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Committees & Commissions During British Rule
Civil Services, Police and Army Commissions
Committee/Commission | Chairman | Objectives | Governor General/Viceroy |
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Aitchison Commission (1886) | Charles Aitchison | To involve more Indians in Civil Service. | Lord Dufferin |
Fraser Commission (1902) | Fraser | To investigate the working of police. | Lord Curzon |
Royal Commission on Civil Service (1912) | Lord Islington | To give 25% high posts to Indian. | Lord Hardinge |
Lee Commission (1924) | Lord Lee | To remove defects of Civil Service. | Lord Reading |
Sandhurst Committee (1926) | Andrew Skeen | To suggest Indianization of Indian army. | Lord Reading |
Indian Jail Reforms Committee (1919) | Sir Alexander Cardew | To improve the condition of prisoners | Lord Chelmsford |
Butler Committee (1927) | Hercourt Butler | To Examine the relation between native states and the paramount power (Crown). |
Lord Irwin |
Agriculture Commissions
Committee/Commission | Chairman | Objectives | Governor General/Viceroy |
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Madras Agricultural Committee (1890) | To examine the necessity of abandoning the attempts to teach the ryot until more is known, through careful enquiry of what his practices really are, and the conditions under which he pursues them. | Lord Lansdowne | |
Irrigation Commission (1901) | Sir Scott Crieff | To plan for the expenditure on Irrigation. | Lord Curzon |
Linlithgow Commission (1928) | Linlithgow | To study the problem in agriculture. (Report by Linlithgow). | Lord Irwin |
Finance and Currency Commissions
Committee/Commission | Chairman | Objectives | Governor General/Viceroy |
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Herschell Committee (1893) | Herschell | To give suggestion Regarding currency. | Lord Lansdowne |
Opium Commission (1893) | To investigate about the effect of opium on health. | Lord Lansdowne | |
Flenry Fowler Commission (1898) | H. Fowler | To give suggestions on currency. | Lord Elgin |
Maclagan Committee (1914-15) | Maclagan | To advise for cooperative finances. | Lord Hardinge |
Labour Commissions
Committee/Commission | Chairman | Objectives | Governor General/Viceroy |
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Whitley Commission (1929) | J.H. Whitley |
To study the condition of labor in Industries and gardens. |
Lord Irwin (1926-1931) |
National Planning Committee (1938) | Jawaharlal Nehru | To prepare economic plan. | Lord Linlithgow |
Education Commissions
Committee/Commission | Chairman | Objectives | Governor General/Viceroy |
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Macaulay Minute (1835) | Lord Macaulay |
Allocate money for Educational expenditure |
Lord William Bentinck |
Woods Dispatch (1854) | Charles woods | To recommend the Medium of primary, secondary and graduation level education. | Lord Dalhousie |
Hunter Commission (1882) | William Hunter | To study the development in education. | Lord Ripon |
University Commission (1902) | Thomas Raleigh | To study the Universities and introduce reforms. | Lord Curzon |
Calcutta University Commission (1917) | Michael Sadler | To study the condition of University. | Lord Chelmsford |
Indian Disbandment Committee (1923) | Lord Itchcap | To discuss the Central Committee of Education. | Lord Reading |
Hartog Committee (1929) | Sir Philip Joseph Hartog | To address the decline in educational standards caused by the increased number of educational institutions | Lord Irwin |
Sargent Plan (1944) | John Sargent | To raise the standard of Education in British India. | Lord Wavell |
Famine Commissions
Committee/Commission | Chairman | Objectives | Governor General/Viceroy |
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Strachey Commission (1880) | Richard Strachey | To give relief to famine stricken | Lord Lytton |
Lyall Commission (1897) | James Lyall | To give suggestion on earlier reports. | Lord Elgin |
MacDonnell Commission (1900) | Anthony MacDonnell |
To give the suggestion on famine report. | Lord Curzon |
Famine Inspection Commission (1943-44) | John Woodhood | To investigate in events of Bengal Famine. | Lord Wavell |
Law Commissions
Committee/Commission | Chairman | Objectives | Governor General/Viceroy |
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First Law Commission(1834) | Lord Macaulay | To recommend the codification of the Penal Code, the Criminal Procedure Code and a few other matters. | Lord William Bentinck |
Second Law Commission (1853) | Sir John Romilly | To recommend about Indian Code of Civil Procedure, the Indian Contract Act etc. | Lord Dalhousie |
Third Law Commission (1861) | Sir John Romilly | To recommend about Indian Evidence Act, the Transfer of Property Act etc. | Lord Canning |
Fourth Law Commission (1879) | Dr. Whitley Stokes | To recommend about Code of Negotiable Instruments , Code on Trusts Law, Code on Transfer of Property and Easements, Code of Criminal Procedure and Civil Procedure. | Lord Lytton |