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    List of Committees and Commissions in

    India before Independence

    The Committee and Commission refer to the special group delegated by a


    government to carry out a task. That task might be specific, one like to ascertain
    a particular fact or resolving a particular problem. The expert people are
    appointed to recommend actions in matters that require specialized knowledge
    or technical judgment. In this article, we have listed the Committees/
    Commissions of British India, which was formed for either administrative reforms,
    judicial reforms or social reforms.

    Name of Year Governor- Subjects of the


    Committees/ General/Viceroy Committees/
    Commissions Commissions

    Charles Wood 1854 Lord Dalhousie Education


    Despatch

    Hunter 1882 Lord Ripon Education


    Commission

    Raleigh 1902 Lord Curzon Education


    Commission

    Sadler 1917 Lord Chelmsford Education


    Commission

    Hartog 1929 Lord Irwin Education


    Commission

    Sargent Plan 1944 Lord Wavell Education

    Campbell 1866 Sir John Famine


    Commission Lawrence

    Stratchy 1880 Lord Lytton , Famine


    Commission

    Lyall 1886 Lord d Elgin-II Famine


    Commission

    MacDonnell 1900 Lord Curzon Famine


    Commission

    Mansfield 1886 Lord Dufferin Currency


    Commission

    Fowler 1898 Lord Elgin-II Currency


    Commission

    Fraser 1902 Lord Curzon Agriculture


    Commission

    Babington 1919 Lord Chelmsford Currency


    Smith
    Commission

    Hunter 1919 Lord Chelmsford Punjab


    Committee Disturbances
    Report

    Muddiman 1924 Lord Reading To examine the


    Committee working of
    Diarchy of the
    Montague-
    Chelmsford
    reforms

    Butler 1927 Lord Irwin Indian States


    Commission

    Whitley 1929 Lord Irwin Labour


    Commission

    Simon Lord Irwin To investigate


    Commission the progress of
    the governance
    scheme and
    suggest new
    steps for reform

    Sapru 1935 Lord Linlithgow Unemployment


    Commission

    Hilton young 1939 Lord Linlithgow Currency


    Commission

    Chatfield 1939 Lord Linlithgow Army


    Commission

    FIoud 1940 Lord Linlithgow Tenancy in


    Commission Bengal

    Above list of consists of Committees and Commissions which were constituted


    by the British during colonial period for administrative reforms, judicial reforms
    and social reforms.

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