27-634: Danilimda is one of the 182 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Gujarat state in India . It is part of Ahmedabad district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes . This assembly seat represents the following segments, 23°00′N 72°35′E / 23°N 72.58°E / 23; 72.58 Gujarat Legislative Assembly Official Opposition Other Opposition (17) Vacant (1) The Gujarat Legislative Assembly or Gujarat Vidhan Sabha
54-734: A parliamentary private secretary to Winston Churchill . Sachchidananda Sinha was the Deputy President of Assembly in 1921. Ganesh Vasudev Mavlankar was the last President of the Assembly till the Assembly came to an end on 14 August 1947. He became the first Speaker of the Constituent Assembly of India , and in 1952 the first Speaker of the Lok Sabha , the lower house of the Parliament of India . As per
81-716: A grand coalition cabinet of its prominent members, the state's Executive namely the Government of Gujarat is formed. Since 1995, the Gujarat Legislative Assembly has been controlled by the Bharatiya Janata Party with an absolute majority in the House. Bhavsinhji Gohil, ruler of Bhavnagar State , established The Peoples' Representative Assembly consisting of 38 members appointed by him. His succeeding son, Krishnakumar Sinhji, formed
108-622: A million electors for the Assembly, only some 182,000 voted. After the withdrawal of the non-cooperation movement, a group within the Indian National Congress formed the Swaraj Party and contested the elections in 1923 and 1926. The Swaraj Party led by Motilal Nehru as the leader of the Opposition was able to secure the defeat, or at least the delay, of finance bills and other legislation. However, after 1926,
135-417: Is 17689 square metres. It has four floors with total built up area of 43350 square metres or total carpet area of 16180 square metres. The entrance of the building is reached by a flight of steps. The Assembly hall is situated on the second floor. It is octagonal from inside. The octagonal roof is supported by eight V-shaped pillars and one pillar in the centre. These pillars tapers and forms octagonal dome on
162-500: Is constructed on the 133 square metre platform amid a water pool having diameter of 200 metres. This central building was linked with the Ministerial Secretariat by bridges formerly but now new buildings are constructed in between known as Swarnim Sankul. The building is 33.45 metres high including its octagonal dome. The constructed area of building is 8100 square metres while the total built up area of square platform
189-541: Is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Gujarat , in the state capital Gandhinagar . Presently, 182 members of the Legislative Assembly are directly elected from single-member constituencies (seats). It has a term of 5 years unless it is dissolved sooner. 13 constituencies are reserved for scheduled castes and 27 constituencies for scheduled tribes. From its majority party group or by way of
216-579: 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 including East Bengal (modern-day Bangladesh ). The new Assembly
243-616: The Scheduled Castes , and 27 constituencies are reserved for candidates of the Scheduled tribes . MoS 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
270-697: The Assembly was never more than a very small fraction of the population of India. In the British House of Commons on 10 November 1942, the Labour MP Seymour Cocks asked the Secretary of State for India Leo Amery "What is the electorate for the present Central Legislative Assembly?" and received the written answer "The total electorate for the last General Election (1934) for the Central Legislative Assembly
297-530: The Baroda legislative assembly in 1908. Since 1921, representatives were elected by the people of that area of the present Gujarat state except the princely states, and sent to the Bombay State legislative assembly. In 1952, Saurashtra State legislative assembly was constituted after the independence of India. It was functional till 31 October 1956. Saurashtra State was merged into the Bombay State under
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#1732790869120324-471: The Bhavnagar legislative assembly in 1941 having 55 members, consisting of 33 elected members, 16 nominated members by him and 6 ex-officio members. They had power to ask questions, move resolutions, discuss the budget and introduce bills in the assembly. This assembly used to meet at least twice in a year. Porbandar state assembly had same powers. Sayajirao Gaekwad III , ruler of Baroda State , had formed
351-577: The Council of State, and the Chamber of Princes . The foundation stone was laid on 12 February 1921 and the building was opened on 18 January 1927 by Lord Irwin , the Viceroy and Governor-General . The Council House later changed its name to Parliament House, or Sansad Bhavan , and was the home of the Parliament of India until 19th September 2023, having been converted into a museum. The Assembly,
378-727: The Council of State, and the Chamber of Princes were officially opened in 1921 by King George V's uncle, the Duke of Connaught and Strathearn The first elections to the new legislatures took place in November 1920 and proved to be the first significant contest between the Moderates and the Non-cooperation movement , whose aim was for the elections to fail. The Non-cooperators were at least partly successful in this, as out of almost
