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As a result of [[Indian Independence Act 1947|Indian independence]], the Council of State was dissolved on 14 August 1947 and its place taken by the [[Constituent Assembly of India]] and the [[Constituent Assembly of Pakistan]].
As a result of [[Indian Independence Act 1947|Indian independence]], the Council of State was dissolved on 14 August 1947 and its place taken by the [[Constituent Assembly of India]] and the [[Constituent Assembly of Pakistan]].


The Council of State used to meet at the [[Metcalfe House]].<ref>http://delhiassembly.nic.in/history_assembly.htm</ref> The [[Viceroy]] or Governor-General was its ''ex officio'' President.<ref>http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/council_state/council_state.asp</ref>
The Council of State used to meet at the [[Metcalfe House]].<ref>http://delhiassembly.nic.in/history_assembly.htm {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref> The [[Viceroy]] or Governor-General was its ''ex officio'' President.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/council_state/council_state.asp |title=Rajya Sabha |website=rajyasabha.nic.in |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090804080327/http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/council_state/council_state.asp |archive-date=2009-08-04}} </ref>


==Composition==
==Composition==


===1919 to 1937===
===1919 to 1937===
The Council of States was created by the [[Government of India Act 1919]]. As per this Act, the Council was to have 60 members. The composition was as follows:<ref name=GOIAct1919>{{cite web|title=Government of India Act 1919|url=https://archive.org/stream/govtofindiaact19029669mbp/govtofindiaact19029669mbp_djvu.txt}}</ref>  
The Council of States was created by the [[Government of India Act 1919]]. As per this Act, the Council was to have 60 members. The composition was as follows:<ref name=GOIAct1919>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/govtofindiaact19029669mbp|title=The Govt Of India Act 1919 Rules Thereunder And Govt Reports 1920|first=H. N.|last=Mitra|date=October 4, 1921|publisher=N.N.Mitter Annual Register Office.|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>  
* Members nominated by the Governor-General (26)
* Members nominated by the Governor-General (26)
** Officials (20)
** Officials (20)
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===Nominated===
===Nominated===
* '''Officials: ''' [[Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson|General Lord Rawlinson]]
* '''Officials:''' [[Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson|General Lord Rawlinson]]
* '''Non-Officials:''' Sir [[Dinshaw Edulji Wacha]] (Bombay), [[G. A. Natesan]] (Madras), Sir Leslie Creery Miller (Madras), Soshi Kanta Acharya of Mymensingh (Bengal), [[Muhammad Muzammilullah Khan|Sir Mohamed Muzamilullah Khan]] of Bhikampur (United Provinces), Sir Amiruddeen Ahmed Khan of [[Loharu]] (Punjab), Sardar Charanjit Singh (Punjab), [[Harnam Singh]] (Punjab, Indian Christian), Sir Muhammad Rafique (Delhi)
* '''Non-Officials:''' Sir [[Dinshaw Edulji Wacha]] (Bombay), [[G. A. Natesan]] (Madras), [[Leslie Creery Miller|Sir Leslie Creery Miller]] (Madras), Soshi Kanta Acharya of Mymensingh (Bengal), [[Muhammad Muzammilullah Khan|Sir Mohamed Muzamilullah Khan]] of Bhikampur (United Provinces), Sir Amiruddeen Ahmed Khan of [[Loharu]] (Punjab), Sardar Charanjit Singh (Punjab), [[Harnam Singh]] (Punjab, Indian Christian), Sir Muhammad Rafique (Delhi)
*'''Berar Representative:''' [[G. S. Khaparde]]
*'''Berar Representative:''' [[G. S. Khaparde]]


