Overview

• The Assembly will host a symposium titled ‘Pre-Independence Parliamentary Systems (1911–1946) in India and the Role of Indian Members in our Freedom Movement’ at its premises on July 10.
• Distinguished faculty from Delhi University and Jawaharlal Nehru University will each lead one of the event’s two academic sessions.
• The first session will explore nationalist interventions in the Imperial Legislative Council, debates over the Public Safety Bill, legislative autonomy and Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya’s role in the Central Legislature.
• The second session will analyse the Central Legislative Assembly’s impact on the founding of Delhi University, the formation of the temporary colonial capital and Malviya’s broader contributions to India’s educational and constitutional development.
• Speaker Vijender Gupta said the symposium will honour the ethical leadership and democratic spirit of colonial-era legislators whose commitment to constitutional methods and public service continues to inform today’s parliamentary culture.