What is Central Legislative Assembly?
The '''Central Legislative Assembly''' was the lower house of the [[Imperial Legislative Council]], the legislature of [[British India]]. It was started by the [[Government of India Act 1919]], as part of the [[Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms]]. It was also sometimes called the '''Indian Legislative Assembly''' and the '''Imperial Legislative Assembly'''. The Council of State was the upper house of the legislature for India.<ref>{{cite book |last=Bolitho |first=Hector |author-link=Hector Bolitho |year=2006 |orig-year=First published 1954 |title=Jinnah, Creator of Pakistan |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=81 |isbn=978-0-19-547323-0 |quote=The introduction of a 'two-house' parliamentary system, with a Council of State and a Central Legislative Assembly.}}</ref> As a result of [[Indian Independence Act 1947|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]]. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:British India]] [[Category:Government of India]] [[Category:National lower houses]]