===Elected===
===Elected===
*'''Assam: ''' [[Chandradhar Barua]]
*'''Assam:''' [[Chandradhar Barua]]
* '''Bengal: ''' Sir Benode Chandra Mitter (West Bengal Non-Muhammadan), Sir Deva Prasad Sarvadhikary (West Bengal Non-Muhammadan), Raja Pramada Nath Ray of Dighapatia (East Bengal Non-Muhammadan), Haji Chowdhuri Mohammad Ismail Khan (West Bengal Muslim), Maulvi Abdul Karim (East Bengal Muslim),  
* '''Bengal:''' Sir Benode Chandra Mitter (West Bengal Non-Muhammadan), Sir Deva Prasad Sarvadhikary (West Bengal Non-Muhammadan), Raja Pramada Nath Ray of Dighapatia (East Bengal Non-Muhammadan), Haji Chowdhuri Mohammad Ismail Khan (West Bengal Muslim), Maulvi Abdul Karim (East Bengal Muslim),  
*'''Bihar & Orissa:''' [[Rameshwar Singh]] of Darbhanga (Non-Muhammadan), Keshav Prasad Singh of [[Dumraon]] (Non-Muhammadan), Babu Ramashray Prashad Choudhary of Dalsinghsarai (Non-Muhammadan), Saiyid Zahir-ud-din (Muhammadan),  
*'''Bihar & Orissa:''' [[Rameshwar Singh]] of Darbhanga (Non-Muhammadan), Keshav Prasad Singh of [[Dumraon]] (Non-Muhammadan), Babu Ramashray Prashad Choudhary of Dalsinghsarai (Non-Muhammadan), Saiyid Zahir-ud-din (Muhammadan),  
* '''Bombay: ''' Lalubhai Samaldas (Non-Muhammadan), Vaman Govind Kale (Non-Muhammadan), [[Pheroze Sethna]] (Non-Muhammadan), Raghunath Pandurang Karandikar (Non-Muhammadan), Ebrahim Haroon Jaffer (Bombay Presidency Muhammadan), Ali Baksh Muhammad Hussain (Sind Muhammadan), Ghulam Muhammad Bhurgri (Sind Muhammadan), Sir Arthur Froom (Bombay Chamber of Commerce)
* '''Bombay:''' Lalubhai Samaldas (Non-Muhammadan), Vaman Govind Kale (Non-Muhammadan), [[Pheroze Sethna]] (Non-Muhammadan), Raghunath Pandurang Karandikar (Non-Muhammadan), Ebrahim Haroon Jaffer (Bombay Presidency Muhammadan), Ali Baksh Muhammad Hussain (Sind Muhammadan), Ghulam Muhammad Bhurgri (Sind Muhammadan), [[Arthur Froom|Sir Arthur Froom]] (Bombay Chamber of Commerce)
* '''Burma:''' Maung Bo Pye (Non-European), Sir Edgar Holberton (Commerce)
* '''Burma:''' Maung Bo Pye (Non-European), [[Edgar Holberton|Sir Edgar Holberton]] (Commerce)
*'''Central Provinces:''' Maneckji Byramji Dadabhoy (Non-Muhammadan)
*'''Central Provinces:''' [[Maneckji Byramji Dadabhoy]] (Non-Muhammadan)
*'''Madras:''' K. V. Rangaswamy Iyengar (Non-Muhammadan), [[V. S. Srinivasa Sastri]] (Non-Muhammadan), [[S. Rm. M. Annamalai Chettiar]] (Non-Muhammadan), V. Ramabhadra Naidu (Non-Muhammadan), Ahmed Tamby Maricair (Muhammadan)
*'''Madras:''' K. V. Rangaswamy Iyengar (Non-Muhammadan), [[V. S. Srinivasa Sastri]] (Non-Muhammadan), [[S. Rm. M. Annamalai Chettiar]] (Non-Muhammadan), V. Ramabhadra Naidu (Non-Muhammadan), Ahmed Tamby Maricair (Muhammadan)
* '''Punjab:''' Lala Ram Saran Das (Non-Muhammadan), Sir [[Malik Umar Hayat Khan]] (West Punjab Muhammadan), [[Zulfikar Ali Khan]] (Muhammadan), [[Jogendra Singh]] (Sikh)
* '''Punjab:''' Lala Ram Saran Das (Non-Muhammadan), Sir [[Malik Umar Hayat Khan]] (West Punjab Muhammadan), [[Zulfikar Ali Khan]] (Muhammadan), [[Jogendra Singh]] (Sikh)
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==Members of Second Council of State (1926)==
==Members of Second Council of State (1926)==
<ref name=Debates>{{cite book|title=The Council of State Debates Official Report Vol VII|url=https://archive.org/stream/councilofstatede033429mbp/councilofstatede033429mbp_djvu.txt}}</ref><ref name=IQR>{{cite journal|journal=Indian Quarterly Register|year=1926|url=https://archive.org/stream/indianquarterlyr035508mbp/indianquarterlyr035508mbp_djvu.txt}}</ref>
<ref name=Debates>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/councilofstatede033429mbp|title=The Council Of State Debates Official Report Vol VII|date=October 4, 1926|publisher=Government Of India Press.|via=Internet Archive}}</ref><ref name=IQR>{{cite journal|journal=Indian Quarterly Register|year=1926|url=https://archive.org/stream/indianquarterlyr035508mbp/indianquarterlyr035508mbp_djvu.txt}}</ref>


===Nominated===
===Nominated===
* '''Officials: ''' Field Marshal Sir [[William Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood]] (Commander-in-Chief), Sir [[Muhammad Habibullah]] (Member for Education, Health and Lands), [[Satish Ranjan Das]] (Law Member), Major General Sir Robert Charles MacWatt (Director General, Indian Medical Service), David Thomas Chadwick (Commerce Secretary), Arthur Cecil McWatters (Finance Secretary), James Crerar (Home Secretary), Arthur Herbert Ley (Secretary for Industries and Labour), John Perronet Thompson (Political Secretary), James Alexander Bichey (Educational Commissioner for the Government of India), Sir Clement Hindley (Chief Commissioner, Railways), Thomas Emerson (Bengal), Kiran Chandra De (Bengal), John Austen Hubback (Bihar and Orissa), D. Weston (Bihar and Orissa), Evelyn Bobins Abbott (Delhi), Sir [[Charles George Todhunter]] (Madras), H. A. B. Vernon (Madras), Dewan Tek Chand (Punjab), A. Latifi (Punjab), Pandit Shyam Bihari Misra (United Provinces), John Ernest Buttery Hotson (Bombay), G. W. Hatch (Bombay)
* '''Officials:''' Field Marshal Sir [[William Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood]] (Commander-in-Chief), Sir [[Muhammad Habibullah]] (Member for Education, Health and Lands), [[Satish Ranjan Das]] (Law Member), Major General [[Charles MacWatt|Sir Robert Charles MacWatt]] (Director General, [[Indian Medical Service]]), [[David Thomas Chadwick]] (Commerce Secretary), [[Arthur Cecil McWatters]] (Finance Secretary), [[James Crerar]] (Home Secretary), [[Arthur Herbert Ley]] (Secretary for Industries and Labour), [[John Perronet Thompson]] (Political Secretary), [[James Alexander Richey]] (Educational Commissioner for the Government of India), [[Clement Hindley|Sir Clement Hindley]] (Chief Commissioner, Railways), Thomas Emerson (Bengal), Kiran Chandra De (Bengal), [[John Austen Hubback]] (Bihar and Orissa), D. Weston (Bihar and Orissa), [[Evelyn Robins Abbott]] (Delhi), Sir [[Charles George Todhunter]] (Madras), [[Harold Anselm Bellamy Vernon|H. A. B. Vernon]] (Madras), Dewan Tek Chand (Punjab), A. Latifi (Punjab), Pandit Shyam Bihari Misra (United Provinces), [[John Ernest Buttery Hotson]] (Bombay), [[George Washington Hatch|G. W. Hatch]] (Bombay)
*'''Non-Officials: ''' Keshav Chandra Roy (Bengal), Sir [[Bijoy Chand Mahtab]] (Bengal), Prince Afsar-ul-Mulk Mirza Muhammad Akram Hussain (Bengal), Sir [[Dinshaw Edulji Wacha]] (Bombay), Raja Sir [[Harnam Singh]] (Punjab), Sardar Charanjit Singh (Punjab)(Indian Christians), Sir [[Malik Umar Hayat Khan]] (Punjab), Raja Nawab Ali Khan (United Provinces), Raja [[Ramakrishna Ranga Rao of Bobbili]] (Madras), [[G. A. Natesan]] (Madras), Major Nawab Mahomed Akbar Khan (North- West Frontier Province), Maneckji Dadabhoy (Central Provinces), [[G. S. Khaparde]] (Berar)
*'''Non-Officials:''' Keshav Chandra Roy (Bengal), Sir [[Bijoy Chand Mahtab]] (Bengal), Prince Afsar-ul-Mulk Mirza Muhammad Akram Hussain (Bengal), Sir [[Dinshaw Edulji Wacha]] (Bombay), Raja Sir [[Harnam Singh]] (Punjab), Sardar Charanjit Singh (Punjab)(Indian Christians), Sir [[Malik Umar Hayat Khan]] (Punjab), Raja Nawab Ali Khan (United Provinces), Raja [[Ramakrishna Ranga Rao of Bobbili]] (Madras), [[G. A. Natesan]] (Madras), Major Nawab Mahomed Akbar Khan (North- West Frontier Province), Maneckji Dadabhoy (Central Provinces), [[G. S. Khaparde]] (Berar)


