Indian Councils Act 1892

The Indian Councils Act 1892 was an Act of the

Parliament of the United Kingdom that authorized an increase in the size of the various legislative councils in
British India. Enacted due to the demand of the Indian
National Congress to expand legislative council, the number of non-ocial members was increased both in central
and provincial legislative councils.The non ocial members of Indian legislative councils were henceforth to be
nominated by Bengal chamber of commerce and provincial legislative council.
The universities, district board, municipalities,
zamindars and chambers of commerce were empowered
to recommend members to provincial councils. Thus
was introduced the principle of representation. It also
relaxed restrictions imposed by the Indian Councils Act
1861, thus allowing the councils to discuss each years
annual nancial statement. They could also put questions
within certain limits to the government on the matter of
public interest after giving six days notice, but none of
them was given right to ask supplementary questions.
Thus it prepared the base of Indian democracy.
The act also increased the number of non ocials in
councils to between 10 and 16, but provincial representation was abolished. The law member was made a permanent member.
In 1892, the council consisted of 24 members, only ve
being where Indians.[2]

References

[1] Short title as conferred by s. 8 of the Act; the modern

convention for the citation of short titles omits the comma
after the word Act
[2] The Government of India: Being a Digest of the Statute
Law Relating Thereto, by Sir Courtenay Ilbert, 1st edition
(1898), publ. Clarendon Press, Oxford, p. 110

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