Punjab Legislative Council

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{{Infobox legislature

| name = Punjab Legislative Council

| transcription_name = Panjāb Vidhān Parishad

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| house_type = Upper house

| term_limits = 6 years

| legislature = Punjab

| established = 1952

| disbanded = 1969

| members = 39

| voting_system1 = Proportional representation, First past the post and Nominations

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The Punjab Legislative Council was the upper house of the state legislature of the Indian state of Punjab. This upper house of the Punjab legislature was disbanded by Punjab Legislative Council (Abolition) Act, 1969.{{cite web |title=The Punjab Legislative Council (Abolition) Act, 1969, |url=https://www.indiacode.nic.in/repealed-act/repealed_act_documents/A1969-46.pdf}} Through this law, the legislature of Punjab became unicameral.{{Cite book |last=Nanda |first=S. S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0CsmAAAAMAAJ |title=Bicameralism in India |date=1988 |publisher=New Era Publications |language=en}}

References

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{{Legislatures of India}}

Category:Defunct upper houses in India