===Elected Members===
===Elected Members===
*'''Assam:''' Khan Bahadur Ghulam Mustafa Chaudhury (Muhammadan), Zaminder Bhatipara Estate, founding member of All India Muslim League, active participant of Islamic Khelafat Andolon, philanthropist, legislator of Assam Legislative Council
*'''Assam:''' Khan Bahadur Ghulam Mustafa Chaudhury (Muhammadan), Zaminder Bhatipara Estate, founding member of All India Muslim League, active participant of Islamic Khelafat Andolon, philanthropist, legislator of Assam Legislative Council
* '''Bengal: ''' Lokenath Mukherjee (West Bengal Non-Muhammadan), Rai Bahadur Nalini Nath Seth (West Bengal Non-Muhammadan), Mahmood Suhrawardy (West Bengal Muhammadan), Maulvi Abdul Karim (East Bengal Muhammadan), John William Anderson Bell (Bengal Chamber of Commerce), G. C. Godfrey (Bengal Chamber of Commerce)
* '''Bengal:''' Lokenath Mukherjee (West Bengal Non-Muhammadan), Rai Bahadur Nalini Nath Seth (West Bengal Non-Muhammadan), Mahmood Suhrawardy (West Bengal Muhammadan), Maulvi Abdul Karim (East Bengal Muhammadan), [[John William Anderson Bell]] (Bengal Chamber of Commerce), [[George Cochrane Godfrey|G. C. Godfrey]] (Bengal Chamber of Commerce)
* '''Bihar & Orissa: ''' [[Rameshwar Singh]] (Non-Muhammadan), [[Anugrah Narayan Sinha]] (Non-Muhammadan), [[Mahendra Prasad]] (Non-Muhammadan), Shah Muhammad Zubair (Muhammadan)
* '''Bihar & Orissa:''' [[Rameshwar Singh]] (Non-Muhammadan), [[Anugrah Narayan Sinha]] (Non-Muhammadan), [[Mahendra Prasad (Council of State)|Mahendra Prasad]] (Non-Muhammadan), Shah Muhammad Zubair (Muhammadan)
*'''Bombay:''' [[Pheroze Sethna]] (Non-Muhammadan), Ratansi D. Morarji (Non-Muhamaddan), Manmohandas Ramji Vora (Non-Muhammadan), Ebrahim Haroon Jaffer (Muhammadan), Mian Ali Baksh Muhammad Hussain (Sind Muhammadan), Sir Arthur Froom (Bombay Chamber of Commerce)
*'''Bombay:''' [[Pheroze Sethna]] (Non-Muhammadan), Ratansi D. Morarji (Non-Muhamaddan), Manmohandas Ramji Vora (Non-Muhammadan), Ebrahim Haroon Jaffer (Muhammadan), Mian Ali Baksh Muhammad Hussain (Sind Muhammadan), [[Arthur Froom|Sir Arthur Froom]] (Bombay Chamber of Commerce)
*'''Burma:''' Pundi Chetlur Desika Chari (General), Sir Edgar Holberton (Burma Chamber of Commerce), W. A. Gray (Burma Chamber of Commerce)
*'''Burma:''' Pundi Chetlur Desika Chari (General), [[Edgar Holberton|Sir Edgar Holberton]] (Burma Chamber of Commerce), W. A. Gray (Burma Chamber of Commerce)
* '''Central Provinces: ''' [[Seth Govind Das]] (General)
* '''Central Provinces:''' [[Seth Govind Das]] (General)
*'''Madras: ''' Saiyed Mohamad Padshah Sahib Bahadur (Muhammadan), Dr. [[U. Rama Rao]] (Non-Muhammadan) (Swaraj),<ref name=IQR/> V. Ramadas Pantulu (Non-Muhammadan), Sir [[C. Sankaran Nair]] (Non-Muhammadan),<ref name=IQR/> [[S. Rm. M. Annamalai Chettiar]] (Non-Muhammadan)
*'''Madras:''' Saiyed Mohamad Padshah Sahib Bahadur (Muhammadan), Dr. [[U. Rama Rao]] (Non-Muhammadan) (Swaraj),<ref name=IQR/> V. Ramadas Pantulu (Non-Muhammadan), Sir [[C. Sankaran Nair]] (Non-Muhammadan),<ref name=IQR/> [[S. Rm. M. Annamalai Chettiar]] (Non-Muhammadan)
*'''Punjab:''' Lala Ram Saran Das (Punjab Non-Muhammadan), Nawab Sahibzada Sayad Mohammad Mehr Shah (East and West Punjab Muhammadan), Sardar Shivdev Singh Uberoi (Punjab Sikh)
*'''Punjab:''' Lala Ram Saran Das (Punjab Non-Muhammadan), Nawab Sahibzada Sayad Mohammad Mehr Shah (East and West Punjab Muhammadan), Sardar Shivdev Singh Uberoi (Punjab Sikh)
*'''United Provinces:''' Munshi Narayan Prasad Asthana (United Provinces Northern Non-Muhammadan), Raja Moti Chand (United Provinces Southern Non-Muhammadan), Prakash Narain Sapru (United Provinces Southern Non-Muhammadan), Raja Sir Rampal Singh (United Provinces Central Non-Muhammadan), Saiyid Alay Nabi (United Provinces West Muhammadan), [[Mohammad Ali Mohammad Khan|Maharaja Sir Muhammad Ali Muhamamd Khan]] (United Provinces East Muhammadan), [[Muhammad Muzammilullah Khan|Nawab Sir Muhammad Muzammil-ullah Khan]] (United Provinces West Muhammadan), [[Sukhbir Sinha]]
*'''United Provinces:''' Munshi Narayan Prasad Asthana (United Provinces Northern Non-Muhammadan), Raja Moti Chand (United Provinces Southern Non-Muhammadan), Prakash Narain Sapru (United Provinces Southern Non-Muhammadan), Raja Sir Rampal Singh (United Provinces Central Non-Muhammadan), Saiyid Alay Nabi (United Provinces West Muhammadan), [[Mohammad Ali Mohammad Khan|Maharaja Sir Muhammad Ali Muhamamd Khan]] (United Provinces East Muhammadan), [[Muhammad Muzammilullah Khan|Nawab Sir Muhammad Muzammil-ullah Khan]] (United Provinces West Muhammadan), [[Sukhbir Sinha]]
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===Nominated===
===Nominated===
* '''Government of India:'''
* '''Government of India:'''
*'''Officials from Provinces: ''' A de C. Williams, Sir Guthrie Russell, T. M. Dow (Bengal), E. F. Thomas (Madras), [[Gurusaday Dutt]]
*'''Officials from Provinces:''' A de C. Williams, Sir Guthrie Russell, T. M. Dow (Bengal), E. F. Thomas (Madras), [[Gurusaday Dutt]]
*'''Non-Officials''': [[G. S. Khaparde]] (Berar), [[Khwaja Habibullah]] (Bengal), Maharaja Jagadish Nath Ray (Bengal), Pandit Gokaran Nath Agra (United Provinces), Shaikh Magbul Husain (United Provinces), Raja Charanjit Singh (Punjab), Nawab Malik Mohammad Hayat Khan Noon (Punjab), Major Nawab Sir Mahomed Akbar Khan (NWFP), [[Kameshwar Singh|Maharaja Kameshwar Singh]] of Darbhanga (Bihar), Khan Bahadur Shams-ud-din Haidar (Bihar), Sir [[Nasarvanji Choksy]] (Bombay), Sir Josna Ghosal (Bombay)
*'''Non-Officials''': [[G. S. Khaparde]] (Berar), [[Khwaja Habibullah]] (Bengal), Maharaja Jagadish Nath Ray (Bengal), Pandit Gokaran Nath Agra (United Provinces), Shaikh Magbul Husain (United Provinces), Raja Charanjit Singh (Punjab), Nawab Malik Mohammad Hayat Khan Noon (Punjab), Major Nawab Sir Mahomed Akbar Khan (NWFP), [[Kameshwar Singh|Maharaja Kameshwar Singh]] of Darbhanga (Bihar), Khan Bahadur Shams-ud-din Haidar (Bihar), Sir [[Nasarvanji Choksy]] (Bombay), Sir Josna Ghosal (Bombay)


