Indian Councils Act 1892
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The Indian Councils Act 1892 (55 & 56 Vict. c. 14) was an Act of British Parliament that introduced various amendments to the composition and function of legislative councils in British India. Most notably, the act expanded the number of members in the central and provincial councils. For example, the number of additional members elected to the Governor-General's council[lower-alpha 2] was increased from twelve to sixteen members[1] of whom – as per the Indian Councils Act 1861 – not less than half were to be non-officials, i.e. persons not in the civil or military service of the Crown. The Governor-General was empowered to invite different bodies in India to elect, select or delegate their representatives and to make regulations for their nomination.[2]
Act of Parliament | |
Citation | 55 & 56 Vict. c. 14 |
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Introduced by | R. A. Cross, 1st Viscount Cross on 9 February 1892 |
Dates | |
Royal assent | 20 June 1892 |
Commencement | 3 February 1893 |
Other legislation | |
Repealed by | Government of India Act 1915 |
Status: Repealed |
After being presented to the House of Lords in 1890, the Act was passed in 1892 in response to nationalist movements beginning to surface across British India.[citation needed] This scheme would be overturned by the passage of the Indian Councils Act 1909 – also called the Morley-Minto reforms – which introduced indirect elections to Indian councils along with special electoral preferences for muslim minorities and various commercial and functional interests.