Committee Flashcards

Pre-independence Committee

1
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Wood’s Despatch

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Education, 1854, Lord Dalhousie

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2
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Hunter Commission

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Education, 1882, Lord Rippon

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3
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Hunter Committee

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Jalianwala Bagh, 1919, Lord Chemsford. A.k.a Disorders enquiry committee

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4
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Raleigh Commission

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Education, 1902, Lord Curzon

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5
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Saddler Commission

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Education, 1917, Lord Chelmsford. Aka Calcutta University Commission

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6
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Hartog Commission

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Education, 1927, Lord Irwin

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7
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Sargent Plan

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Education, 1944, Lord Wavell

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8
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Campbell Commission

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Famine, 1866, Lord Lawrence

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9
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Lyall Commission

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Famine, 1897, Lord Elgin 2

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10
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MacDonnel Commission

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Famine, 1900, Lord Curzon

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11
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Mansfield Commission

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Currency, 1886, Lord Dufferin

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12
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Fowler Commission

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Currency, 1898, Lord Elgin 2

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13
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Fraser Commission

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Police, 1902, Curzon. Led to creation of CID

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14
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Babington Smith Commission

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Currency, 1919, Lord Chelmsford

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15
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Muddiman Commission

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Working of Dyarchy, 1924, Lord Reading

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16
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Butler Commission

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Review Paramountcy of Princely states, 1927, Lord Irwin

17
Q

Whitley Commission

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Labour, 1929, Lord Irwin

18
Q

Sapru Commission

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Unemployment, 1935, Lord Linlithgow

19
Q

Hilton Young Commission

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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

20
Q

Simon Commission

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To study Constitutional reforms and its effects, 1928, Lord Irwin

21
Q

Chatfield Commission

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Army, 1939, Lord Linlithgow

22
Q

Floud Commission

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Tenancy in Bengal, 1940, Lord Linlithgow

23
Q

Lottery Committee

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Town Planning of Calcutta, 1817, Lord Warren Hastings

24
Q

Lee Commission

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Racial composition of Indian Public Services, 1923, Lord Reading

25
Q

Islington Commission

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Public Service reform, 1912, Lord Hardinge 2

26
Q

Scott-Moncrieff Commission

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Irrigation, 1901, Lord Curzon

27
Q

Herschell Committee

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Currency, 1893, Lord Lansdowne

28
Q

Chamberlain Commission

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Currency, Banks etc 1914, Lord Hardinge 2

29
Q

Acworth Committee

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Railways, 1921. Separation of Railway budget

30
Q

Woodhead Commission

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Bengal Famine of 1943

31
Q

Starchey Commission

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Famine Commission of 1880 (Lytton)

32
Q

Henry William Primrose

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Royal Commission on Decentralisation (1908)

33
Q

Indian Sandhurst Committee

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Army

34
Q

Eden Commission

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Army, 1879

35
Q

Commission headed by Fergusson

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Royal Commission on Labor, 1875