===Elected Members===
===Elected Members===
*'''Assam:''' Khan Bahadur Ghulam Mustafa Chaudhury (Muhammadan), Zaminder Bhatipara Estate, founding member of All India Muslim League, active participant of Islamic Khelafat Andolon, philanthropist, legislator of Assam Legislative Council
*'''Assam:''' Khan Bahadur Ghulam Mustafa Chaudhury (Muhammadan), Zaminder Bhatipara Estate, founding member of All India Muslim League, active participant of Islamic Khelafat Andolon, philanthropist, legislator of Assam Legislative Council
* '''Bengal: ''' Jagadish Chandra Banerjee (East Bengal Non-Muhammadan), Nripendra Narayan Sinha (West Bengal Non-Muhammadan), Satyendra Chandra Ghose Maulik (West Bengal Non-Muhammadan), Mahmood Suhrawardy (West Bengal Muhammadan), Syed Abdul Hafeez (East Bengal Muhammadan), George Campbell (Bengal Chamber of Commerce)
* '''Bengal:''' Jagadish Chandra Banerjee (East Bengal Non-Muhammadan), Nripendra Narayan Sinha (West Bengal Non-Muhammadan), Satyendra Chandra Ghose Maulik (West Bengal Non-Muhammadan), Mahmood Suhrawardy (West Bengal Muhammadan), Syed Abdul Hafeez (East Bengal Muhammadan), George Campbell (Bengal Chamber of Commerce)
* '''Bihar & Orissa: ''' Babu Ramashray Prashad Choudhary of Dalshinghsarai (Non-Muhammadan), [[Hussain Imam]] (Muhammadan)
* '''Bihar & Orissa:''' Babu Ramashray Prashad Choudhary of Dalshinghsarai (Non-Muhammadan), [[Hussain Imam]] (Muhammadan)
*'''Bombay:''' Sardar Shri Jagannath Maharaj Pandit (Non-Muhammadan), Shantidas Askuran (Non-Muhammadan), Pheroze Sethna (Non-Muhammadan), Sir Suleman Cassum Haji Mitha (Muhammadan), Ali Baksh Muhammad Hussain (Sind Muhammadan), R. H. Parker (Bombay Chamber of Commerce)
*'''Bombay:''' Sardar Shri Jagannath Maharaj Pandit (Non-Muhammadan), Shantidas Askuran (Non-Muhammadan), Pheroze Sethna (Non-Muhammadan), Sir Suleman Cassum Haji Mitha (Muhammadan), Ali Baksh Muhammad Hussain (Sind Muhammadan), R. H. Parker (Bombay Chamber of Commerce)
*'''Burma:''' J. B. Glass (Burma Chamber of Commerce)
*'''Burma:''' J. B. Glass (Burma Chamber of Commerce)
* '''Central Provinces: ''' V. V. Kalikar
* '''Central Provinces:''' V. V. Kalikar
*'''Madras: ''' [[S. Rm. M. Annamalai Chettiar]] (Non-Muhammadan), Yarlagadda Ranganayakulu Naidu (Non-Muhammadan), V. C. Vellingiri Gounder (Non-Muhammadan), [[G. N. Chetty]] (Non-Muhammadan), Syed Muhammad Padshah Saheb Bahadur (Muhammadan),
*'''Madras:''' [[S. Rm. M. Annamalai Chettiar]] (Non-Muhammadan), Yarlagadda Ranganayakulu Naidu (Non-Muhammadan), V. C. Vellingiri Gounder (Non-Muhammadan), [[G. N. Chetty]] (Non-Muhammadan), Syed Muhammad Padshah Saheb Bahadur (Muhammadan),
*'''Punjab:''' Lala Ram Saran Das (Non-Muhammadan), Sardar Buta Singh (Sikh), Chaudhri Muhammad Din (East Punjab Muhammadan)
*'''Punjab:''' Lala Ram Saran Das (Non-Muhammadan), Sardar Buta Singh (Sikh), Chaudhri Muhammad Din (East Punjab Muhammadan)
*'''United Provinces:''' Lala Mathura Prasad Mehrotra (UP Central Non-Muhammadan), Lala Jagdish Prasad (UP Northern Non-Muhammadan), Prakash Narain Sapru (UP Southern Non-Muhammadan), Hafiz Muhammad Halim (UP West Muhammadan), Shaikh Mushir Hosain Kidwai (UP East Muhammadan)
*'''United Provinces:''' Lala Mathura Prasad Mehrotra (UP Central Non-Muhammadan), Lala Jagdish Prasad (UP Northern Non-Muhammadan), Prakash Narain Sapru (UP Southern Non-Muhammadan), Hafiz Muhammad Halim (UP West Muhammadan), Shaikh Mushir Hosain Kidwai (UP East Muhammadan)
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===Nominated===
===Nominated===
* '''Officials: ''' [[Claude Auchinleck|General Sir Claude Auchinleck]], [[Mohammad Usman of Madras|Sir Mohammad Usman]], [[Jogendra Singh]], [[Feroz Khan Noon]], Sir Satyendranath Roy, C. E. Jones, E. Conran-Smith, G. S. Bozman, Shavax A. Lal, A de C. Williams, N. R. Pillai, Ernest Wood, B. R. Sen
* '''Officials:''' [[Claude Auchinleck|General Sir Claude Auchinleck]], [[Mohammad Usman of Madras|Sir Mohammad Usman]], [[Jogendra Singh]], [[Feroz Khan Noon]], Sir Satyendranath Roy, C. E. Jones, E. Conran-Smith, G. S. Bozman, Shavax A. Lal, A de C. Williams, N. R. Pillai, Ernest Wood, B. R. Sen
*'''Non-Officials''': Sir David Devadoss (Madras), K. Ramunni Menon (Madras), Sir Josna Ghosal (Bengal), Maneckji Dadabhoy (Bombay), Raja Charanjit Singh (Punjab), Shamsuddin Haidar (Bihar), Brijlal Nandlal Biyani (Berar), [[A. P. Patro]], Rahimtoola Chinoy, Satyendra Kumar Das, Sir Satya Charan Mukherjee, Sir Mohammad Yakub, Sardar Nihal Singh, Khurshid Ali Khan, Lt. Col. Sir S. Hissam-ud-din Bahadur, [[Sobha Singh (builder)|Sobha Singh]], Sri Narain Mehta, Mohendra Lal Das,
*'''Non-Officials''': [[David Devadoss|Sir David Devadoss]] (Madras), K. Ramunni Menon (Madras), Sir Josna Ghosal (Bengal), Maneckji Dadabhoy (Bombay), Raja Charanjit Singh (Punjab), Shamsuddin Haidar (Bihar), Brijlal Nandlal Biyani (Berar), [[A. P. Patro]], Rahimtoola Chinoy, Satyendra Kumar Das, Sir Satya Charan Mukherjee, Sir Mohammad Yakub, Sardar Nihal Singh, Khurshid Ali Khan, Lt. Col. Sir S. Hissam-ud-din Bahadur, [[Sobha Singh (builder)|Sobha Singh]], Sri Narain Mehta, Mohendra Lal Das,


