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Committees & Commissions During British Rule

Civil Services, Police and Army Commissions

Committee/Commission	Chairman	Objectives	Governor General/Viceroy
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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