LIST OF IMPORTANT COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS OF BRITISH INDIA.
VICEROY | TENURE | COMMITTEE | COMMISSION | YEAR | CHAIRMAN | OBJECTIVES |
LORD DALHOUSIE | 1848-1856 | AWARD | | 1852 | | INSPECT TITLES OF KINGS |
LORD LYTTON | 1876-1880 | | FAMINE | 1880 | RICHARD STRACHEY | TO GIVE RELIEF TO FAMINE STRICKEN |
LORD RIPPON | 1880-1884 | | HUNTER | 1882 | WILLIAM HUNTER | TO STUDY THE DEVELOPMENT IN EDUCATION |
LORD DUFFERIN | 1884-1886 | | ATKINSON | 1886 | SIR CHARLES ATKINSON | INVOLVE MORE INDIANS IN CIVIL SERVICE |
LORD LANSDOWN | 1888-1893 | HERSHEL | | 1893 | HERSCHEL | SUGGESTIONS REGARDING CURRENCY |
LORD LANSDOWN | 1888-1893 | | OPIUM | 1893 | | TO INVESTIGATE ABOUT THE EFFECT OF OPIUM ON HEALTH |
LORD ELGIN | 1894-1899 | | FAMINE | 1897 | JAMES LIYAL | TO GIVE SUGGESTIONS ON EARLIER REPORT |
LORD ELGIN | 1894-1899 | HENRY FLOWER | | 1898 | H. FLOWER | TO GIVE SUGGESTIONS ON CURRENCY |
LORD CURZON | 1899-1905 | | IRRIGATION | 1901 | SIR WOLVIN SCOTT MONKINJ | TO PLAN EXPENDITURE ON IRRIGATION |
LORD CURZON | 1899-1905 | | UNIVERSITY | 1902 | THOMAS RALEIGH | INTRODUCED UNIVERSITY REFORMS |
LORD CURZON | 1899-1905 | | FAMINE | 1900 | ANTHONY McDONALD | TO GIVE SUGGESTIONS ON FAMINE REPORT |
LORD CURZON | 1899-1905 | | FRASER | 1902 | FRASER | TO INVESTIGATE THE WORKING OF POLICE |
LORD HARDINGE | 1910-1916 | | ROYAL COMMISSION ON CIVIL SERVICE | 1912 | LORD ISLINGTON | TO GIVE 25% HIGH POSTS TO INDIANS |
LORD HARDINGE | 1910-1916 | MACLAGON | | 1914-1915 | MACLAGON | ADVISE FOR COOPERATIVE FINANCES |
LORD CHELMSFORD | 1916-1921 | | CALCUTTA UNIVERSITY | 1917 | MICHAEL SADLER | STUDY THE CONDITION OF CALCUTTA UNIVERSITY |
LORD READING | 1921-1926 | INDIAN DISBANDMENT | | 1923 | TEJ BAHADUR SAPRU | |
LORD READING | 1921-1926 | | ROYAL COMMISSION | 1923 | LORD LEE | REMOVE DEFECTS OF CIVIL SERVICES |
LORD READING | 1921-1926 | SANDHURST | | 1925 | ANDREW SKEEN | INDIANIZATION OF INDIAN ARMY |
LORD IRWIN | 1926-1931 | BUTLER | | 1927 | HARCOURT BUTLER | TO EXAMINE NATURE OF CROWN’S RELATION WITH THE NATIVE STATES |
LORD IRWIN | 1926-1931 | | SIMON | 1927 | SIR JOHN SIMON | EVALUATE THE REFORMS OF 1919 |
LORD IRWIN | 1926-1931 | | LINLITHGOW | 1928 | | TO STUDY THE PROBLEM OF AGRICULTURE |
LORD IRWIN | 1926-1931 | | WHITELEY | 1929 | J.H. WHITELEY | THE CONDITIONS OF LABOURS IN THE INDUSTRIES NAD GARDENS |
LORD IRWIN | 1926-1931 | | LINDSAY | 1929 | A.D. LINDSAY | DEVELOP THE MISSIONARY EDUCATION |
LORD IRWIN | 1926-1931 | | INDIAN CONSTITUTIONAL | 1929 | PHILLIP HARTOG | TO STUDY THE POSITION OF EDUCATION |
LORD WELLINGTON | 1931-1936 | SAPRU | | 1934 | TEJ BAHADUR SAPRU | STUDY THE CAUSES OF UNEMPLOYMENT |
LORD WELLINGTON | 1931-1936 | INDIAN MEASUREMENT | | 1935 | SIR LARY HAMMOND | TO ARRANGE FOR INCLUSION OF LABOUR IN FEDERAL ASSEMBLY |
LORD LINLITHGOW | 1936-1943 | NATIONAL PLANNING | | 1938 | JAWAHARLAL NEHRU | TO PREPARE ECONOMIC PLAN |
LORD WAVELL | 1943-1947 | | FAMINE INSPECTION | 1943-1944 | SIR JOHN WOODHEAD | INVESTIGATE THE EVENTS OF BENGAL FAMINE |
LORD WAVELL | 1943-1947 | | SERGEANT | 1944 | JOHN SERGEANT | TO RAISE THE STANDARD OF EDUCATION LIKE BRITAIN |