===Elected Members===
===Elected Members===
*'''Assam:''' Khan Bahadur Ghulam Mustafa Chaudhury (Muhammadan), Zaminder Bhatipara Estate, founding member of All India Muslim League, active participant of Islamic Khelafat Andolon, philanthropist, legislator of Assam Legislative Council
*'''Assam:''' Khan Bahadur Ghulam Mustafa Chaudhury (Muhammadan), Zaminder Bhatipara Estate, founding member of All India Muslim League, active participant of Islamic Khelafat Andolon, philanthropist, legislator of Assam Legislative Council
* '''Bengal: ''' Kumarsankar Ray Chaudhury (East Bengal Non-Muhammadan), Kumar Nripendra Narayan Sinha (West Bengal Non-Muhammadan), Susil Kumar Roy Chowdhury (West Bengal Non-Muhammadan)
* '''Bengal:''' Kumarsankar Ray Chaudhury (East Bengal Non-Muhammadan), Kumar Nripendra Narayan Sinha (West Bengal Non-Muhammadan), Susil Kumar Roy Chowdhury (West Bengal Non-Muhammadan)
* '''Bihar: ''' Maharaja Kameshwar of Darbhanga (Non-Muhammadan), [[Hussain Imam]] (Muhammadan)
* '''Bihar:''' Maharaja Kameshwar of Darbhanga (Non-Muhammadan), [[Hussain Imam]] (Muhammadan)
*'''Bombay:''' Shantidas Askuran (Non-Muhammadan), Govindalal Shivlal Motilal (Non-Muhammadan), Maneckji Nadirshaw Dalal (Non-Muhammadan), Sir Suleman Cassum Haji Mitha (Muhammadan), R. H. Parker (Bombay Chamber of Commerce)
*'''Bombay:''' Shantidas Askuran (Non-Muhammadan), Govindalal Shivlal Motilal (Non-Muhammadan), Maneckji Nadirshaw Dalal (Non-Muhammadan), Sir Suleman Cassum Haji Mitha (Muhammadan), R. H. Parker (Bombay Chamber of Commerce)
* '''Central Provinces: ''' V. V. Kalikar (General)
* '''Central Provinces:''' V. V. Kalikar (General)
*'''Madras: ''' Rao Bahadur K. Govindachari (Non-Muhammadan), [[M. Ct. M. Chidambaram Chettyar]] (Non-Muhammadan), Narayandas Girdhardas (Non-Muhammadan), V. Ramadas Pantulu (Non-Muhammadan), Saiyad Mohamed Sahib Bahadur (Muhammadan)
*'''Madras:''' Rao Bahadur K. Govindachari (Non-Muhammadan), [[M. Ct. M. Chidambaram Chettyar]] (Non-Muhammadan), Narayandas Girdhardas (Non-Muhammadan), V. Ramadas Pantulu (Non-Muhammadan), Saiyad Mohamed Sahib Bahadur (Muhammadan)
*'''Orissa:''' Nikunja Kishore Das (Non-Muhammadan),
*'''Orissa:''' Nikunja Kishore Das (Non-Muhammadan),
*'''Punjab:''' Lala Ram Saran Das (Non-Muhammadan), [[Chaudhri Ataullah Khan Tarar]] (East & West Punjab Muhammadan), Sardar Buta Singh (Sikh)
*'''Punjab:''' Lala Ram Saran Das (Non-Muhammadan), [[Chaudhri Ataullah Khan Tarar]] (East & West Punjab Muhammadan), Sardar Buta Singh (Sikh)
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==Presidents==
==Presidents==
*[[Henry Moncrieff Smith]] (1924)
*[[Henry Moncrieff Smith|Sir Henry Moncrieff Smith]] (1924)
*[[Montagu Sherard Dawes Butler]] (1924-1925)
*[[Montagu Sherard Dawes Butler|Sir Montagu Sherard Dawes Butler]] (1924-1925)
* Sir Maneckji Byramji Dadabhoy (1933-1936) (1937-1946)<ref>{{cite book|title=Eminent Indians Who Was Who|year=1985|publisher=Durga Das Pvt. Ltd.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bLEZAAAAYAAJ}}</ref>
* [[Maneckji Byramji Dadabhoy|Sir Maneckji Byramji Dadabhoy]] (1933-1936) (1937-1946)<ref>{{cite book|title=Eminent Indians Who Was Who|year=1985|publisher=Durga Das Pvt. Ltd.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bLEZAAAAYAAJ}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==

