rel="nofollow" href="#litres_trial_promo">Chapter V. The Composition and Political Groupings of the Two Houses
Chapter VI. The Legislative Influence on Administration
Chapter VII. Legislation With Special Reference to the Influence of Non-Official Members
Chapter VIII. Financial Procedure in the Central Legislature
Chapter IX. Political Grievances in the Central Legislature
Chapter X. Relations Between the Two Chambers
Appendix IV. List of Voting Divisions Held in the Legislative Assembly From 1921 to 1947
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Table I. Recommendations of the Electoral Size by the Franchise Committee (Southborough).
Table II. Summary of Legislative Assembly Elections From 1920 to 1945.
Table III. Summary of Council of State Elections From 1920 to 1930.
Table IV. Number of Candidates Who Forfeited Their Deposits.
Table V. Distribution of Seats in the Legislative Assembly.
Table VI. Distribution of Seats in the Council of State.
Table VII. Analysis of Seats Filled Without Contest in the Assembly Elections.
Table VIII. Voting Percentages in British & Assembly Elections.
Table IX. Comparison of Voting in Various Types of Constituencies of the Legislative Assembly.
Table X. Provincial Votes Polled in the Contested Constituencies as a Percentage of Electors Entitled to Vote.
Table XI. Percentage of Voting in Different Contested Constituencies in Various Provinces: 1920–1945.
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Table XIII. Number of Re-elected Members.
Table XIV. List of Title Holders Among the Lawmakers.
Table XV. Occupational Background of the Non-Official Members (Including the Nominated Members).
Table XVI. Questions in the Legislative Assembly, 1921–47.
Table XVII. Questions in the Council of State, 1921–47.
Table XVIII. Classification of Resolutions Passed by the Central Legislature.
Table XIX. Non-Official Resolutions Accepted, Rejected, Withdrawn, and Adjourned in the Legislative Assembly.
Table XX. Classification of the Acts Passed by the Central Legislature.
Table XXI. Percentage of Voted Expenditures to Total Expenditures From 1921 to 1947.
Table XXII. Net Expenditures on the Military Forces From 1921 to 1947.
Table XXIII. Reductions Proposed & Carried and Reductions Restored & Accepted by Government.
Table XXIV. Bills Considered by the Joint Committees of the Two Houses.
Table XXV. Bills (Except the Finance Bills) Amended by the Council of State.
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Dr. Rashiduzzaman has asked me to write a foreword for his book. I have never wholly understood why one author, however new, should need another author to introduce him to the public; this book itself makes the introduction. But I am happy to acknowledge and in slight measure repay a friendship, and have therefore agreed to the request.
The inter-war period of Indian history is one whose importance we are now beginning to appreciate in a new way. So much of what has happened since partition makes full sense only when regarded in the light of the earlier years. The political movements constitute one vital area for re-examination. Another is the working of the quasi-parliaments through which the bureaucracy explored new relations with representative opinion. It is in this latter field that Dr. Rashiduzzaman has worked with success.
How strange a body was this Central Legislature of his study! —in which a government technically and in some measure actually responsible to the Whitehall learnt to “go through the motions” of being responsive to criticisms of the elected
