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== APPENDIX XVI ==

Allocation of Seats under the Government of India Act, 1935, for the Upper Chamber of the Federal Legislature for British India by Province and by Community

Province or Community. Total Seats. General Seats. Seats for Scheduled Castes. Sikh Seats Mahomedan Seats. Women’s seats.
1 2 3 4 6 6 7
Madras. 20 14 1 4 1
Bombay 16 10 1 4 1
Bengal 20 8 1 10 1
United Province 20 11 1 7 1
The Punjab 16 8 4 8 1
Bihar 16 10 1 4 1
Central Provinces and Berar 8 8 1 1
Assam 5 3 2
North-West Frontier Province 5 1 4
Orissa 5 4 1
Sind 5 2 8
British Baluchistan 1 1
Delhi 1 1
Ajmer-Merwara 1 1
Coorg 1 1
Anglo-Indians 1
Europeans 7
Indian Christians 2
Total 150 75 6 4 49 8

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