The Sentinel
Assam Legislative Assembly: Over the Years
07 Jan, 2021
First Assam Legislative Assembly
First Assam Legislative Assembly was held on April 7, 1937 in the Assembly Chamber at Shillong.
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In 1905, under the Indian Council Act, 1861 Assam did not have Assembly. It tagged with East Bengal and called “Legislative Council of Bengal and Assam”. It started functioning from Dec 18, 1906. In 1912, Assam became a province under the Chief Commissioner. In 1913, Assam was granted the Legislative Council under the Government of India Act, 1909. The Assembly comprised of 34 members -- 13 nominated by Chief Commissioner and 21 were elected members.
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The strength of members was again raised to 53, under the Government of India Act, 1919, of which 41 were elected and 12 members were nominated by the Chief Commissioner. First Speaker of Assam Legislative Assembly was Babu Basanta Kumar Das
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Current Assam Legislative Assembly
The current Assam Legislative Assembly is the 13th Assembly session. The strength of the Assembly stands at 126. Hitendra Nath Goswami is the speaker of the 13th Legislative Assembly and Aminul Haque Laskar is the Deputy Speaker of the Assembly.
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Key Bills passed in the 13th Legislative Assembly
Assam Appropriation (No.1) Bill, 2020 passed for withdrawal of Rs 1800 cr. The Assam Repealing Bill, 2020 to shut down government-run Madrassas in the state.
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Bill passed for creation of three autonomous councils -- Moran, Motok and Kamtapur Autonomous Council. Bill passed to create autonomous council for Bodo Kachari Community.
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