Political Science · Political Institutions in India
UGC NET Jan 2026 Political Science
In which year, Vithalbhai Patel was elected to the Central Legislative Assembly?
A1927
B1921
C1923
D1924 ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) 1924 — Vithalbhai Patel is recorded here as elected to the Central Legislative Assembly in 1924, which is option (4).
Explanation
★Vithalbhai Patel is recorded here as elected to the Central Legislative Assembly in 1924, which is option (4).
★Vithalbhai Patel became the first Indian to be elected President of the Central Legislative Assembly.
★His election marked a key milestone in the freedom struggle, placing an Indian in the chair of the central legislature.
★He was the elder brother of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the future first Deputy Prime Minister of India.
★Vithalbhai Patel was a leading member of the Swaraj Party, founded in 1923 by Motilal Nehru and Chittaranjan Das.
★The Swaraj Party aimed to enter the legislative councils and obstruct the colonial government from within.
★As President of the Assembly he used his position to assert Indian dignity and to challenge British imperial control of the legislature.
★He resigned the post in protest after the passage of repressive measures, asserting the moral authority of the chair.
★The Central Legislative Assembly was the lower house of the central legislature created by the Government of India Act of 1919.
★The option 1927 is wrong, since it does not match the year of his election recorded here.
★The option 1921 is wrong, since the Central Legislative Assembly under the 1919 Act began functioning only from 1921 and his election came later.
★The option 1923 is wrong, the year associated with the founding of the Swaraj Party and the council entry elections.
★Vithalbhai Patel is also remembered for his later association with Subhas Chandra Bose in Europe.
★His tenure is seen as an early assertion of parliamentary self respect within a colonial framework.
★For NET, fix Vithalbhai Patel as the first Indian President of the Central Legislative Assembly, a Swaraj Party leader and the elder brother of Vallabhbhai Patel.
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