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1937 Punjab Provincial Assembly Election
First Provincial assembly election was held in Punjab (British India), Punjab in the winter of 1936-37 as mandated by the Government of India Act 1935. Background After the passing of Government of India act 1935, Provincial assembly was set up in Punjab. It consisted 175 constituencies. Out of these 159 were single-member constituencies and 8 were double-members constituencies. In double-members constituencies one was reserved for the Schedule Caste according to Poona Pact. In double constituencies each voter had two votes to cast his vote, one for SC candidate and one for general candidate but considered as one vote to calculate voter turnout. All 175 constituencies were reserved on the basis of religion. It was as follows:- ^Special constituencies (non-territory constituency) were further divided into Categories and sub-categories as follow:- * Women - 4 **General - 1 **Mohammadans - 2 **Sikhs - 1 * European - 1 * Anglo-Indian - 1 * Indian Christian - 2 * Punjab Commerce and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punjab Provincial Assembly (British India)
The Punjab Provincial Assembly was the legislature of the province of Punjab in British India. Established by British authorities under Government of India Act 1935, the assembly had executive powers and members directly elected from 175 constituencies by first past the post system. Speakers Deputy Speakers Prime Minister Seats Distribution All 175 constituencies were reserved on the bases of religion. It was as follows:- ^Special constituencies (non-territory constituency) were further divided into Categories and sub-categories as follow:- * Women - 4 **General - 1 **Mohammadans - 2 **Sikhs - 1 * European - 1 * Anglo-Indian - 1 * Indian Christian - 2 * Punjab Commerce and Industry - 1 * Landholders - 5 **General - 1 **Mohammadans - 3 **Sikhs - 1 * Trade and Labour Unions - 3 * University - 1 First Assembly After the passing of Government of India act 1935, Provincial assembly was set up in Punjab. It consisted 175 constituencies. Out of these 159 were single-member co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All-India Muslim League
The All-India Muslim League (AIML) was a political party established in Dhaka in 1906 when a group of prominent Muslim politicians met the Viceroy of British India, Lord Minto, with the goal of securing Muslim interests on the Indian subcontinent. The party arose out of the need for the political representation of Muslims in British India, especially during the Indian National Congress-sponsored massive Hindu opposition to the 1905 partition of Bengal. During the 1906 annual meeting of the All India Muslim Education Conference held in Israt Manzil Palace, Dhaka, the Nawab of Dhaka, Khwaja Salimullah, forwarded a proposal to create a political party which would protect the interests of Muslims in British India. Sir Mian Muhammad Shafi, a prominent Muslim leader from Lahore, suggested the political party be named the 'All-India Muslim League'. The motion was unanimously passed by the conference, leading to the official formation of the All-India Muslim League in Dhaka. It r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Political History Of Pakistan
The political history of Pakistan ( ur, ) is the narrative and analysis of political events, ideas, movements, and leaders of Pakistan. Pakistan gained independence from the United Kingdom on 14 August 1947, when the Presidencies and provinces of British India were divided by the United Kingdom, in a region which is commonly referred to as the Indian subcontinent. Since its independence, Pakistan has had a colorful yet turbulent political history at times, often characterized by martial law and inefficient leadership. Pre-independence era The Pakistan Movement, as it came to be known, was based on the principle of two-nation theory, and aimed to establish a separate homeland for Muslims in South Asia. This was a movement against the oppression, that Muslims felt in the face of an increasingly politicized Hindu majority. The Pakistan Movement was spearheaded by Muhammad Ali Jinnah and staunchly opposed by some of Muslim religious scholars. Parliamentary democracy After the ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Political History Of India
Politics (from , ) is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. The branch of social science that studies politics and government is referred to as political science. It may be used positively in the context of a "political solution" which is compromising and nonviolent, or descriptively as "the art or science of government", but also often carries a negative connotation.. The concept has been defined in various ways, and different approaches have fundamentally differing views on whether it should be used extensively or limitedly, empirically or normatively, and on whether conflict or co-operation is more essential to it. A variety of methods are deployed in politics, which include promoting one's own political views among people, negotiation with other political subjects, making laws, and exercising internal and external force, including war ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baldev Singh
Baldev Singh ( pa, ਬਲਦੇਵ ਸਿੰਘ, hi, बलदेव सिंह) (11 July 1902 – 29 June 1961) was an Indian Sikh political leader, he was an Indian independence movement leader and the first Defence Minister of India. Moreover, he represented the Punjabi Sikh community in the processes of negotiations that resulted in the independence of India, as well as the Partition of India in 1947. After independence, Baldev Singh was chosen to become the first Minister of Defence, hence becoming the "First Sikh Defence Minister" of any country in the world, and served in this post during the first Kashmir war between India and Pakistan. He is addressed often with the title of ''Sardar'', which in Punjabi and Hindi means ''leader'' or ''chief''. Early life and political career Baldev Singh was born on 11 July 1902 in the village of Dumna in a Jat family in the Rupar district of Punjab. His father was Sir Indra Singh, a reputed industrialist, and his mother w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdul Haye
