengal Provincial Muslim League. Suhrawardy was appointed prime minister. Suhrawardy's frosty relations with
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emerged as the single largest party but refused to form a government due to its policy of boycotting legislatures. The
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The allocation of 250 seats in the assembly was based on the communal award. It is illustrated in the following.
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182:. The assembly played an important role in the final decade of undivided Bengal. The Leader of the House was the
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The Suhrawardy ministry lasted between 23 April 1946 and 14 August 1947. Suhrawardy was himself Home Minister.
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Lower chamber of the legislature of Bengal in British India (1937–1947)
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and the Governor of Bengal, Suhrawardy's proposals were not heeded by
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was the first speaker of the assembly. His successors included
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with the 3rd and last Prime Minister Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy
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was Waterways Minister. Fazlur Rahman was Land Minister.
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was Cooperative, Credit and Rural Indebtedness Minister,
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was Public Health and Local Self Government Minister.
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369:-led faction took control of the provincial party.
23:. For the council of Eastern Bengal and Assam, see
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198:movement, suggestions for a United Bengal and the
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27:. For the modern Indian Bengal assembly, see
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25:Eastern Bengal and Assam Legislative Council
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1238:. Cambridge University Press. p. 265.
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1148:. Cambridge University Press. p. 152.
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869:was Cooperatives and Irrigation Minister.
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213:and the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.
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1379:. Kolkata on Wheels. Archived from
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782:was Commerce and Labour Minister,
14:
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1424:West Bengal Legislative Assembly
867:Abul Fazal Muhammad Abdur Rahman
802:was Forest and Excise Minister,
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576:1937 Indian provincial elections
321:Amid the outbreak of world war,
178:). It was established under the
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115:East Bengal Legislative Assembly
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232:, with Bengali Nobel laureate
1:
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1351:"Bengal Legislative Assembly"
1103:Asiatic Society of Bangladesh
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873:was Civil Supplies Minister.
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423:existing Constituent Assembly
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164:legislature in British India
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668:
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550:Anglo-Indian electorate- 1
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260:Bengal Legislative Council
216:
204:partition of British India
21:Bengal Legislative Council
18:
1089:Mohammad Alamgir (2012).
855:Syed Muazzemuddin Hossain
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442:General elected seats- 78
159:
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132:
124:
110:
95:
80:
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857:was Education Minister.
742:Prime Minister of Bengal
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419:new Constituent Assembly
230:Prime Minister of Bengal
211:Parliament of Bangladesh
184:Prime Minister of Bengal
174:and the Indian state of
41:
1169:Joya Chatterji (2002).
885:Speaker of the assembly
808:Nawab Musharraf Hussain
304:Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan
1349:Sirajul Islam (2012).
828:Shyamaprasad Mukherjee
804:Mukunda Behari Mallick
790:was Revenue Minister,
788:Bijay Prasad Singh Roy
766:
759:Prafulla Chandra Ghosh
751:
631:Tripura Krishak Party
528:University of Calcutta
448:electorate seats- 117
316:Sir Khawaja Nazimuddin
308:Syama Prasad Mukherjee
255:
244:
236:
1297:Bose, Sugata (1986).
1144:Ayesha Jalal (1994).
1028:Ayesha Jalal (1994).
982:British Indian Empire
851:Mohammad Ali of Bogra
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749:
740:Further information:
665:1946 general election
570:1937 general election
544:General electorate- 2
429:to join East Bengal.
351:Bengal famine of 1943
250:
242:
224:
1091:"Nazimuddin, Khwaja"
881:was Works Minister.
875:Tarak Nath Mukherjee
784:Nalini Ranjan Sarkar
710:Independent Muslims
623:Krishak Praja Party
599:Independent Muslims
547:Muslim electorate- 2
507:Traders Associations
468:electorate seats- 11
388:and the violence of
310:, the leader of the
293:permanent settlement
268:separate electorates
1377:"Kolkata on Wheels"
1361:(Second ed.).
1101:(Second ed.).
845:Suhrawardy ministry
837:Nazimuddin ministry
818:Second Huq ministry
796:Srish Chandra Nandy
778:was Home Minister,
702:Independent Hindus
615:Independent Hindus
534:University of Dacca
524:Education seats- 2
474:electorate seats- 2
462:electorate seats- 3
363:Quit India movement
323:Rabindranath Tagore
276:Krishak Praja Party
234:Rabindranath Tagore
200:partition of Bengal
879:Dwarka Nath Barury
832:Upendranath Barman
800:Prasana Deb Raikut
776:Khawaja Nazimuddin
770:First Huq ministry
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398:Sarat Chandra Bose
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579:
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472:Indian Christian
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412:Eve of partition
402:Earl Mountbatten
367:H. S. Suhrawardy
345:intensified and
284:A. K. Fazlul Huq
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