Committee Flashcards
Pre-independence Committee (35 cards)
Wood’s Despatch
Education, 1854, Lord Dalhousie
Hunter Commission
Education, 1882, Lord Rippon
Hunter Committee
Jalianwala Bagh, 1919, Lord Chemsford. A.k.a Disorders enquiry committee
Raleigh Commission
Education, 1902, Lord Curzon
Saddler Commission
Education, 1917, Lord Chelmsford. Aka Calcutta University Commission
Hartog Commission
Education, 1927, Lord Irwin
Sargent Plan
Education, 1944, Lord Wavell
Campbell Commission
Famine, 1866, Lord Lawrence
Lyall Commission
Famine, 1897, Lord Elgin 2
MacDonnel Commission
Famine, 1900, Lord Curzon
Mansfield Commission
Currency, 1886, Lord Dufferin
Fowler Commission
Currency, 1898, Lord Elgin 2
Fraser Commission
Police, 1902, Curzon. Led to creation of CID
Babington Smith Commission
Currency, 1919, Lord Chelmsford
Muddiman Commission
Working of Dyarchy, 1924, Lord Reading
Butler Commission
Review Paramountcy of Princely states, 1927, Lord Irwin
Whitley Commission
Labour, 1929, Lord Irwin
Sapru Commission
Unemployment, 1935, Lord Linlithgow
Hilton Young Commission
Currency, 1926, Lord Irwin or Reading. aka Royal Commission on Indian Currency and Finance. Led to formation of RBI
Wikipedia says that HY Commission was a commission of enquiry to look into the possible closer union of British territories in East and Central Africa
Simon Commission
To study Constitutional reforms and its effects, 1928, Lord Irwin
Chatfield Commission
Army, 1939, Lord Linlithgow
Floud Commission
Tenancy in Bengal, 1940, Lord Linlithgow
Lottery Committee
Town Planning of Calcutta, 1817, Lord Warren Hastings
Lee Commission
Racial composition of Indian Public Services, 1923, Lord Reading
