Important Commissions and Committees
Important British-era commissions and committees with year, subject and head, for quick revision of Modern Indian History for UPSC and State exams.
| Commission / committee | Year | Subject / head |
|---|---|---|
| Wood's Despatch | 1854 | Education |
| Peel Commission | 1859 | Army reorganisation |
| Indigo Commission | 1860 | Indigo planters |
| Campbell Commission | 1866 | Orissa famine |
| Hunter Commission | 1882 | Education (William Hunter) |
| Aitchison Commission | 1886 | Public services |
| Welby Commission | 1895 | Indian expenditure |
| Lyall Commission | 1898 | Famine |
| Strachey Commission | 1880 | Famine Code |
| MacDonnell Commission | 1901 | Famine |
| Irrigation Commission | 1901 | Scott-Moncrieff |
| Raleigh Commission | 1902 | Universities |
| Fraser Commission | 1902 | Police |
| Islington Commission | 1912 | Public services |
| Rowlatt (Sedition) Committee | 1917 | Revolutionary crime |
| Sadler Commission | 1917 to 1919 | Calcutta University |
| Hunter Committee | 1919 | Jallianwala Bagh |
| Muddiman Committee | 1924 | Working of the 1919 Act |
| Lee Commission | 1923 to 1924 | Services |
| Acworth Committee | 1921 | Railways |
| Hilton-Young Commission | 1926 | Currency (RBI) |
| Linlithgow Commission | 1926 | Agriculture |
| Butler Committee | 1927 | Princely states |
| Simon Commission | 1927 | Constitutional reform |
| Nehru Committee | 1928 | Constitution |
| Whitley Commission | 1929 | Labour |
| Hartog Committee | 1929 | Primary education |
| Woodhead Commission | 1944 | Bengal famine |
| Sargent Report | 1944 | Education |
| Radcliffe Commission | 1947 | Partition boundaries |
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Prepared for exam revision from standard sources such as NCERT, Bipan Chandra, Spectrum and official records. Historians differ on some dates, figures and interpretations, so check your exam syllabus and a standard textbook. Found a mistake? Tell us.