The Legislative Assembly Debates (Official Report) (20th August to 3rd September 1925) Third Session of the Second Legislative Assembly 1925

The Assembly met in the Assembly Chamber at Eleven of the Clock being the first day of the Third Session of the Second Legislative Assemblpursuant to Section 63D (2) of the Government of India Act. [...] At the same time it was recognised that on the standard set by the first Presidents of the different Legislative bodies and more particularly on the standard set by the first President of the Legislative Assembly the future of the Assembly and of the Legislative bodies in the Provinces would greatly depend. [...] It was essential that the first President of the Assembly should be a man liberally versed not only in the written rules but also in the unwritten tradition of the Mother of Parliaments so that in the time allotted to him by the Statute he might establish in this Assembly a high standard of public order a true appreciation of the dignity and responsibilities of the Chamber and a perfect conf [...] In view however of the paramount importance of agriculture as the basic industry of the people of India of the improbability of Provincial Governments being in a position to undertake research on the scale required and of the necessity for co-ordinating activities in the wide field of agrcultural development the Central Government must continue to play an important part in agricultural prog [...] I count as one of the palpable signs of a hopeful and auspicious future the recent conclusion with the co-operation and assistance in the necessary arrangements of the authorities of the Nabha State of the ceremonial reading of the Sikh scriptures at the Gangsar Gurdwara in that State.