c. r. reddy became the chief minister of madras presidency in 1923 after justice party won the election.
c. r. reddy became the chief minister of madras presidency in 1923 after justice party won the election.
who became the chief minister of madras presidency in 1923 after justice party won the election?
c. r. reddy
the second legislative council election was held in 1923. voter turnout was higher than the [[1920 madras presidency legislative council election|previous election]]. [[swaraj party|swarajists]], a breakaway group from [[indian national congress]] participated in the election. the ruling [[justice party (india)|justice party]] had suffered a split, when a splinter group calling themselves anti-ministerialists left the party. it won the highest number of seats but fell short of a majority. nevertheless, [[freeman freeman-thomas, 1st marquess of willingdon|madras governor willington]] invited it to form the government. incumbent justice chief minister [[panagal raja]] was nominated by party leader [[theagaraya chetty]] to continue as chief minister for a second term. the government survived a no-confidence motion (with the support of non-elected members), brought against it on the very first day of its tenure by the opposition headed by c. r. reddy.
diarchy in madras presidency
a dyarchy was created in madras presidency in 1920 as per the montagu-chelmsford reforms with provisions made for elections in the presidency. democratically elected governments would henceforth share power with the governor's autocratic establishment. following the first elections held in november 1920, the justice party, an organisation established in 1916 to campaign for increased representation of non-brahmins in the administration, came to power. a. subbarayalu reddiar became the first chief minister of the madras presidency but resigned soon after due to declining health and was replaced by p. ramarayaningar, minister of local self-government and public health, popularly known as the raja of panagal. the party split in late 1923 when c. r. reddy resigned from primary membership and formed a splinter group allied with the opposition swarajists. a motion of no-confidence was proposed against ramarayaningar's government on 27 november 1923, but was defeated 65–44. ramarayaningar remained in power until november 1926. the enactment in august 1921 of the first communal government order (g.o. no. 613), which introduced caste-based communal reservations in government jobs, remains one of the high points of his rule. in the following elections of 1926 the justice party lost. however, as no party was able to obtain a clear majority, the governor, lord goschen, set up a cross-party government under the leadership of p. subbarayan and nominated its supporting members. in the election of 1930, the justice party was victorious, and p. munuswamy naidu became chief minister. the exclusion of "zamindars" from the ministry split the justice party once again. fearing a no-confidence motion against him, munuswamy naidu resigned in november 1932 and the raja of bobbili was appointed chief minister in his place. the justice party eventually lost the 1937 elections to the indian national congress, and chakravarti rajagopalachari became chief minister of madras presidency.
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