Mian Abdul Haye (December 1889 – 20 December 1946) was a prominent Punjabi lawyer and politician during the British Raj. Biography Haye was born into a wealthy Muslim Awan family in Ludhiana, Punjab. He was educated at Forman Christian College and the law college of the University of the Punjab. He began his career as a lawyer in Ludhiana in 1910. Shortly after he was elected to the Ludhiana municipality, becoming its Vice-President. During the First World War he assisted in recruitment to the army and was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1919. He played a prominent role in anti- Rowlatt bill meetings in Ludhiana and took an active part in the Khilafat Movement in 1921. Later that year he renounced his MBE awarded two year prior. He was elected to the Punjab Legislative Assembly in 1923 from the East Punjab Muslim constituency as a candidate of the Moderate Party. In 1933 he moved from Ludhiana to Lahore and joined the Unionist Party. Following the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malik Khizar Hayat Tiwana
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Malik Khizar Hayat Tiwana KCSI, OBE ( pa, ; 7 August 1900 – 20 January 1975) was an Indian statesman, army officer, and landowner who served as the prime minister of the Punjab Province of British India between 1942 and 1947. He was a member of the Unionist Party. Early life Khizar was born at Chak Muzaffarabad, in the district of Sargodha, in the Punjab Province of British India in 1900. He was born into the Tiwana family of Shahpur, and his father Sir Umar Hayat Khan was a wealthy landowner and soldier who was an elected member of the Council of the Secretary of State for India. He was educated at Aitchison College in Lahore. Military career At the age of 16, Tiwana volunteered for war service, and on 17 April 1918 he was commissioned into the 17th Cavalry as a temporary honorary second lieutenant in the Indian Land Forces. In addition to his few months of First World War service, Khizar also briefly served in the Third Anglo-Afghan War wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manohar Lal (economist)
Sir Manohar Lal (31 December 1871 – 1 May 1949) was an economist, lawyer and politician during the British Raj. Biography Lal was born into a Hindu Baniya family in Fazilka, Punjab. He was schooled in Fazilka and Ferozepur before reading English at Forman Christian College where he achieved a first.Krishnamurty, J. "Manohar Lal: Scholar, Economist and Statesman." Modern Asian Studies, vol. 44, no. 3, 2010, pp. 641–662 He subsequently won a scholarship to St John's College, Cambridge. At Cambridge he became the first Indian to secure a first in the Moral Sciences Tripos, studying economics under Alfred Marshall.Krishnamurty, J. "Manohar Lal: Scholar, Economist and Statesman." Modern Asian Studies, vol. 44, no. 3, 2010, pp. 641–662 In 1904 he was awarded the prestigious Cobden Prize ahead of D. H. MacGregor and later that year he was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn.Krishnamurty, J. "Manohar Lal: Scholar, Economist and Statesman." Modern Asian Studies, vol. 44, no. 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chottu Ram
Sir Chhotu Ram (born Ram Richpal; 24 November 1881 – 9 January 1945) was a prominent politician in British India's Punjab Province, an ideologue of the pre-Independent India, who belonged to the Jat community and championed the interest of oppressed communities of the Indian subcontinent. For this feat, he was knighted in 1937. On the political front, he was a co-founder of the National Unionist Party which ruled the United Punjab Province in pre-independent India and kept Congress and Muslim League at bay. In 1916, he brought out a weekly newspaper named Jat Gazette, which is still being published today. Early life Chhotu Ram was born as Ram Richpal in a Jat family in the village of Garhi Sampla, Rohtak district, Punjab Province. His parents were Chaudhari Sukhiram Singh Ohlyan and Sarla Devi. He acquired the nickname Chhotu Ram as he was the youngest of his brothers. He was married to a Jat girl of Village Kheri Jat, Jhajjar. Chhotu Ram joined primary school in January ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sikandar Hayat Khan Cabinet
Sikandar is the Persian rendition of the name Alexander. When the Greek emperor Alexander the Great conquered Persia, the Persians called him Sikandar, meaning "defender" or "warrior". It is a variant of ''Iskandar''. People Rulers * Alexander the Great, also known as Sikandar-i-Azam * Sikandar Khan Ghazi, first wazir of Sylhet * Sikandar Shah Miri, (also referred to as Sikandar 'Butshikan'), Sultan of Kashmir * Sikandar Lodi of the Lodi dynasty * Sikandar Shah, 2nd Ilyas Shahi Sultan of Bengal * Nuruddin Sikandar Shah, Sultan of Bengal * Sikandar Shah Suri, Sultan of new Delhi Other people * Sikandar Hayat Khan, British Raj politician * Sikandar Khan Khoso, Pakistani politician and poet * Sikandar Kher, Indian actor * Sikandar Jah, also known as Mir Akbar Ali Khan Sikander Jah, Asaf Jah III, ruler of Hyderabad * Sikandar Sultan, Pakistani businessman * Sikander Bakht, Indian politician * Sikander Bakht, Pakistani cricketer * Sikandar Raza, Pakistani-Zimbabwean cricketer Plac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diwan Chaman Lall
Diwan Chaman Lall (30 October 1892 – 12 November 1973) was an Indian politician and diplomat who served as a Member of the Rajya Sabha. Early life Chaman Lall was born on 30 October 1892 to Dewan Bahadur Daulat Rai. He received an honors degree in jurisprudence from Jesus College, Oxford, later called to the bar at Middle Temple in London. He worked a journalist, first for the art and literature quarterly magazine ''Coterie'', in London, then as editor and Chief Leader Writer for the newspaper ''The Bombay Chronicle''. In freedom movement Lall was a founder and first general secretary of the All India Trade Union Congress in 1920, later becoming its President in 1927. He established himself as a leader of workers' unions, serving as president of the Federation of Posts and Telegraphs Union, All India telegraph Workmen's Union, All India Postal and R.M.S. Union, All India Press Workers' Union, NWFP Railway Workmen's Union and the EP Railway Union. Lall was a member of the Roy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