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For the upper house of the Parliament of India, see Rajya Sabha.
Council of State
Imperial Legislative Council
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Type
Type
History
FoundedDecember 23, 1919 (1919-12-23)
Seats260
Elections
Single Transferable Vote
Last election
1945 Indian general election
Motto
Heaven's Light Our Guide
Meeting place
Metcalfe House, Civil Lines, Delhi, India

The Council of State was the upper house of the legislature for British India (the Imperial Legislative Council) created by the Government of India Act 1919 from the old Imperial Legislative Council, implementing the Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms. The Central Legislative Assembly was the lower house.

As a result of Indian independence, the Council of State was dissolved on 14 August 1947 and its place taken by the Constituent Assembly of India and the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan.

The Council of State used to meet at the Metcalfe House.[1] The Viceroy or Governor-General was its ex officio President.[2]

Composition[edit | edit source]

1919 to 1937[edit | edit source]

The Council of States was created by the Government of India Act 1919. As per this Act, the Council was to have 60 members. The composition was as follows:[3]

  • Members nominated by the Governor-General (26)
    • Officials (20)
    • Non-officials (6), one of whom was nominated as the result of an election held in Berar.
  • Elected members (34)
    • General (20): Madras (4), Bombay (3), Bengal (3), United Provinces (3), Punjab (1), Bihar & Orissa (3), Central Provinces (1), Burma (1), Assam (1)
    • Muslim (10): Madras (1), Bombay (2), Bengal (2), United Provinces (2), Punjab (2), Bihar & Orissa (1)
    • Chamber of Commerce (3): Bombay, Bengal, Burma
    • Sikh (1)

The province-wise composition was as follows:

  • Madras (5): General (4), Muslim (1)
  • Bombay (6): General (3), Muslim (2) (Bombay, Sind), Bombay Chamber of Commerce (1)
  • Bengal (6): General (3) (East Bengal, West Bengal (2)), Muslim (2) (East Bengal, West Bengal), Bengal Chamber of Commerce (1)
  • United Provinces (5): General (3) (Central, Northern, Southern), Muslim (2) (West, East)
  • Punjab (4): General (1), Muslim (2) (East, West), Sikh (1)
  • Bihar & Orissa (4): General (3), Muslim (1)
  • Central Provinces (1): General
  • Burma (2): General (1), Burma Chamber of Commerce (1)
  • Assam (1): General in rotation with Muslim

The Muslim seats of Punjab together with one General seat of Bihar and Orissa alternated to elect 2 seats for every Council of State.[3]

The members had a tenure of 5 years. There were no women members.

The elected members were voted from an electorate consisting of persons who fulfilled either condition

  • Paid an annual income tax of Rs. 10,000 or annual land revenue of Rs. 750
  • Member of the Senate of any University
  • Experience in any Legislative Council in India or
  • Title-holder

This electorate consisted of not more than 17,000 of entire population of 24 crores (240,000,000) in 1920.

1937 to 1947[edit | edit source]

The Government of India Act 1935 introduced further reforms. The size of the Council was increased to 260 members, 156 came from provinces while 104 came from the princely states. However, elections to the federal legislature did not take place until 1946.

Members of First Council of State (1921)[edit | edit source]

[4]

Nominated[edit | edit source]

Elected[edit | edit source]

