page_title: Bengal Legislative Council
section_title: Membership
hierarchical_section_title: Bengal Legislative Council / Membership
caption_attribution_description: English: A view looking eastwards along Esplanade Row, with Richard Westmacott's statue of Sir William Cavendish-Bentinck, Governor-General of India from 1833-1835, in the foreground and the western entrance to Government House beyond. Government House, designed by Captain Charles Wyatt and built between 1799-1802, was the residence for the British Governors-General till 1911. Photographer: Samuel Bourne
context_page_description: The Bengal Legislative Council was the legislative council of British Bengal.
  It was the legislature of the Bengal Presidency during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. After reforms were adopted in 1937, it served as the upper chamber of the Bengali legislature until the partition of British India.
context_section_description: The council grew from 12 members in 1862, to 20 in 1892, 53 in 1909, 140 in 1919 and 63-65 in 1935.
caption: An image from the 1860s of Government House in Calcutta, where the Legislative Council met during its first decade
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