405-637: The Depressed Classes. The other 10 non-officials were nominated from the provinces namely two from Bengal, United Provinces and Punjab and one each from Bombay, Bihar & Orissa, Berar and the North West Frontier Province. Initially, of its 142 members, 101 were elected and 41 were nominated. Of the 101 elected members, 52 came from general constituencies, 29 were elected by Muslims , 2 by Sikhs , 7 by Europeans, 7 by landlords, and 4 by business men. Later, one seat each
432-494: The Government of India Act 1919, he also made a proclamation which created the Chamber of Princes , to provide a forum for the states to use to debate national questions and make their collective views known to the Government of India. The nominated members were officials or non-officials and nominated by the Government of India and the provinces. There were a total of 26 nominated officials out of which 14 were nominated by
459-609: The Government of India from the Viceroy's Executive Council , Council of State and from the Secretariat. The other 12 came from the provinces. Madras, Bombay and Bengal nominated two officials while United Provinces, Punjab, Bihar & Orissa, Central Provinces, Assam and Burma nominated one each. There were a total of 15 nominated non-officials out of which 5 were nominated by the Government of India representing five special interests namely Associated Chambers of Commerce , Indian Christians , Labour interests, Anglo-Indians and
486-573: The States Reorganization Act, 1956. On 1 May 1960, the Bombay State was bifurcated into Gujarat and Maharashtra states which resulted in formation of Gujarat legislative assembly. The 132 members of the former Bombay legislative assembly, elected from the territorial constituencies of Gujarat, formed the first Gujarat legislative assembly. The number of the members was increased to 154 in 1962, 168 in 1967 and 182 in 1975. After formation of Gujarat state in 1960, Ahmedabad
513-728: The constituencies of British India , plus a further 125 seats for the Indian Princely states . However, elections for the reformed legislature never took place. The Central Legislative Assembly met in the Council Hall and later to the Viceregal Lodge in Old Delhi both of which are now located in Delhi University. A new "Council House" was conceived in 1919 as the seat of the future Legislative Assembly,
540-420: The hall. There is an arrangement of white floodlights on the top. The hall has a capacity of 232 seats though currently the assembly has only 182 elected members. The hall is viewed from the galleries on the third floor which has a capacity of 564 seats. There is a podium just under the Assembly hall which is used for ceremonies and functions. The downward floor of the Assembly hall makes an umbrella-like roof of
567-657: The members of the Swaraj Party either joined the government or returned to the Congress which continued its boycott of the legislature during the Civil Disobedience Movement. In 1934, the Congress ended its boycott of the legislatures and contested the elections to the fifth Central Legislative Assembly held that year. The last elections to the assembly were held in 1945. The electorate of
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#1732790869120594-532: The podium. The podium has some personal belongings of Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel on display. There are oil paintings of several national leaders, independence activists and personalities on its walls. It was constructed at the cost of ₹ 6 crore . The assembly building along with other government offices is in Sector 10 of Gandhinagar, a capitol complex spanning 370 acres. [REDACTED] At present, 13 constituencies are reserved for candidates of
621-520: Was 1,415,892." The presiding officer (or speaker ) of the Assembly was called the President. While the Government of India Act 1919 provided for the President to be elected, it made an exception in the case of the first President, who was to be appointed by the Government. The Governor-General appointed Frederick Whyte , a former Liberal member of the British House of Commons who had been
648-618: Was a capital of the state. The Assembly started functioning from the present day OPD building of Ahmedabad Civil Hospital . The new capital city, Gandhinagar was built in 1971. Later assembly was shifted to Central Library building, sector-17, Gandhinagar on 11 February 1971. The new assembly building, Vithalbhai Patel Bhavan, was completed and inaugurated in 1982. Since then the Gujarat legislative assembly functions there. President Neelam Sanjiva Reddy laid foundation stone of new assembly building, Vithalbhai Patel Bhavan on 20 March 1978. It
675-464: Was added for Delhi, Ajmer-Merwara and the North West Frontier Province. The constituencies were divided as follows: The Government of India Act 1935 introduced further reforms. The Assembly continued as the lower chamber of a central Indian parliament based in Delhi , with two chambers, both containing elected and appointed members. The Assembly increased in size to 250 seats for members elected by
702-629: Was designed by H. K. Mewada, chief planner of Gandhinagar . The construction was completed in July 1982 and it is named after Vithalbhai Patel , the first Indian speaker of Central Legislative Assembly during the British period . It was inaugurated by the Governor Sharda Mukherjee on 8 July 1982. It is constructed with Reinforced concrete and the outer walls of the building is affixed with Dholpur light pink stones. The building
729-489: 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 were not part of British India. On 23 December 1919, when King-Emperor George V gave royal assent to
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