  • Assam: Chandradhar Barua
  • Bengal: Sir Benode Chandra Mitter (West Bengal Non-Muhammadan), Sir Deva Prasad Sarvadhikary (West Bengal Non-Muhammadan), Raja Pramada Nath Ray of Dighapatia (East Bengal Non-Muhammadan), Haji Chowdhuri Mohammad Ismail Khan (West Bengal Muslim), Maulvi Abdul Karim (East Bengal Muslim),
  • Bihar & Orissa: Rameshwar Singh of Darbhanga (Non-Muhammadan), Keshav Prasad Singh of Dumraon (Non-Muhammadan), Babu Ramashray Prashad Choudhary of Dalsinghsarai (Non-Muhammadan), Saiyid Zahir-ud-din (Muhammadan),
  • Bombay: Lalubhai Samaldas (Non-Muhammadan), Vaman Govind Kale (Non-Muhammadan), Pheroze Sethna (Non-Muhammadan), Raghunath Pandurang Karandikar (Non-Muhammadan), Ebrahim Haroon Jaffer (Bombay Presidency Muhammadan), Ali Baksh Muhammad Hussain (Sind Muhammadan), Ghulam Muhammad Bhurgri (Sind Muhammadan), Sir Arthur Froom (Bombay Chamber of Commerce)
  • Burma: Maung Bo Pye (Non-European), Sir Edgar Holberton (Commerce)
  • Central Provinces: Maneckji Byramji Dadabhoy (Non-Muhammadan)
  • Madras: K. V. Rangaswamy Iyengar (Non-Muhammadan), V. S. Srinivasa Sastri (Non-Muhammadan), S. Rm. M. Annamalai Chettiar (Non-Muhammadan), V. Ramabhadra Naidu (Non-Muhammadan), Ahmed Tamby Maricair (Muhammadan)
  • Punjab: Lala Ram Saran Das (Non-Muhammadan), Sir Malik Umar Hayat Khan (West Punjab Muhammadan), Zulfikar Ali Khan (Muhammadan), Jogendra Singh (Sikh)
  • United Provinces: Raja Sir Rampal Singh (UP Central Non-Muhammadan) Lala Sukhbir Sinha (UP Northern Non-Muhammadan), Raja Moti Chand (UP Southern Non-Muhammadan), Nawab Muhammad Abdul Majid (UP West Muhammadan), Saiyid Raza Ali (UP East Muhammadan)
  • Other: Manindra Chandra Nandy Maharaja of Cossimbazar, Ganganath Jha, E. M. Cook, Denys Bray, H. D. Craik, B. C. Mitter, J. A. Richey, B. N. Sarma, J. R. Wood, Sevasila Vedamurti

Members of Second Council of State (1926)[edit | edit source]

[5][6]

Nominated[edit | edit source]

Elected Members[edit | edit source]

  • Assam: Khan Bahadur Ghulam Mustafa Chaudhury (Muhammadan), Zaminder Bhatipara Estate, founding member of All India Muslim League, active participant of Islamic Khelafat Andolon, philanthropist, legislator of Assam Legislative Council
  • Bengal: Lokenath Mukherjee (West Bengal Non-Muhammadan), Rai Bahadur Nalini Nath Seth (West Bengal Non-Muhammadan), Mahmood Suhrawardy (West Bengal Muhammadan), Maulvi Abdul Karim (East Bengal Muhammadan), John William Anderson Bell (Bengal Chamber of Commerce), G. C. Godfrey (Bengal Chamber of Commerce)
  • Bihar & Orissa: Rameshwar Singh (Non-Muhammadan), Anugrah Narayan Sinha (Non-Muhammadan), Mahendra Prasad (Non-Muhammadan), Shah Muhammad Zubair (Muhammadan)
  • Bombay: Pheroze Sethna (Non-Muhammadan), Ratansi D. Morarji (Non-Muhamaddan), Manmohandas Ramji Vora (Non-Muhammadan), Ebrahim Haroon Jaffer (Muhammadan), Mian Ali Baksh Muhammad Hussain (Sind Muhammadan), Sir Arthur Froom (Bombay Chamber of Commerce)
  • Burma: Pundi Chetlur Desika Chari (General), Sir Edgar Holberton (Burma Chamber of Commerce), W. A. Gray (Burma Chamber of Commerce)
  • Central Provinces: Seth Govind Das (General)
  • Madras: Saiyed Mohamad Padshah Sahib Bahadur (Muhammadan), Dr. U. Rama Rao (Non-Muhammadan) (Swaraj),[6] V. Ramadas Pantulu (Non-Muhammadan), Sir C. Sankaran Nair (Non-Muhammadan),[6] S. Rm. M. Annamalai Chettiar (Non-Muhammadan)
  • Punjab: Lala Ram Saran Das (Punjab Non-Muhammadan), Nawab Sahibzada Sayad Mohammad Mehr Shah (East and West Punjab Muhammadan), Sardar Shivdev Singh Uberoi (Punjab Sikh)
  • United Provinces: Munshi Narayan Prasad Asthana (United Provinces Northern Non-Muhammadan), Raja Moti Chand (United Provinces Southern Non-Muhammadan), Prakash Narain Sapru (United Provinces Southern Non-Muhammadan), Raja Sir Rampal Singh (United Provinces Central Non-Muhammadan), Saiyid Alay Nabi (United Provinces West Muhammadan), Maharaja Sir Muhammad Ali Muhamamd Khan (United Provinces East Muhammadan), Nawab Sir Muhammad Muzammil-ullah Khan (United Provinces West Muhammadan), Sukhbir Sinha
  • Other: Madhav Shrihari Aney, Hussain Imam, Syed Muhammad Padshah, Raja Yuvaraj Dutta Singh, Srinarain Mehta

Members of Third Council of State (1930-1936)[edit | edit source]

[7][8]

Nominated[edit | edit source]

  • Government of India:
  • Officials from Provinces: A de C. Williams, Sir Guthrie Russell, T. M. Dow (Bengal), E. F. Thomas (Madras), Gurusaday Dutt
  • Non-Officials: G. S. Khaparde (Berar), Khwaja Habibullah (Bengal), Maharaja Jagadish Nath Ray (Bengal), Pandit Gokaran Nath Agra (United Provinces), Shaikh Magbul Husain (United Provinces), Raja Charanjit Singh (Punjab), Nawab Malik Mohammad Hayat Khan Noon (Punjab), Major Nawab Sir Mahomed Akbar Khan (NWFP), Maharaja Kameshwar Singh of Darbhanga (Bihar), Khan Bahadur Shams-ud-din Haidar (Bihar), Sir Nasarvanji Choksy (Bombay), Sir Josna Ghosal (Bombay)

Elected Members[edit | edit source]

