The BGLP was formed in June 1946, with its leadership included Jung Bahadur Singh, J.A.
Nicholson, Hubert Nathaniel Critchlow and Ashton Chase.
[1] It contested 13 of the 14 seats in the 1947 elections, winning five of them and becoming the largest party in the Legislative Council.
[1] In 1949 Forbes Burnham became party leader, and the following year it merged with the Political Affairs Committee to form the People's Progressive Party.
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