Anglo-Indian reserved seat in the Bihar Legislative Assembly

Between 1952 and 2020, a single seat was reserved in the Bihar Legislative Assembly, for members of the Anglo-Indian community. This member was nominated by the Governor of Bihar on the advice of the Government of Bihar. In January 2020, the Anglo-Indian reserved seats in the Lok Sabha and state legislative assemblies of India were discontinued by the 126th Constitutional Amendment Bill, 2019, when enacted as the 104th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2019.[1][2]

The Article 331 of the Indian Constitution gave reservation to the Anglo-Indian community during the creation of the Constitution, the article 331 also says that this reservation would cease to exist 10 years after the commencement of the Constitution. But this reservation was extended to 1970 through the 8th Amendment. The period of reservation was extended to 1980 through 23rd amendment and then to 1990 through 45th amendments, to 2000 through 62nd amendment, to 2010 through 79th amendment and to 2020 through the 95th amendment.[3]

List of Anglo-Indian members

The following is a list of members nominated after each election.[4][5]

Election Name Assembly
1952 Michael Morris 1st
1957 Elsie Augier 2nd
1962 3rd
1967 4th
1969 Hector Angus Brown 5th
1972 6th
1977 7th
1980 8th
1985 9th
1990 10th
1995 Alfred George De Rozario 11th
2000 Joseph Pecheli Galstaun 12th

Galstaun was allocated to Jharkhand by the Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000 in November 2000. Since then, till the abolition of Anglo-Indian seat in 2020 there were no Anglo-Indian member.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Anglo Indian Representation To Lok Sabha, State Assemblies Done Away; SC-ST Reservation Extended For 10 Years: Constitution (104th Amendment) Act To Come Into Force On 25th Jan" (PDF). egazette.nic.in. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  2. ↑ "Anglo Indian Members of Parliament (MPs) of India – Powers, Salary, Eligibility, Term". www.elections.in.
  3. ↑ "Centre notifies constitutional amendment doing away with quota for Anglo Indian". Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  4. ↑ "List of Anglo-Indian Members of the Bihar Legislative Assembly". angloindiansofpatna.org.in. Retrieved 6 June 2026.
  5. ↑ "Anglo-Indian Association- Danapur Branch - Anglo Indian M.L.A's Of Bihar". www.aiadanapur.org. Retrieved 6 June 2026.
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