  • Assam: Khan Bahadur Ghulam Mustafa Chaudhury (Muhammadan), Zaminder Bhatipara Estate, founding member of All India Muslim League, active participant of Islamic Khelafat Andolon, philanthropist, legislator of Assam Legislative Council
  • Bengal: Jagadish Chandra Banerjee (East Bengal Non-Muhammadan), Nripendra Narayan Sinha (West Bengal Non-Muhammadan), Satyendra Chandra Ghose Maulik (West Bengal Non-Muhammadan), Mahmood Suhrawardy (West Bengal Muhammadan), Syed Abdul Hafeez (East Bengal Muhammadan), George Campbell (Bengal Chamber of Commerce)
  • Bihar & Orissa: Babu Ramashray Prashad Choudhary of Dalshinghsarai (Non-Muhammadan), Hussain Imam (Muhammadan)
  • Bombay: Sardar Shri Jagannath Maharaj Pandit (Non-Muhammadan), Shantidas Askuran (Non-Muhammadan), Pheroze Sethna (Non-Muhammadan), Sir Suleman Cassum Haji Mitha (Muhammadan), Ali Baksh Muhammad Hussain (Sind Muhammadan), R. H. Parker (Bombay Chamber of Commerce)
  • Burma: J. B. Glass (Burma Chamber of Commerce)
  • Central Provinces: V. V. Kalikar
  • Madras: S. Rm. M. Annamalai Chettiar (Non-Muhammadan), Yarlagadda Ranganayakulu Naidu (Non-Muhammadan), V. C. Vellingiri Gounder (Non-Muhammadan), G. N. Chetty (Non-Muhammadan), Syed Muhammad Padshah Saheb Bahadur (Muhammadan),
  • Punjab: Lala Ram Saran Das (Non-Muhammadan), Sardar Buta Singh (Sikh), Chaudhri Muhammad Din (East Punjab Muhammadan)
  • United Provinces: Lala Mathura Prasad Mehrotra (UP Central Non-Muhammadan), Lala Jagdish Prasad (UP Northern Non-Muhammadan), Prakash Narain Sapru (UP Southern Non-Muhammadan), Hafiz Muhammad Halim (UP West Muhammadan), Shaikh Mushir Hosain Kidwai (UP East Muhammadan)

Fourth Council of State[edit | edit source]

[9][10]

Nominated[edit | edit source]

  • Officials: General Sir Claude Auchinleck, Sir Mohammad Usman, Jogendra Singh, Feroz Khan Noon, Sir Satyendranath Roy, C. E. Jones, E. Conran-Smith, G. S. Bozman, Shavax A. Lal, A de C. Williams, N. R. Pillai, Ernest Wood, B. R. Sen
  • Non-Officials: Sir David Devadoss (Madras), K. Ramunni Menon (Madras), Sir Josna Ghosal (Bengal), Maneckji Dadabhoy (Bombay), Raja Charanjit Singh (Punjab), Shamsuddin Haidar (Bihar), Brijlal Nandlal Biyani (Berar), A. P. Patro, Rahimtoola Chinoy, Satyendra Kumar Das, Sir Satya Charan Mukherjee, Sir Mohammad Yakub, Sardar Nihal Singh, Khurshid Ali Khan, Lt. Col. Sir S. Hissam-ud-din Bahadur, Sobha Singh, Sri Narain Mehta, Mohendra Lal Das,

Elected Members[edit | edit source]

  • Assam: Khan Bahadur Ghulam Mustafa Chaudhury (Muhammadan), Zaminder Bhatipara Estate, founding member of All India Muslim League, active participant of Islamic Khelafat Andolon, philanthropist, legislator of Assam Legislative Council
  • Bengal: Kumarsankar Ray Chaudhury (East Bengal Non-Muhammadan), Kumar Nripendra Narayan Sinha (West Bengal Non-Muhammadan), Susil Kumar Roy Chowdhury (West Bengal Non-Muhammadan)
  • Bihar: Maharaja Kameshwar of Darbhanga (Non-Muhammadan), Hussain Imam (Muhammadan)
  • Bombay: Shantidas Askuran (Non-Muhammadan), Govindalal Shivlal Motilal (Non-Muhammadan), Maneckji Nadirshaw Dalal (Non-Muhammadan), Sir Suleman Cassum Haji Mitha (Muhammadan), R. H. Parker (Bombay Chamber of Commerce)
  • Central Provinces: V. V. Kalikar (General)
  • Madras: Rao Bahadur K. Govindachari (Non-Muhammadan), M. Ct. M. Chidambaram Chettyar (Non-Muhammadan), Narayandas Girdhardas (Non-Muhammadan), V. Ramadas Pantulu (Non-Muhammadan), Saiyad Mohamed Sahib Bahadur (Muhammadan)
  • Orissa: Nikunja Kishore Das (Non-Muhammadan),
  • Punjab: Lala Ram Saran Das (Non-Muhammadan), Chaudhri Ataullah Khan Tarar (East & West Punjab Muhammadan), Sardar Buta Singh (Sikh)
  • Sind: Ali Buksh Mohammad Hussain (Muhammadan)
  • United Provinces: H. N. Kunzru (UP Northern Non-Muhammadan), Prakash Narain Sapru (UP Southern Non-Muhammadan), Haji Syed Mohamed Husain (UP West Muhammadan), Chaudhri Niamatullah (UP East Muhammadan)

Presidents[edit | edit source]

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ http://delhiassembly.nic.in/history_assembly.htm [dead link]
  2. ↑ "Rajya Sabha". rajyasabha.nic.in. Archived from the original on 2009-08-04.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mitra, H. N. (October 4, 1921). "The Govt Of India Act 1919 Rules Thereunder And Govt Reports 1920". N.N.Mitter Annual Register Office. – via Internet Archive.
  4. ↑ India's Parliament Selections from the proceedings of the second session of the Legislative Assembly and the Council of State. Director, Central Bureau of Information, Gov't of India. 1921. OL 24188384M.
  5. ↑ "The Council Of State Debates Official Report Vol VII". Government Of India Press. October 4, 1926 – via Internet Archive.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Indian Quarterly Register. 1926 https://archive.org/stream/indianquarterlyr035508mbp/indianquarterlyr035508mbp_djvu.txt. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ The India Office and Burma Office List. Harrison and sons, Limited. 1922.
  8. ↑ The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who. Bennett, Coleman & Company. 1934.
  9. ↑ The Indian Year Book. Bennett, Coleman & Company. 1942.
  10. ↑ Indian Annual Register. 1943.
  11. ↑ Eminent Indians Who Was Who. Durga Das Pvt. Ltd. 1985.
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